Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion

A. V. Dicey

ISBN 10: 0865977003 / ISBN 13: 9780865977006

Published by Liberty Fund Inc, US, 2007

About this Item

This volume brings together a series of lectures A. V. Dicey first gave at Harvard Law School on the influence of public opinion in England during the nineteenth century and its impact on legislation. It is an accessible attempt by an Edwardian liberal to make sense of recent British history. In our time, it helps define what it means to be an individualist or liberal. Dicey's lectures were a reflection of the anxieties felt by turn-of-the-century Benthamite Liberals in the face of Socialist and New Liberal challenges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865977003
• ISBN 13: 9780865977006
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 726 grams

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Synopsis

This volume brings together a series of lectures A. V. Dicey first gave at Harvard Law School on the influence of public opinion in England during the nineteenth century and its impact on legislation. It is an accessible attempt by an Edwardian liberal to make sense of recent British history. In our time, it helps define what it means to be an individualist or liberal. Dicey's lectures were a reflection of the anxieties felt by turn-of-the-century Benthamite Liberals in the face of Socialist and New Liberal challenges.

About the Authors

Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922) was Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University from 1882 to 1909.

Richard VandeWetering is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.