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Full-Text Articles in Law
The Left, The Right, And Certainty In Constitutional Law, Gene R. Nichol Jr.
The Left, The Right, And Certainty In Constitutional Law, Gene R. Nichol Jr.
Faculty Publications
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Idea-Systems In Law: Nineteenth-Century German Experience, David J. Gerber
Idea-Systems In Law: Nineteenth-Century German Experience, David J. Gerber
All Faculty Scholarship
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Doctrinal Synergies And Liberal Dilemmas: The Case Of The Yellow-Dog Contract, Barry Cushman
Doctrinal Synergies And Liberal Dilemmas: The Case Of The Yellow-Dog Contract, Barry Cushman
Journal Articles
The three decades spanning the years 1908 to 1937 saw a remarkable transformation of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence concerning the rights of workers to organize. In 1908, the Court held that a federal law prohibiting employers from discharging an employee because of his membership in a labor union violated the liberty of contract secured to the employer by the Fifth Amendment. In 1915, the Court similarly declared a state statute prohibiting the use of "yellow-dog" contracts unconstitutional. In 1937, by contrast, the Court upheld provisions of the Wagner Act prohibiting both discharges for union membership and the use of yellow-dog …
Francis Bacon, Daniel Coquillette
Francis Bacon, Daniel Coquillette
Daniel R. Coquillette
This is the first modern book to describe Francis Bacon's jurisprudence. He has long been famous as a scientist, philosopher, politician and literary giant, but his career as one of England's greatest lawyers and jurists has been largely overlooked. Bacon's major contribution to Anglo-American jurisprudence is presented in such a way as to be suitable to specialists and non-specialists alike. The purpose is to restore Bacon to his rightful place as England's first true critical and analytical jurist, and to describe how his legal thought related to his other great intellectual achievements.