Journal article
'In Bramble of Chicanery Belated Justice Stands': Early Judicial Interpretations of the Factories and Shops Act 1896 (Vic)
Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History, Vol.96(1), pp.39-55
2009
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Abstract
In the late nineteenth century the Victorian judiciary carried out the policy objective of the parliament to respond to the evil of sweating without jeopardising economic recovery or promulgating a living wage. It did this through a legally formalistic interpretation of the Factories and Shops Act 1896 which precluded the backpayment of underpaid employees, rejected a universal living wage and any significant role in setting economic policy. The bench effectively complemented the approach of the legislature which wished to avoid a fully-blown system of arbitration.
Details
- Title
- 'In Bramble of Chicanery Belated Justice Stands': Early Judicial Interpretations of the Factories and Shops Act 1896 (Vic)
- Creators
- Rohan Bruce Edward Price (Author) - City University of Hong Kong
- Publication Details
- Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History, Vol.96(1), pp.39-55
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Identifiers
- 991012912692502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article