Lectures on the relation between law and public opinion in England during the nineteenth century
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Lectures on the relation between law and public opinion in England during the nineteenth century
(Social science classics series)
Transaction Books, c1981
- : pbk
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Note
Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Macmillan, 1914
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The famed 1914 edition of this classic is one of the small handful of works that deserve to be read by Americans to understand the 1980s. Indeed, the final three chapters, describing the decline of will and consensus in late Victorian England, stand as a stark, unmistakable reminder that such national decline can happen again. Dicey was the most influential constitutional authority in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Modern politicians have often invoked the phrase "rule of law." So commonplace has it become that few recognize its source in the work of Dicey. Law and Public Opinion in England is written with simplicity, wit and a sense of purpose that marks it as a book apart. It did much more than fortell the decline of empire, it developed the forms in which such decline comes about. In many ways this book represents a pioneering statement on the libertarian tradition as a consequence of rather than rebellion against the legal norms of an advanced civilization. This is a central book for students of society and politics alike.
Table of Contents
- Lecture I: The Relation Between Law and Public Opinion
- Lecture II: Characteristics of Law-Making Opinion in England
- Lecture III: Democracy And Legislation
- Lecture IV: The Three Main Currents of Public Opinion
- Lecture V: The Period of Old Toryism or Legislative Quiescence (1800-1830)
- Lecture VI: The Period of Benthamism or Individualism
- Lecture VII: The Growth of Collectivism
- Lecture VIII: The Period of Collectivism
- Lecture IX: The Debt of Collectivism To Benthamism
- Lecture X: Counter-Currents and Cross-Currents of Legislative Opinion
- Lecture XI: Judicial Legislation
- Lecture XII: Relation Between Legislative Opinion and General Public Opinion
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