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London,MoCorquo-dnle &oo.,~194-;77,1 p.eIrn nPY图I&度IITB4RYUP eory  \nBox 734 Strauss,Henry,1892-  \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \n Reproductions may not be made without permisslon from Columbia UniversityLbrarles.              \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:_mm    REDUCTION RATIO:      1/:1  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA (II)  \nIB IIB  \nINITIALS:                  出  \nDATE FILMED:                    8-25-97  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                                27003  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \nBY五-4734HENRY STRAUSS  \nPRICE 2/-  \nTRADE UNIONSAND THE LAW  \nBy  \nHENRY STRAUSS  \nof the Inner Temple,Barrister-at-Law  \n308  \n2  \n0+734   \n3  \nJUL 11 1946  \nTRADE UNIONS AND THE LAW  \nCONTENTS  \nPAGETABLE OF CASES……….    …   3TABLE OF STATUTES….…MR.HENRY STRAUSs was born in 1892,…   4and was educated at Rugby and ChristChurch,Oxford,winning a scholarship ateach and attaining First Class Honours in.-5Mods.and Greats.He was called to theBar in I9I9.A Conservative in politics,he represented Norwich in Parliamentfrom I935 to I945.After serving as  \nTHE AUTHOR  \n%-62943  \nCHAPTER r  \nTHE LAW BEFORE I926  \nCHAPTER 2  \nParliamentary Private Secretary to theTHE GENERAL STRIKE OF I926 AND THE QuESTION OF ITSLEGALITYAttorney-General from I936,he was25appointed a Junior Minister in I942.When the Ministry of Town and CountryPlanning was created in I943,he becameits first Parliamentary Secretary.THE TRADE DISPUTES AND TRADE UNIONS ACT,I927 …  …44BIBLIOGRAPHY     …    …......·..   60EXTRACTS FROM STATUTES...·60INDEX …   …   ..….…  75  \nCHAPTER 3  \nAPPENDIX.  \nTABLE OF CASES  \n39 Geo.3,c.8ICombinations of Workmen Act,1799…   5039&40 Geo.3,c.Io6 Combinations of Workmen Act,1800…  55 Geo.4,C.95Combination Laws Repeal Act,I824 …  ·56 Geo.4,c.I29Combination Laws Repeal Act Amend-ment Act,I825 …   …  …5.722&23 Vict.c.34Molestation of Workmen Act,I859 …6,730&3I Vict.c.I4IMaster and Servant Act,I867 …  …  932&33 Vict.c.6ITrade Union Funds Protection Act,1869…  …  …  …  …  5634&35 Vict.c.3ITrade Union Act,I87I 5,6-7,9,I3,2I,22,  \nTHE LAW BEFORE 1926  \n23,24,48  \nc.32Criminal Law Amendment Act,I87I 6,7,935 &39 Vict.c.86Conspiracy and Protection of PropertyAct,I8757,8-9,IO,I7,18,35,4I,47,  \n49,50,57  \nc.90Employers and Workmen Act,1875…7.3539&40 Vict.c.22Trade Union Act Amendment Act,I8767.9,  \nI3,23,246 Edw.7,C.47Trade Disputes Act,I906…7,8,9,IO,I2,0I7-23,35.36,4I,46-47,49.502&3 Geo.5,C.301Trade Union Act,I9I3…  …   7,23.527&8 Geo.5,c.24 Trade Union(Amalgamation)Act,I9I7249&Io Geo.5,c.46 Police Act,I9I9…  …  …  …24,55  \nc.Ioo Electricity (Supply)Act,I9I9…  8,35.57Io&II Geo.5,c.55 Emergency Powers Act,I920 …25,27,39,47I7&I8 Gen.5,c.22 Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act,I927…  …  …5.7,18,2I,44-59  \nCHAPTER I  \nTABLE.OF STATUTES  \nPAGE  \nThe Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act,I927,which forconvenience I shall call the I927 Act,is the last of a series of Statutes,which beginning with the Trade Union Act,I87I,now regulates thelegal position of Trade Unions.Trade Unions have,however,existedfrom much earlier times,and their activities have frequently comebefore the Courts to be judged according to the principles of commonlaw as modified by statute from time to time.It isimpossible tounder-stand the present legal position of Trade Unions or the purpose andeffect of the Statutes without some knowledge of the position atcommon law.Many of the statutes have in fact been passed inorder to relieve Trade Unions from disabilities at common law whichthe legal 'decisions had revealed,or to exempt them from liabilitiesto which they would otherwise be subject.  \nA principal object of Trade Unions has always been trade re-gulation or protection,which the members ","cbCaikSVgH7udInk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikSVgH7udInk","pdf",3542619,46,"English","# Contents\n## The Author\n## Chapter 1 - 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