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Dear Work Comp Community:
In commemoration of Law Day, May 1, this issue is dedicated to Professor Arthur Larson, who wrote the proclamation and statement for the first Law Day back in 1958 for President Eisenhower.
Professor Larson once said "the rule of law begins at home." On Law Day, we honor the judges, legislators, lawyers and law-abiding citizens who work to preserve our liberties under the rule of law.
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Sincerely,
Robin E. Kobayashi, JD
LexisNexis Legal & Professional Operations
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 Arthur Larson and the Rule of Law, by Robin E. Kobayashi, JD. Arthur Larson, who wrote the seminal treatises The Law of Workmen's Compensation (Matthew Bender & Co.) and Employment Discrimination (Matthew Bender & Co.), had a passionate conviction in the pursuit of world peace and became instrumental in helping to spread the rule of law by advocating international law, arms control and disarmament. During his lifetime, Larson wrote and contributed to more than 80 books, booklets, and articles relating to the rule of law. This article briefly explores the rule of law movement in the United States during the height of the Cold War and Larson's contributions to world peace through law and human rights. Read more.
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law day statement, 1958 (excerpts) | |
"...May First...'Law Day'...is to remind us all that we as Americans live, every day of our lives, under a rule of law. Freedom under law is like the air we breathe. People take it for granted and are unaware of it--until they are deprived of it....The law in our times...does its part to build a society in which the homes of workers will be invaded neither by the sovereign's troops nor by the storms and winds of insecurity and poverty. It does this, not by paternalism, welfarism and hand-outs, but by creating a framework of fair play within which conscientious, hard-working men and women can freely obtain a just return for their efforts. This return includes not only good wages and working conditions, but insurance as a fight against the insecurities of injury, unemployment and old age..." |
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larson's on street risk doctrine | |
 Street-Risk Doctrine Applied to Verizon Worker Assaulted by Random Stranger, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD. Quoting Larson's Workers' Compensation Law multiple times, the Supreme Court of Rhode Island recently quashed a decree by the state's Workers' Compensation Court Appellate Division that had affirmed a denial of workers' compensation benefits to a Verizon service technician assaulted by a random stranger while the employee worked on outdoor cable lines in Providence.... read more about this case and other cases on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Slip and Fall, and Amputation.
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Arthur Larson and the Rule of Law
