Julius G. Getman
- Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair
- Professor Emeritus
Julius Getman, a professor emeritus of Texas Law, is a scholar in the field of labor law, where he pioneered empirical studies and continues to do extensive fieldwork. He has published multiple books, including “The Supreme Court on Unions: Why Labor Law is Failing American Workers.” Professor Getman also served on the faculty at Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, University of Chicago Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center.
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Professor Getman is a preeminent scholar in the field of labor law, where he pioneered empirical studies and continues to do extensive field work. He came to Texas in 1986 from Yale Law School, where he was the William K. Townsend Professor of Law. He has also taught at Stanford Law School, University of Chicago Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center.
His most recent book, The Supreme Court on Unions: Why Labor Law is Failing American Workers, was published in 2016 by Cornell University Press. He is also author of Restoring the Power of Unions: It Takes a Movement (Yale University Press, 2010), The Betrayal of Local 14: Paperworkers, Politics and Permanent Replacements (Cornell, 1998) and In the Company of Scholars: The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education (Texas, 1992); and co-author of both Union Representation Elections: Law and Reality (Russell Sage Foundation, 1976) and Labor Relations: The Basic Processes, Law and Practice (Foundation, 1988). He edited a book of essays in 2004 with former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall (a faculty member at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT), The Future of Labor Unions: Organized Labor in the 21st Century. He is a former President of the American Association of University Professors.
In 2007, Professor Getman's first novel, Strike!, was published by Plainview Press.
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year-1997
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Article
Explaining the Fall of the Labor Movement
Julius G. Getman, Explaining the Fall of the Labor Movement, 41 St. Louis University Law Review 575 (1997). -
Book Review
Broken Promise: The Subversion of U.S. Labor Relations Policy
Julius G. Getman, Broken Promise: The Subversion of U.S. Labor Relations Policy, 1947-1994, by James A. Gross, 50 Industrial & Labor Relations Review 515 (1997).
year-1996
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There's No Good Reason to Junk Faculty Tenure at UT
Julius G. Getman, There's No Good Reason to Junk Faculty Tenure at UT, Austin American-Statesman, July 22, 1996, at A7 (with Brian Leiter). -
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The Human Costs of Permanent Strike Replacement
Julius G. Getman, The Human Costs of Permanent Strike Replacement, 40 St. Louis University Law Journal 51 (1996). -
Article
The Price of a Chair
Julius G. Getman, The Price of a Chair, 46 Journal of Legal Education 456 (1996).
year-1995
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Article
State Union Also for Professors
Julius G. Getman, State Union Also for Professors, Daily Texan, Oct. 27, 1995, at 5 (with Dana Cloud & Bob Jensen).
year-1994
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Article
A Story of Voice
Julius G. Getman, A Story of Voice, 55 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 973 (1994). -
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Public Policy Implications of ERISA
Julius G. Getman, Public Policy Implications of ERISA, 68 St. John's Law Review 473 (1994).
year-1993
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Article
Industrial Relations in Transition: The Paper Industry Example
Julius G. Getman, Industrial Relations in Transition: The Paper Industry Example, 102 Yale Law Journal 1803 (1993) (with F. Ray Marshall).
year-1992
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Book
In the Company of Scholars: The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education
Julius G. Getman, In the Company of Scholars: The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education (Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1992).
year-1990
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Article
The Changing Role of Courts and the Potential Role of Unions In Overcoming Employment Discrimination
Julius G. Getman, The Changing Role of Courts and the Potential Role of Unions In Overcoming Employment Discrimination, 64 Tulane Law Review 1477 (1990). -
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Dedication (in honor of Clyde W. Summers, Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law Emeritus)
Julius G. Getman, Dedication (in honor of Clyde W. Summers, Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law Emeritus), 138 University of Pennsylvania Law Review x (preceding p. 646) (1990) (with Janice R. Bellace, Robert A. Gorman, Alan Hyde, Louis H. Pollak & Harry H. Wellington).
year-1989
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Article
The Internal Scholarly Jury
Julius G. Getman, The Internal Scholarly Jury, 39 Journal of Legal Education 337 (1989).
year-1988
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Article
The "Yeshiva" Case Revisited: Professors' Right to Bargain is Entitled to Statutory Protection
Julius G. Getman, The "Yeshiva" Case Revisited: Professors' Right to Bargain is Entitled to Statutory Protection, Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 3, 1988, at 44. -
Article
Foreword: Academic Freedom in a Changing Society
Julius G. Getman, Foreword: Academic Freedom in a Changing Society, 66 Texas Law Review 1247 (1988) (with Jacqueline W. Mintz). -
Article
Voices
Julius G. Getman, Voices, 66 Texas Law Review 577 (1988). -
Book
Labor Relations: The Basic Processes, Law and Practice
Julius G. Getman, Labor Relations: The Basic Processes, Law and Practice (Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1988) (with Bertrand B. Pogrebin).
year-1987
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Book Review
Real Rape
Julius G. Getman, Real Rape, by Susan Estrich, 1987 Harvard Law Bulletin 37.
year-1986
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Article
Ruminations on Union Organizing in the Private Sector
Julius G. Getman, Ruminations on Union Organizing in the Private Sector, 53 University of Chicago Law Review 45 (1986). -
Book Chapter
Social Science in Legal Decision-Making
Julius G. Getman, Social Science in Legal Decision-Making, in Law and the Social Sciences 581 (Leon Lipson & Stanton Wheeler eds.; New York: Sage Foundation Press, 1986) (with Phoebe C. Ellworth).