Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century (2nd edition, 1919)

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1. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
3. Aim of Introduction
4. (A): Legislative Opinion at the end of the Nineteenth Century
5. (B): Course of Legislation from Beginning of Twentieth Century
6. (C): The Main Current of Legislative Opinion from the beginning of the Twentieth Century
7. (D): Counter-Currents and Cross-Currents of Legislative Opinion from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century2
8. Conclusions
9. LECTURE I: THE RELATION BETWEEN LAW AND PUBLIC OPINION
10. LECTURE II: CHARACTERISTICS OF LAW-MAKING OPINION IN ENGLAND
11. LECTURE III: DEMOCRACY AND LEGISLATION
12. I.: The Period of Old Toryism or Legislative Quiescence (1800-1830)1
13. II.: The Period of Benthamism or Individualism (1825-1870)2
14. III.: Period of Collectivism (1865-1900)1
15. LECTURE V: THE PERIOD OF OLD TORYISM OR LEGISLATIVE QUIESCENCE (1800-1830)
16. (A): State of Opinion (1760-1830)
17. (B): Absence of Changes in the Law
18. (C): Why considerable changes took place during the Period of Quiescence
19. (D): Close of the Period of Quiescence
20. LECTURE VI: THE PERIOD OF BENTHAMISM OR INDIVIDUALISM1
21. (A): Benthamite Ideas as to the Reform of the Law
22. I.: Legislation is a Science.
23. II.: The right aim of legislation is the carrying out of the principle of utility, or, in other words, the proper end of every law is the promotion of the greatest happiness of the greatest number.
24. III.: Every person is in the main and as a general rule the best judge of his own happiness. Hence legislation should aim at the removal of all those restrictions on the free action of an individual which are not necessary for securing the like freedom on the part of his neighbours.1
25. (B): The Acceptance of Benthamism
26. (C): The Trend and Tendency of Benthamite Legislation
27. LECTURE VII: THE GROWTH OF COLLECTIVISM
28. Tory Philanthropy and the Factory Movement
29. Changed Attitude of the Working Classes
30. Modification in Economic and Social Beliefs
31. Characteristics of Modern Commerce
32. Introduction of Household Suffrage, 1868-1884
33. (A): Principles of Collectivism
34. Restrictions on Freedom of Contract
35. Preference for Collective Action
36. Equalisation of Advantages
37. (B): Trend of Collectivist Legislation
38. LECTURE IX: THE DEBT OF COLLECTIVISM TO BENTHAMISM
39. LECTURE X: COUNTER-CURRENTS AND CROSS-CURRENTS OF LEGISLATIVE OPINION
40. A.: The Course of Legislative Opinion
41. B.: The Actual Course of Ecclesiastical Legislation
42. LECTURE XI: JUDICIAL LEGISLATION
43. I.: The Special Characteristics of Judicial Legislation in Relation to Public Opinion
44. II.: The Effect of Judge-made Law on Parliamentary Legislation
45. LECTURE XII: RELATION BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE OPINION AND GENERAL PUBLIC OPINION
46. NOTE I: THE RIGHT OF ASSOCIATION
47. As to Similarities.
48. As to Differences.
49. NOTE II: THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION
50. (A): Movement for Abolition from 1772.1
51. (B): Observations.
52. A.: Origin of Judge-made Law
53. B.: Amount of Judge-made Law
54. C.: Characteristics of Judge-made Law
55. D.: Objections to or Criticisms on the theory of Judge-made Law
56. A SELECTION OF WORKS ON POLITICS
57. About Liberty Fund
58. The Online Library of Liberty
59. Copyright Information