Law and government in England during the long eighteenth century: from consent to command

"Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people"

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Beteilige Person: Lemmings, David 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2011
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in modern history
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Zusammenfassung:"Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people"
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- Note on Works Cited in Endnotes -- Introduction: Law, Consent and Command -- The Local Experience of Law and Authority: Quarter Sessions, JPs, and the People -- Going to Law: the Rise and Fall of Civil Litigation -- Crime and the Administration of Criminal Law: Problems, Solutions, and Participation -- Parliament, Legislation and the People: the Idea and Experience of Leviathan -- Conclusion: Governance, People and Law in the Eighteenth Century
Umfang:X, 269 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780230293014