Tag: History of

  • History of Legal Procedure

    Legal Procedure The procedure adopted in litigation in Anglo–Saxon and Norman times was similar in essentials in all three classes of tribunals, and differed materially from the practice of courts of law at the present day. Some knowledge of the more glaring contrasts between ancient and […]

  • History of English Court System

    Early History of the English Court System The process of separation of judicial from executive and legislative governmental powers continued during the reign of Edward I with the establishment of the Court of Exchequer as a tribunal having exclusive jurisdiction over revenue cases. See more […]

  • History of Working Time

    History of Working Time (Hours of Labour) History of Working Time in the United Kingdom The 8-hour day was established in the mining of coal, stratified ironstone, shale and fireclay by the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1908, and the amending Act of 1919 further reduced the daily hours of […]

  • History of Labour Legislation

    History of Labour Legislation in the UK Introduction In England there were, at the begining of the 20th Century, a notable disappearance from the use of correlative terms implying a social relationship which is greatly changed, for example, in the rapid passage from the Master and Servant […]