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Author Lemmings, David.

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

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 MELB  KL 401.7 Lem/Lag  AVAILABLE
Description x, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Series Studies in modern history
Studies in modern history
Contents 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
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"--
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Law -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Rule of law -- England -- History -- 18th century.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056897
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056904
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056900
LC no. 2011043803
ISBN 9780230293014 (hardback)