Descript |
x, 269 p. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction : 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. |
ISBN |
9780230293014 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0230293018 |
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