author
Lynden Livingston Macassey
1876–1963
A barrister and labor lawyer with a gift for explaining big public questions, he wrote about industry, policy, and social change in a clear, practical way. His career moved between the courtroom, public service, and the world of ideas.
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Labour policy—false and true : A study in economic history and industrial economics
by Lynden Livingston Macassey
About the author
Born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in 1876, Lynden Livingston Macassey became an Irish-born barrister who built a notable career in labor and industrial law. He was educated at Bedford School and Trinity College Dublin, and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1899.
Early in his career he lectured in economics and law at the London School of Economics, showing the same mix of legal and social interests that would shape his writing. During and after the First World War, he became closely involved with questions of industrial relations and public policy, and he was later recognized with a knighthood.
Macassey is remembered as a writer as well as a lawyer: someone interested in how law, work, and society fit together in everyday life. He died in 1963, leaving behind a body of work tied to the major labor and civic debates of his time.