title: Principles of Labor Legislation
text: # Principles of Labor Legislation
  
  Principles of Labor Legislation (1916) was a foundational US labor law text, written in the United States by John R. Commons and John Bertram Andrews.
  
  ## Contents
  
  * Chapter I: THE BASIS OF LABOR LAW i
     * 1. The Labor Contract i
     * 2. Individual Rights 5
     * 3. Due Process of Law 9
  * Chapter II: INDIVIDUAL BARGAINING 35
     * 1. The Laborer as Debtor 35
     * 2. The Laborer as Creditor 50
     * 3. The Laborer as Tenant 61
     * 4. The Laborer as Competitor 68
     * 5. Legal Aid and Industrial Courts 80
  * Chapter III: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 91
     * 1. The Law of Conspiracy 91
     * 2. Mediation by Government 124
     * 3. Coercion by Government 139
     * 4. Unions of Government Employees 160
  * Chapter IV: THE MINIMUM WAGE 167
     * 1. Economic Basis 168
     * 2. Historical Development 171
     * 3. Standards 179
     * 4. Methods of Operation 185
     * 5. Results 190
     * 6. Constitutionality 196
  * Chapter V: HOURS OF LABOR 200
     * I. Maximum Daily Hours 204
     * 2. Rest Periods 246
  * Chapter VI: UNEMPLOYMENT 261
     * 1. Regulation of Private Employment Offices .... 264
     * 2. Public Employment Exchanges 270
     * 3. Systematic Distribution of Public Work 283
     * 4. Regularization of Industry 290
  * Chapter VII: SAFETY AND HEALTH 295
     * 1. Reporting 297
     * 2. Prohibition 304
     * 3. Regulation 327
  * Chapter VIII: SOCIAL INSURANCE 354
     * 1. Industrial Accident Insurance 356
     * 2. Health Insurance 385
     * 3. Old Age and Invalidity Insurance 397
     * 4. Widows' and Orphans' Insurance 406
     * 5. Unemployment Insurance 409
  * Chapter IX: ADMINISTRATION 415
     * 1. The Executive 416
     * 2. The Legislature 419
     * 3. The Judiciary 422
     * 4. The Industrial Commission 430
     * 5. Penalties and Prosecutions 454
     * 6. Cooperation by Pressure 462
  * Select Critical Bibliography 465
  * Table of Cases Cited 489
  * Index 497
  