Lemuel Shaw : chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1830-1860 / by Chase, Frederic Hathaway, 1870-1948

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The unfolding of American labor law : judges, workers, and public policy across two political generations, 1790-1850 / by Kahana, Jeffrey Steven, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The influence of independence on American law -- Master and servant -- Regulating the employment relationship -- Conspiracy, associations, and the public interest -- Imperium in imperio -- The significance of Lemuel Shaw -- A world of freedom and associations -- Liability transformed -- The fellow servant rule -- The demise of the labor conspiracy doctrine -- The breakaway of American labor law.…”
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The law of the Commonwealth and Chief Justice Shaw / by Levy, Leonard W. 1923-2006

Table of Contents: “…Lemuel Shaw : the pre-Court years -- Chief Justice : appointment and judicial character -- The Unitarian controversy : church, state, and court -- Satan's apostle and freedom of conscience -- The law of freedom : emancipating slaves in transit -- The fugitive slave law : remanding runaways -- Segregation : origin of the "separate but equal" doctrine -- The formative period of railroad law : eminent domain and the public works doctrine -- The formative period of railroad law : common carrier liabilities and torts -- Labor law : the fellow-servant rule -- Labor law : trade unions and criminal conspiracy -- Criminal law : murder, madness, and malice -- The police power : state regulation and judicial self-restraint -- Constitutional limitations : judicial review and the contract clause -- Constitutional limitations : criminal justice and the rights of the accused -- Three decades of law and society : résumé and conclusions.…”
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