Private Law Theory

“The winner of the Alfred L Brophy Prize is Lea VanderVelde’s article entitled ‘The Anti-Republican Origins of the At-Will Doctrine’. A description from the prize committee reads: ‘Lea VanderVelde’s “The Anti-Republican Origins of the At-Will Doctrine” tells the fascinating story of the origins of the infamous employment at-will doctrine. VanderVelde persuasively argues that the doctrine emerged out of a power struggle between treatise authors in the 1870s-80s …'” (more)

[Mitra Sharafi, Legal History Blog, 22 December]

First posted 2020-12-22 08:35:12