Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface

PART I. ENTERING WEDGE: MULLER V. OREGON AND ITS LEGACY

Introduction

1. The Rise of Protective Laws
The Campaign for Protection
Constitutional Issues
Hours Laws and the Courts
The Bakeshop Case, 1950

2. The Facts of Common Knowledge, 1908
Florence Kelley, the NCL, and the Right to Leisure
Louis D. Brandeis and the Living Law
The Brandeis Brief
The Brief for Muller
Justice Brewers Opinion

3. From Muller to Adkins, 1908–1923
The New Brandeis Briefs
Fatigue and Efficiency
Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
A Living Wage
The Heart of the Contact, 1923

4. Legacy: Labor Law, Womens Politics, and Protective Policies
The Womens Movement in the 1920s
Protection Triumphant: The New Deal and After
Protection Dismantled: Title VII and After
Muller Revisited

PART II. THE DOCUMENTS

1. Ritchie v. People (1895)
2. Holden v. Hardy (1898)
3. Lochner v. New York (1905)
4. Florence Kelley, The Right to Leisure, 1905
5. Louis D. Brandeis, The Opportunity in the Law, 1905
6. The Dangers of Long Hours, From the Brandeis Brief, 1908
7. Women Are Both Persons and Citizens, The Brief for Curt Muller, 1907
8. Muller v. Oregon (1908)
9. Bunting v. Oregon (1917)
10. Caroline J. Gleason, A Living Wage in Oregon, 1913
11. Adkins v. Childrens Hospital (1923)
12. The Womens Movement in the Early 1920s
a. A Debate in Life and Labor, Marguerite Mooers Marshall versus Rose Schneiderman, 1920
b. Florence Kelley, Twenty Questions about the ERA, 1922
c. A Debate in the Nation, Harriet Stanton Blatch versus Clara Mortenson Beyer, 1923
d. A Debate in the Forum, Doris Stevens versus Alice Hamilton, 1924
13. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
14. United States v. Darby (1941)

APPENDICES

Chronology: Major Hours and Wages Cases, 1895–1941
In Search of Muller: Suggested Reading

Index