Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century: From Consent to Command

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Springer, Oct 28, 2011 - Political Science - 269 pages
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.
 

Contents

The Idea
An Imperial State? Governance People
Law Consent and Command
Quarter
The Rise and Fall of Civil Litigation
List of Statutes Cited
Index
Copyright

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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).

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