Cox, Archibald Speech "The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration", 1952
Collection Number: 5494m

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Archibald Cox Speech "The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration", 1952
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5494m
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.
Creator:
Cox, Archibald
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English

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.

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.
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Archibald Cox Speech "The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration" #5494m. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cox, Archibald, 1912-
American Communications Association
United States. National Mediation Board.
Western Union Telegraph Company
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial
Civil service. Veterans' preference. United States. Addresses, essays, lectures.
Judicial power. United States. Addresses, essays, lectures.
Labor laws and legislation. United States. Addresses, essays, lectures.
Unfair labor practices. United States. Addresses, essays, lectures.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
"The Place of Law in Labor Arbitration"
1952
Scope and Contents
By Archibald Cox before the 5th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitrators, May 3 and 4, 1952; 18 pages.