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Author:   Professor William Cornish ,  Dr Stephen Banks ,  Charles Mitchell (University College London, UK) ,  Paul Mitchell (University College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.380kg
ISBN:  

9781849462730

ISBN 10:   1849462739
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   31 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE. INSTITUTIONS AND IDEAS Part 1: Industrialisation 1750–1875 Part 2: Passing Greatness 1875–1950 CHAPTER TWO. LAND Part 1: Agricultural Exploitation 1750–1850 Part 2: Urban Conditions and Land Values 1750–1850 CHAPTER THREE. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Part 1: Contract Part 2: Debt, Bankruptcy, Insolvency Part 3: The Limited Liability Company Part 4: Legal Control of Anti-Competitive Activity Part 5: Technological Advance and The Patent System CHAPTER FOUR. LABOUR RELATIONS Part 1: Service and Its Regulation 1760–1875 Part 2: Employment 1875–1950 CHAPTER FIVE. THE FAMILY Part 1: Private Family Law 1750–1850 Part 2: New Pressures on Family Law: 1850–1950 CHAPTER SIX. POVERTY AND EDUCATION Part 1: Destitution in Country and Town 1750–1890 Part 2: Schools: Learning and Mass Literacy to 1890 Part 3: Poor Relief and Its Alternatives Part 4: Education – The Modern Structure CHAPTER SEVEN. ACCIDENTS Part 1: Compensation by Civil Suits Part 2: Planning Against Accidents CHAPTER EIGHT. CRIME Part 1: The Era of The Bloody Code Part 2: Criminal Justice Transformed Part 3: Into The Twentieth Century

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The study of English legal history has been greatly enhanced and brought up-to-date with the publication of a new edition of this seminal text. -- Ciaran McCabe, University College Dublin * The Journal of Legal History *

Author Information

William Cornish CMG KC (Hon) FBA is a Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Cambridge and a Life Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Stephen Banks is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Reading. Charles Mitchell KC (Hon) FBA is a Professor of Law at University College London. Paul Mitchell is a Professor of Law at University College London. Rebecca Probert is a Professor of Law at the University of Exeter.

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