Dicey, A. V. Law and opinion in England. [*]$3. Macmillan.
Professor Dicey “lays bare to the general reader the dominating influences, intellectual and moral, which characterize the general body of law-making or operating to change it.” (Ath.) “His careful soundings and observations lead him to mark on his chart of the nineteenth century three main currents—the first, the period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence extending from 1800-1830; ... the second is designated as the period of Benthamism or individualism; ... the third is described as the period of ‘collectivism,’—the growth of opinion ‘which favors the intervention of the State even at some sacrifice of individual freedom.’” (Lond. Times.)
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“Mr. Dicey adds a familiarity with English literature and a simplicity of style in dealing with the most intricate topics and summarising the most extensive developments that will save his work from being relegated to the shelves of law libraries alone.” Robert C. Brooks.
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“A masterly exposition of the forces which have promoted the course of our modern legislation and a penetrating analysis of the counter-currents and cross-currents of opinion which have delayed or diverted it.” R.
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“This is a careful examination of a complex subject.”
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“We know no better piece of work of its kind.”