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• Title:Law and government in England during the long eighteenth century : from consent to command / David Lemmings.
  
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• Author/Creator:Lemmings, David.
  
• Published/Created:Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KD612 .L46 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--England--History--18th century.
  Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
  
• Description:x, 269 p. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Studies in modern history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
  
• Summary:"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"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780230293014 (hardback)
  0230293018 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Law, Consent and Command
  English society and the rule of law: `Legitimate expectations'
  imperial state at law? Legislation and the common law
  age of enlightenment? Politeness, professionalism and the imperatives of eighteenth-century government
  2. Local Experience of Law and Authority: Quarter Sessions, JPs and the People
  JPs and quarter sessions before 1680: Medieval ideas and seventeenth-century practice
  Eighteenth-century justice work
  Local administration: Statutory authority and oligarchy
  3. Going to Law: The Rise and Fall of Civil Litigation
  Patterns of litigation
  Motives and meanings: The experience of litigation
  law world we have lost: Complaints, explanations and consequences
  4. Crime and the Administration of Criminal Law: Problems, Solutions and Participation
  Crime as a `social problem': Public opinion and the degeneracy of the common people
  Punishment solutions: Middle-class consciousness, the bloody code and the penitentiary
  Policing and prosecution solutions: Professional law enforcement
  5. Parliament, Legislation and the People: The Idea and Experience of Leviathan
  politics of legislation: Parliament, sovereignty and the law
  14,000 acts: The substance of legislation
  Making legislation: Representation, procedure and participation
  6. Conclusion: An Imperial State? Governance, People and Law in the Eighteenth Century
  Summary: From consent to command
  new `empire of laws'? Law, state and society in an age of empire and opinion.