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Lectures on the relation between law & public opinion in England, during the nineteenth century / A. V. Dicey.

by Dicey, A. V.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Macmillan and co., limited, 1914Description: xciv, 506 p. 23 cm.Subject(s): Law -- Great Britain -- History | Public opinion -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Contents:
Relation between law and public opinion.--Characteristics of law-making opinion in England.--Democracy and legislation.--The three main currents of public opinion.--The period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence.--The period of Benthamism or individualism.--The growth of collectivism.--Period of collectivism.--The debt of collectivism to Benthamism.--Counter-currents and cross-currents of legislative opinion.--Judicial legislation.--Relation between legislative opinion and general public opinion.--Appendix: I. The right of association. II. The Ecclesiastical commission. III. University tests. IV. Judge-made law.
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"1st ed., 1905; 2d ed., 1914."

Relation between law and public opinion.--Characteristics of law-making opinion in England.--Democracy and legislation.--The three main currents of public opinion.--The period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence.--The period of Benthamism or individualism.--The growth of collectivism.--Period of collectivism.--The debt of collectivism to Benthamism.--Counter-currents and cross-currents of legislative opinion.--Judicial legislation.--Relation between legislative opinion and general public opinion.--Appendix: I. The right of association. II. The Ecclesiastical commission. III. University tests. IV. Judge-made law.

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