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001 2011043803
003 DLC
005 20120907082016.0
008 111027s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011043803
020 $a9780230293014 (hbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aKD612$b.L46 2011
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084 $aHIS015000$aHIS037050$aHIS037060$aPOL010000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLemmings, David.
245 10 $aLaw and government in England during the long eighteenth century :$bfrom consent to command /$cDavid Lemmings.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ;$aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $ax, 269 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aStudies in modern history
520 $a"Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-260) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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 An Imperial State? : Governance, People and Law in the Eighteenth Century.
650 0 $aLaw$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y18th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/014/9780230293014/image/lgcover.9780230293014.jpg