Lectures on the relation between law & public opinion in England, during the nineteenth century
By: by A. V. Dicey ...
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Macmillan and co., limited
Published: 1940
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain -- History; Public opinion -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Notes: Reprint of: 2nd edition, 1914.
Table of contents: value: Relation between law and public opinion.; value: Characteristics of law-making opinion in England.; value: Democracy and legislation.; value: The three main currents of public opinion.; value: The period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence.; value: The period of Benthamism or individualism.; value: The growth of collectivism.; value: Period of collectivism.; value: The debt of collectivism to Benthamism.; value: Counter-currents and cross-currents of legislative opinion.; value: Judicial legislation.; value: Relation between legislative opinion and general public opinion.; value: Appendix: I. The right of association. II. The Ecclesiastical commission. III. University tests. IV. Judge-made law.