Ashley Law - Ashley Law

Japanese: アシュリー法 - あしゅりーほう
Ashley Law - Ashley Law

…He was active in the Committee on the Treatment of the Mentally Ill from 1828, and became famous for the enactment of the Mental Illness Act in 1845. He worked on the movement to reduce working hours with Richard Oastler and Michael Sadler from an early stage, and in 1833 he succeeded Sadler as the leader of the 10-hour work movement in Parliament, and in 1847 he passed the Ten-Hour Work Act, also known as the Ashley Act. On the other hand, his Mines Regulation Act prohibited women and boys under the age of 13 from working in coal mines. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Ashley Act" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1828年から精神病者の取扱いに関する委員会で活躍し,45年の〈精神病者法〉の制定で名をあげる。早くからリチャード・オーストラーやマイクル・サドラーとともに労働時間短縮運動に取り組み,33年,サドラーの後を継いで議会における10時間労働運動のリーダーとなり,47年に〈アシュリー法〉の別名で知られる〈10時間労働法〉を成立させた。他方,彼の〈鉱山規制法〉は女性と13歳未満の少年が炭坑で働くことを禁止した。…

※「アシュリー法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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