Statute of Labourers

1. The Genius of the Common Law Sir Frederick Pollock 1 neutral · 1 refuted 2 citations

   iv.: enemies in the gate · ch. 7

   Explicitly named as the earliest example in the series of statutes discussed.

   From the Statute of Labourers downwards the legislature has constantly imposed on the Courts its own solution of the novel problems raised by social and economic changes.

2. The Law of Torts Sir Frederick Pollock 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages

   ch. 26 2 passages anchored here

   The medieval Statute of Labourers is named explicitly as a possible statutory source of the action for enticing away a servant.

   Indeed, it was better merely to allege the service as a fact (in servitio suo existentem cepit), for an action under the Statute of Labourers would not lie where there was a special contract varying from the retainer contemplated by the statute, and amounting to matter of covenant.

3. Law in a Free State Wordsworth Donisthorpe 1 refuted 1 citation · 2 passages

   ch. 3 2 passages anchored here

   The Statute of Labourers is quoted at length and then explicitly named and criticised as a historical example of failed State regulation of wages.

   When the student of history sees how the Statute of Labourers broke down in its effort to regulate freedom of contract between employer and employed, in the interest of the employer, he will admit the futility of renewing the attempt, this time in the interest of the employed.

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