The Tolpuddle Martyrs Injustice Within the Law.

The legend of the six rural labourers who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of the modern trade union movement. The labourers suffered no violence 'save the extreme and horrible violence of the law itself'. The true les...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evatt, Herbert Vere
Otros Autores: Robertson, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Loveless, George, > 1797-1874.
Tolpuddle martyrs.
Agricultural laborers > England > Dorset.
Justice, Administration of.
Martyrs de Tolpuddle.
Travailleurs agricoles > Angleterre > Dorset.
Agricultural laborers.
England > Dorset.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Original foreword
  • I The importance of the case
  • II Social and economic background
  • III The politicians and trade unionism
  • IV Organisation of the prosecution
  • V "The course of justice"
  • VI What the magistrates did
  • VII Part played by the juries
  • VIII An account of the evidence
  • IX Were the convictions bad?
  • X Opinions as to the legal position
  • XI Judge Williams and the sentences
  • XII Whigs and Tories in agreement
  • XIII Treatment of the prisoners in Australia
  • XIV The pardons
  • XV The Church's attitude
  • XVI Consequences of the case
  • XVII The lesson of martyrdom
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Notes
  • Index

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