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PRINCIPLES OF

LABOR LEGISLATION

BY

JOHN R. COMMONS, LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
FORMER MEMBER INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN AND
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

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PRINCIPLES OF LABOR LEGISLATION

Copyright, 1916, 1920, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published September, 1920

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CONTENTS

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

CHAPTER I: THE BASIS OF LABOR LAW

I. THE LABOR CONTRACT

(1) Industry

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a. Power to Preserve Peace and Execute the Laws

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b. The Taxing Power

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d. The Administration

(3) Principles

a. Public Benefit

b. Equal Protection of the Laws

CHAPTER II: INDIVIDUAL BARGAINING.

I. THE LABORER AS DEBTOR

(1) Servile Labor.

a. Slavery

b. Serfdom

c. Peonage

(2) From Master and Servant to Employer and Employee

a. Indentured Service

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