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Lectures on the relation between law & public opinion in England during the nineteenth century

Print Book, English, 1905
Macmillan and Co. ; The Macmillan Co., London, New York, 1905
20th-century legal treatises, fiches 3,238-3,243
History
xx, 503 pages ; 23 cm
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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. V. Proposed collectivist legislation of 1905