Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century
From Consent to Command
Seiten
2015
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1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-33271-7 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-33271-7 (ISBN)
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.
DAVID LEMMINGSProfessor of History at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He has published several books on legal culture and governance in eighteenth century England andis editor (with Clare Walker) of Moral Panics, the Media and Law in Early Modern England (2009).
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
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.05.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studies in Modern History |
Zusatzinfo | X, 269 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Schlagworte | Eighteenth Century • England • English law • Government |
ISBN-10 | 1-349-33271-2 / 1349332712 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-349-33271-7 / 9781349332717 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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