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Supreme Court Review: 2000-2001 Employment Law Cases - During its 2000-2001 session, the United States Supreme Court decided eleven significant cases involving labor and employment law; individual arbitration agreements, collective bargaining arbitration, caps on damages, ADA, sexual harassment, Title vii, NLRA, taxation, ERISA preemption, and RICO

Pepper v Hart - Pepper v Hart [1993] AC 593 is a landmark decision of the House of Lords on the use of legislative history in statutory interpretation. The Court established the principle that when primary legislation is ambiguous then, under certain circumstances, the court may refer to statements made in the House of Commons or House of Lords in an attempt to interpret the meaning of the legislation.
Bath v Alston Holdings Pty Ltd - Bath v Alston Holdings Pty Ltd (1988)165 CLR 411 is a High Court of Australia case that discusses the application of the freedom of interstate trade, as specified in section 92 of the Australian Constitution. This case followed the unanimous decision of Cole v Whitfield regarding the interpretation of section 92 as about free trade as opposed to individual rights.