Lectures on the relation between law & public opinion in England during the nineteenth century - Dicey, A. V., 1835-1922. (London : The Macmillan Co., 1948)
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.
Spine title: Law and opinion in England.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Law -- Great Britain -- History; Public opinion -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century