Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century

1. Introduction: Law, Consent and Command
David Lemmings

2. The Local Experience of Law and Authority: Quarter Sessions, JPs and the People
David Lemmings

3. Going to Law: The Rise and Fall of Civil Litigation
David Lemmings

4. Crime and the Administration of Criminal Law: Problems, Solutions and Participation
David Lemmings

5. Parliament, Legislation and the People: The Idea and Experience of Leviathan
David Lemmings

6. Conclusion: An Imperial State? Governance, People and Law in the Eighteenth Century
David Lemmings

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political History, History of Britain and Ireland, British Politics, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Democracy, Modern History