Industrial Relations Law

Charles Burrow Senior Lecturer in Law, University of North London

• Chapter 1 Trade Unions – The Historical Context 1 General reading: Webb, S and Webb, B, The History of Trade Unionism, 2nd edn, 1920; Pelling, H, A History of British Trade Unionism, 5th edn, 1993; Cole, GDH, A Short History of the British Working Class Movement 1789–1947, 2nd edn, 1948; Clegg, H, Fox, A and Thompson, AF, A History of British Trade Unions Since 1889, 1964; Hunt, EH, British Labour History 1815–1914, 1981; Orth, J, Combination and Conspiracy: A Legal History of Trade Unionism 1721–1906, 1991; Hamish Fraser, W, A History of British Trade Unionism 1700 – 1998, 1999; Lewis, R, ‘The historical development of labour law’ (1976) 14 BJIR 1; Hodge, A, ‘The curious history of trade union law’, 1989] Denning LJ 92.; Part 1 The Regulation of Trade Union Internal Affairs; Chapter 2 Trade Union Government and Administration; Chapter 3 and.; Chapter 4 Admission, Discipline and Expulsion I; Chapter 5 Admission, Discipline and Expulsion II; Chapter 6 Union Elections; Chapter 7 Trade Unions and Political Activities 1 For general background, see Ewing, KD, Trade Unions, The Labour Party and the Law, 1982.; Part 2 Freedom Of Association and Collective Bargaining; Chapter 8 Legal Effect of Collective Agreements; Chapter 9 Individual Rights for Union Members and Officials; Chapter 10 Collective Rights for Trade Unions–Recognition; Chapter 11 Collective Rights for Trade Unions – Information and Consultation; Chapter 12 The Right to Associate in Trade Unions; Part 3 Industrial Conflict; Chapter 13 Industrial Action and the Individual Worker; Chapter 14 Civil Liabilities; Chapter 15 Trade Union Immunities; Chapter 16 Union Liability for Industrial Action; Chapter 17 The Conduct of Industrial Disputes;

REVIEW OF THE FIRST EDITION: The book will assist everyone who works on related problems to define the agenda of future research ...This timely and authoritative study sets the present laws regulating internal trade union affairs in their theoretical and historical framework. Scottish Law Gazette, Vol 66, No 3, Sept 1998 This book will do much to further this dynamic area of the law and should prove useful to the student and practitioner alike. Legal Executive Journal.