Job accidents and the law in England's early railway age : origins of employer liability and workmen's compensation / Elisabeth A. Cawthon.
1997
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Author
Title
Job accidents and the law in England's early railway age : origins of employer liability and workmen's compensation / Elisabeth A. Cawthon.
Published
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [1997]
Copyright
©1997
Call Number
KD3229 .C39 1997
ISBN
0773487352
Description
vii, 230 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)35990179
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1
1
Visitations of God and human dangers
13
2
Fellow-servants and common employers
29
3
Masters' responsibility and employers' liability
37
4
Mangled limbs and recovery prospects
53
5
Sick clubs and funeral bashes
67
6
Underground pigs and public opinion
83
7
Medical experts and lawyers
95
8
Juries and manslaughter
111
9
God-gifts and compensation
129
10
Death courts and high courts
139
Conclusions
155
Appendix: Tables
159
Notes
167
Bibliography
203
Index
223