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Archibald Cox Speech "The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration"

 Collection
Identifier: 5494m

Scope and Contents

Transcript copy of a 1952 speech delivered by Cox before the fifth annual meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators in New York City. The following topics are addressed in the speech: arbitration, the Selective Service Act, collective bargaining, grievances founded upon legal obligations, the National Labor Relations Board, the Fair Labor Standards Act, seniority, court decisions as precedents, judicial intervention, the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. American Communications Association, and veterans' preference.

Dates

  • 1952

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Professor Archibald Cox (1912- ) received an LL.B. from Harvard University (1937). In general practice until 1941, he was then an attorney in the office of the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, until 1943, and associate solicitor of the Department of Labor, 1943-1945, after which he returned to Harvard as a faculty member of the law school. In 1965, he was named Wilston Professor of Law at Harvard. Relevant experience includes his service as co-chairman of the Construction Industrial Stabilization Commission, 1951-1952, and his authorship of two books on labor law.

Extent

1 folders

Abstract

"The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration," a speech by Archibal Cox before the 5th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators, May 3 and 4, 1952.

Quantity:

1 file folder.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents), text .

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, October 21, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 14, 2019
Title
Cox, Archibald Speech "The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration"
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 14, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853