Lectures on the relation between law & public opinion in England, during the nineteenth century / A. V. Dicey. - Dicey, A. V. 1835-1922. (London : Macmillan and co., limited, 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.
"1st ed., 1905; 2d ed., 1914."
Keywords: Law -- Great Britain -- History; Public opinion -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century