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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.
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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
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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 …