Routledge

Routledge

English

'[Christopher] Frank offers perspectives on the legal system, the mechanisms of legal change, and the interactions between the law and the labour movement that many other accounts lack. The book is invaluable reading for labour historians, legal historians, and political historians of Victorian England.' Victorian Studies '[W]hat Frank does superbly is present highly complex material in a way that is not only well structured and smoothly written but also makes excellent use of the available source materials... this book is recommended reading for any academic or scholar interested in the mechanics of centre-local government relations and its struggle in getting to grips with trade union protest.' Labour History Review 'The overall significance of this legal framework in the development of labour relations in the nineteenth century is likely to remain a contested domain to which Frank’s detailed contextual analysis of cases in the mid-nineteenth century makes a valuable contribution.' Historical Studies in Industrial Relations '... an important contribution to the legal history of nineteenth-century England.' Law & History Review