New Province for Law and Order - 100 Years of Australian Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration

Informationen zum Autor Stuart Macintyre is Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of many books including The Concise History of Australia (now in a second edition)! and a leading researcher in Australian industrial and labour history. Joe Isaac is a professorial fellow in the Department of Management at the University of Melbourne and former Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and a leading researcher in industrial relations and labour economics. Klappentext This book records! analyses and celebrates the centenary of the Australian federal industrial system. Zusammenfassung 2004 is the centenary of the Australian federal industrial system! and to record! analyse and celebrate the landmark! Stuart Macintyre and Joseph Isaac edited this volume on the first 100 years. The invited contributors are the leaders in the field! drawn from law! history and industrial relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Introduction; 1. Elusive middle ground: a political history Tim Rowse; 2. Arbitration in action Stuart Macintyre; 3. The law of conciliation and arbitration Michael Kirby and Breen Creighton; 4. Economic and social effects Keith Hancock and Sue Richardson; 5. Justice and equity: women and indigenous workers Gillian Whitehouse; 6. Employers' associations and compulsory arbitration David Plowman; 7. Unions and arbitration Malcolm Rimmer; 8. Managing industrial conflict Bill Harley; Appendix I. Main tribunal changes; Appendix II. Membership; Appendix III. The objects of the act; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Isaac, Joe (University of Melbourne) Macintyre Isaac, Joe Macintyre Isaac
• Assisted by: Joe Isaac (Editor), Isaac Joe (Editor), Stuart Macintyre (Editor), Macintyre Stuart (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521120579
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12057-9
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Industrial arbitration & negotiation, Industrial arbitration and negotiation