The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection

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PREFACE.

BOOK I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I. DEFINITION OF LABOUR PROTECTION.

CHAPTER II. CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL WAGE-LABOUR FOR

CHAPTER III. SURVEY OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF LABOUR PROTECTION.

CHAPTER IV. MAXIMUM WORKING-DAY.

BOOK II. CHAPTER V. PROTECTION OF INTERVALS OF WORK: DAILY INTERVALS, NIGHT REST, AND HOLIDAYS.

CHAPTER VI. ENACTMENTS PROHIBITING CERTAIN KINDS OF WORK.

CHAPTER VII. EXCEPTIONS TO PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION.

CHAPTER VIII. PROTECTION IN OCCUPATION, PROTECTION OF TRUCK AND CONTRACT.

CHAPTER IX. THE RELATIONS OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF LABOUR PROTECTION TO EACH OTHER.

CHAPTER X. TRANSACTIONS OF THE BERLIN LABOUR CONFERENCE,

CHAPTER XI. THE "LABOUR BOARDS" AND "LABOUR CHAMBERS" OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY.

CHAPTER XII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORGANISATION.

CHAPTER XIII. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR PROTECTION.

CHAPTER XIV. THE AIM AND JUSTIFICATION OF LABOUR PROTECTION.

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THE
THEORY AND POLICY
OF
LABOUR PROTECTION
BY DR. A. SCHÄFFLE

 

Edited by

A. C. MORANT

Translator of SchÄffle’s Impossibility of Social Democracy, Leroy-Beaulieu’s
The Modern State, Laveleye’s Luxury, etc.

 

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