It was a case the inferred that a right of contract existed within the scope of due process clause of the Constitution and that this was sufficient for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a New York law establishing a 60 hour work week.
We will discuss these further in class, but these are links relevant to the story. Not only do they touch on issues related to a specific era of American constitutional history, it may foreshadow where we may be going in the near future.
- Click here for the Wikipedia on Lochner v New York.
- The Lochner Era.
- Why the consensus against Lochner v. New York is beginning to fray.
