Foundations of Arbitration
Published on 9. November 1989
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-0-19-554996-6 (ISBN)
Description
State compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes is a major aspect of the Australian political economy. Conceived at a time of social and economic disruption, compulsory arbitration has remained a source of controversy and debate. This book re-opens the debate on the introduction of arbitration but seeks to give rise to different questions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliog
ISBN-13
978-0-19-554996-6 (9780195549966)
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Persons
Content
Origins: Pre-arbitral labour legislation in Australia; Voluntarism of compulsion?; State systems of conciliation and arbitration; The compulsory arbitration model of industrial dispute settlement; Agency: Forced march; Trade unions, the labour party and the introduction of arbitration in New South Wales and the commonwealth; Neither capital nor labour; Effects: The economy, wages and the establishment of arbitration; Compulsory arbitration; Master builders and the beginnings of arbitration in New South Wales; The shop assistants case of 1907 and labour relations in Sydney's retail industry; Theoretical reflections: Theoretical perspectives on legislative innovation: Corporatism and Australian arbitration; Arbitration and the fight for economic justice; The state, the labour process and the foundations of arbitration; Notes; Bibliography; Notes on contributors; Index