Law and government in England in the long eighteenth century
Subtitle: from consent to command
By: David Lemmings
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780230293014
Subjects: Politics and government; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; Law; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Preface and Acknowledgements; title: List of Tables; title: Note on Works Cited in Endnotes; title: Introduction: Law, Consent and Command; title: The Local Experience of Law and Authority: Quarter Sessions, JPs, and the People; title: Going to Law: the Rise and Fall of Civil Litigation; title: Crime and the Administration of Criminal Law: Problems, Solutions, and Participation; title: Parliament, Legislation and the People: the Idea and Experience of Leviathan; title: Conclusion: Governance, People and Law in the Eighteenth Century.