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

Chapters

1. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION1,127 words
2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION220 words
3. Aim of Introduction965 words
4. (A): Legislative Opinion at the end of the Nineteenth Century1,363 words
5. (B): Course of Legislation from Beginning of Twentieth Century5,080 words
6. (C): The Main Current of Legislative Opinion from the beginning of the Twentieth Century4,366 words
7. (D): Counter-Currents and Cross-Currents of Legislative Opinion from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century24,173 words
8. Conclusions1,877 words
9. LECTURE I: THE RELATION BETWEEN LAW AND PUBLIC OPINION4,306 words
10. LECTURE II: CHARACTERISTICS OF LAW-MAKING OPINION IN ENGLAND7,630 words
11. LECTURE III: DEMOCRACY AND LEGISLATION3,461 words
12. I.: The Period of Old Toryism or Legislative Quiescence (1800-1830)1244 words
13. II.: The Period of Benthamism or Individualism (1825-1870)2117 words
14. III.: Period of Collectivism (1865-1900)11,229 words
15. LECTURE V: THE PERIOD OF OLD TORYISM OR LEGISLATIVE QUIESCENCE (1800-1830)51 words
16. (A): State of Opinion (1760-1830)3,097 words
17. (B): Absence of Changes in the Law2,465 words
18. (C): Why considerable changes took place during the Period of Quiescence3,302 words
19. (D): Close of the Period of Quiescence3,522 words
20. LECTURE VI: THE PERIOD OF BENTHAMISM OR INDIVIDUALISM11,946 words
21. (A): Benthamite Ideas as to the Reform of the Law75 words
22. I.: Legislation is a Science.467 words
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.2,328 words
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.15,502 words
25. (B): The Acceptance of Benthamism3,592 words
26. (C): The Trend and Tendency of Benthamite Legislation6,184 words
27. LECTURE VII: THE GROWTH OF COLLECTIVISM1,888 words
28. Tory Philanthropy and the Factory Movement5,052 words
29. Changed Attitude of the Working Classes630 words
30. Modification in Economic and Social Beliefs425 words
31. Characteristics of Modern Commerce761 words
32. Introduction of Household Suffrage, 1868-18842,419 words
33. (A): Principles of Collectivism849 words
34. Restrictions on Freedom of Contract649 words
35. Preference for Collective Action1,950 words
36. Equalisation of Advantages2,648 words
37. (B): Trend of Collectivist Legislation3,129 words
38. LECTURE IX: THE DEBT OF COLLECTIVISM TO BENTHAMISM1,617 words
39. LECTURE X: COUNTER-CURRENTS AND CROSS-CURRENTS OF LEGISLATIVE OPINION420 words
40. A.: The Course of Legislative Opinion4,959 words
41. B.: The Actual Course of Ecclesiastical Legislation5,545 words
42. LECTURE XI: JUDICIAL LEGISLATION57 words
43. I.: The Special Characteristics of Judicial Legislation in Relation to Public Opinion2,070 words
44. II.: The Effect of Judge-made Law on Parliamentary Legislation6,808 words
45. LECTURE XII: RELATION BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE OPINION AND GENERAL PUBLIC OPINION15,721 words
46. NOTE I: THE RIGHT OF ASSOCIATION679 words
47. As to Similarities.2,240 words
48. As to Differences.1,393 words
49. NOTE II: THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION930 words
50. (A): Movement for Abolition from 1772.11,038 words
51. (B): Observations.511 words
52. A.: Origin of Judge-made Law1,426 words
53. B.: Amount of Judge-made Law747 words
54. C.: Characteristics of Judge-made Law1,411 words
55. D.: Objections to or Criticisms on the theory of Judge-made Law2,033 words
56. A SELECTION OF WORKS ON POLITICS31,577 words
57. About Liberty Fund328 words
58. The Online Library of Liberty235 words
59. Copyright Information531 words