Walter Citrine. Forgotten Statesman of the Trades Union Congress

Any sophisticated study of labour law mandates an understanding not only the discipline’s legislative content but also historical, social, political, and economic context within which it has evolved, its legislation plays out. Thus, scholars have been receptive to socio-legal methods—going beyond doctrinal legal sources looking other disciplines. Labour scholarship stands out for retaining open, multidisciplinary approach. Early in particular relied on history develop new understandings their discipline discover role played by non-state actors such as trade unions employer associations creation enforcement. More recently, researchers turned philosophy political theory, economics, sociology economy approaches order explain advance at a time when market fundamentally changed. Although few contemporary academic lawyers would identify labour...