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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957319303321

Autore

Dicey A. V (Albert Venn), <1835-1922.>

Titolo

Lectures on the relation between law and public opinion in England during the nineteenth century / / by A.V. Dicey ; edited and with an introduction by Richard VandeWetering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, IN, : Liberty Fund, c2008

ISBN

1-61487-794-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VandeweteringRichard

Disciplina

349.4209034

Soggetti

Law - England - History

Public opinion - England - History - 19th century

Great Britain Politics and government 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""A.V. Dicey, Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. v ""; ""Introduction to the Liberty Fund Edition, p. xiii ""; ""Editor's Note, p. xxiii ""; ""Preface to the First Edition, p. xxv ""; ""Preface to the Second Edition, p. xxix ""; ""Lectures on the Relation Between Law & Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century  ""; ""Lecture I. Relation between Law and Public Opinion, p. 3 ""

""Lecture II. Characteristics of Law-making Opinion in England, p. 14 """"Lecture III. Democracy and Legislation, p. 36 ""; ""Lecture IV. The Three Main Currents of Public Opinion, p. 45 ""; ""Lecture V. The Period of Old Toryism or Legislative Quiescence, p. 51 ""; ""Lecture VI. The Period of Benthamism or Individualism, p. 91 ""; ""Lecture VIII. The Period of Collectivism, p. 183 ""; ""Lecture IX. The Debt of Collectivism to Benthamism, p. 215 ""; ""Lecture X. Counter-Currents and Cross-Currents of Legislative Opinion, p. 221 ""; ""Lecture XI. Judicial Legislation, p. 257 ""

""Lecture XII. Relation between Legislative Opinion and General Public Opinion, p. 284 """"Appendix, p. 331 ""; ""Note I. The Right of Association,  p. 331 ""; ""Note II. The Ecclesiastical Commission, p. 340 ""; ""Note III. University Tests, p. 342 ""; ""Note IV. Judge-made Law, p.



346 ""; ""Note V. Proposed Collectivist Legislation of 1905, p. 356 ""; ""Introduction to the Second Edition, p. 359 ""; ""Index, p. 403 ""

Sommario/riassunto

This 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. It is an accessible attempt by an Edwardian liberal to make sense of recent British history. In our time, it helps define what it means to be an individualist or liberal. Dicey's lectures were 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 Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.