Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century [electronic resource] : From Consent to Command /
Lemmings, D.author.
Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- Note on Works Cited in Endnotes -- Introduction: Law, Consent and Command -- The Local Experience of Law and Authority: Quarter Sessions, JPs, and the People -- Going to Law: the Rise and Fall of Civil Litigation -- Crime and the Administration of Criminal Law: Problems, Solutions, and Participation -- Parliament, Legislation and the People: the Idea and Experience of Leviathan -- Conclusion: Governance, People and Law in the Eighteenth Century.
Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people.
World politics.
Great Britain—History.
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Law—Philosophy.
Law.
Democracy.
History, Modern.
Political History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
British Politics.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.
Democracy.
Modern History.