Excerpt from An Argument for an Eight-Hour Law It will be observed that this proposed statute is in some respects quite radical, and in others very conservative. It is radical in that it does not stop, as such statutes usually do, with declaring that a given number of hours shall constitute a day's labor, leaving a man to perform as many days' labor as he chooses during each twenty-four hours, but it goes to the root of the matter and declares that such employment is contrary to the social and economic polity of the State and shall be altogether unlawful. And further, it lays its restrictions and imposes its penalties alike upon the employer and the employed. It would be as unlawful to work under the prohibited conditions as it would be to employ others to work. It is, for this sort of legislation, conservative in the following respects: (i) It restricts only habitual employment of the kind specified. It does not interfere with the free action of the employer and employed, in an emergency. Occasional work or employment for ten, twelve, sixteen, or twenty-four hours in the day, to meet some pressing necessity of urgent demand, would not be unlawful. It may be urged that the word "habitual" is too indefinite to be used in a statute; but I do not think it would be found to be so in practice. In case of a prosecution under this law, a court and jury would have to decide, in each case, whether the employment was occasional and temporary, to meet exceptional conditions, or whether it was a persistent but covert attempt to violate the spirit of the statute; and this is as it should be. Good faith on the part of the employer and employed would always meet with a proper consideration, but attempted evasions would be dangerous. (2) It is conservative in that it confines its restrictions to labor in a "factory, mine, or work-shop." I am by no means sure that I have fixed the proper and final limitation to the scope of the statute. I hope and expect that it will in time be extended further and given a wider scope, and that there are other fields of industry in which it will finally prove an ameliorating factor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In this sweeping interpretive history of mid-nineteenth-century Chicago, historians John B. Jentz and Richard Schneirov boldly trace the evolution of a modern social order. Combining a mastery of historical and political detail with a sophisticated theoretical frame, Jentz and Schneirov examine the dramatic capitalist transition in Chicago during the critical decades from the 1850s through the 1870s, a period that saw the rise of a permanent wage worker class and the formation of an industrial upper class. Jentz and Schneirov demonstrate how a new political economy, based on wage labor and capital accumulation in manufacturing, superseded an older mercantile economy that relied on speculative trading and artisan production. The city's leading business interests were unable to stabilize their new system without the participation of the new working class, a German and Irish ethnic mix that included radical ideas transplanted from Europe. Jentz and Schneirov examine how debates over slave labor were transformed into debates over free labor as the city's wage-earning working class developed a distinctive culture and politics. The new social movements that arose in this era--labor, socialism, urban populism, businessmen's municipal reform, Protestant revivalism, and women's activism--constituted the substance of a new post-bellum democratic politics that took shape in the 1860s and '70s. When the Depression of 1873 brought increased crime and financial panic, Chicago's new upper class developed municipal reform in an attempt to reassert its leadership. Setting local detail against a national canvas of partisan ideology and the seismic structural shifts of Reconstruction, Chicago in the Age of Capital vividly depicts the upheavals integral to building capitalism.

H.R. 11651-Eight Hours for Laborers on Government Work Hearings Before the Committee on Labor, of the House of Representatives, May 3, 16, 22, 24, 28, and 29, 1906 was compiled by the United States Government in the year 1906. Over the course of several meetings, the Committee on Labor listened to and presented arguments about the length of the traditional working day. After these meetings were concluded, this book was assembled containing all of the evidence and arguments used to support and reject the proposed bill for the purposes of historical reference. The bill H.R. 11651 specifically requested the limitation of hours of daily service for laborers and mechanics employed within the United States or any U.S. territory. The initial purpose of this bill was to secure greater worker productivity via hours of more quality as opposed to a greater quantity of hours. The text begins with the bill as it was originally proposed, then goes on to supply the reader with the transcript of arguments for and against the bill. The book also contains correspondences that discussed the bill and the opinions different lawmakers had about the bill. The publication ends with a complete index for easy reference for readers who want to look up specific individuals or specific arguments. H.R. 11651-Eight Hours for Laborers on Government Work Hearings Before the Committee on Labor, of the House of Representatives, May 3, 16, 22, 24, 28, and 29, 1906 is an interesting read for anyone intrigued by United States politics and law. This book is also approachable to students of political science who are researching this bill or ones similar to it. This book presents a historic look at American politics and the history of labor in the U.S. which may appeal to historians and students of history alike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Argument: In the Case Rhode-Island Against Massachusetts They lay it down that a controversy between States, concerning jurisdiction and boundaries is political not judicial in its character. The Judicial Courts can take cognizance only of controversies strictly judicial, not political in their nature. That the present controversy concerns jurisdiction and sov ereignty, and is therefore out of the judicial juris diction of this Court, and cannot be acted upon by it without the assumption of political power. And. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Conflict of Laws There are three general systems of legal instruction in use in American Law Schools - the lecture, the case, and the text method. Regardless of the relative superiority of one to the others, the author is convinced, after seven years teaching experience, that no one of these methods alone is adequate to sound, thorough instruction in the law. In his presentation of this difficult subject in the class-room, he has produced satisfactory results only by a combination of text, cases, and lecture in proper pro portion. The value of a text in stating the principles of the 1a7 in brief form can not be denied. The necessity of reading leading decisions that support and apply those principles is indisputable. And finally, there is the general discussion in class; the Instructor When neces sary, expounding the subject, imparting the benefits of his knowledge and experience and observation, thereby arousing and sustaining interest in the work; these are the things that elevate instruction from the mechanical to the intellectual. In presenting this text therefore, the author makes no defense. He has embodied the fundamentals of the sub jeot in the text in simple form. He has scrupulously selected the leading decisions and included them in the notes, Where they are identified by large conspicuous cita tion. Finally, instead of merely stating the law, he has by clear simple language explained it, so as to reproduce, as far as possible, the full value of the class instruction. It is this very feature, it is believed, that Will commend it for Law School purposes to Instructor and class alike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.