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The evolution and shape of the trade union legislation of the Thatcher Governments can only be fully and properly understood in the context of the historical development of labour law in Britain, the system of immunities, and the principle of voluntarism and the role of the judiciary to which it has given rise.
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© 1992 David Marsh
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Marsh, D. (1992). The Historical Background. In: The New Politics of British Trade Unionism. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21921-6_1
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