Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth CenturyThis volume brings together a series of lectures A. V. Dicey first gave at Harvard Law School on the influence of public opinion in England during the nineteenth century and its impact on legislation. Dicey's lectures were accurate as a reflection of the anxieties felt by turn-of-the-century Benthamite Liberals in the face of Socialist and New Liberal challenges. A. V. Dicey (1835-1922) was an English jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University, and author of, among other works, The Law of the Constitution. Richard VandeWetering is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. |
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... democratic direction , and shows how it has happened that every Act for the reform of Parliament has extended , and has been meant to extend , the influence of mere numbers . Even , however , in the province of constitutional law , ...
... democratic direction , and shows how it has happened that every Act for the reform of Parliament has extended , and has been meant to extend , the influence of mere numbers . Even , however , in the province of constitutional law , ...
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... democratic tendency . Still , though we should keep in mind the possibility that the members of a democracy may fail to per- ceive the true character of laws or institutions which limit the authority of the people , it may fairly be ...
... democratic tendency . Still , though we should keep in mind the possibility that the members of a democracy may fail to per- ceive the true character of laws or institutions which limit the authority of the people , it may fairly be ...
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... democracy , constantly lies the assump- tion that there exists such a thing as specially democratic legislation which every democracy is certain to favour . Yet there never was an assumption more clearly at variance with the teaching of ...
... democracy , constantly lies the assump- tion that there exists such a thing as specially democratic legislation which every democracy is certain to favour . Yet there never was an assumption more clearly at variance with the teaching of ...
Contents
3 Development of legislative opinion in England slow | 3 |
Characteristics of Lawmaking Opinion in England | 14 |
Precise scope of lectures | 24 |
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