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Law and Opinion in Twentieth-Century Britain and Ireland This page intentionally left blank Law and Opinion in Twentieth-Century Britain and Ireland Edited by W. John Morgan Professor of Comparative Education The University of Nottingham and Stephen Livingstone Professor of Human Rights Law The Queen’s University, Belfast © Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 978-0-333-80089-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-42082-7 ISBN 978-0-230-50444-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230504448 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Law and opinion in twentieth-century Britain and Ireland/edited by W. John Morgan & Stephen Livingstone. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Law—Social aspects—Great Britain. 2. Public opinion—Great Britain. 3. Sociological jurisprudence. I. Morgan, W. John. II. Livingstone, Stephen, 1961– K376 .L355 2003 340′.115—dc21 2002192659 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 To peace in Britain and Ireland This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements ix Notes on the Contributors x Foreword xii Professor Sir Colin Campbell Introduction: Albert Venn Dicey, Lawyer, Academic and Public Intellectual 1 W. John Morgan and Stephen Livingstone Part I: The Citizen and the State 1 Public Opinion, Political Education and Citizenship 9 W. John Morgan 2 The Triumph of Individualism? 32 Ian Forbes Part II: Public Morality and the Citizen 3 Matrimonial Property: Legal Developments and Social Trends 59 Lisa Glennon 4 Public Opinion and the Regulation of Conception 84 Emily Jackson Part III: Culture and Identity 5 Language, Law and Politics 109 Colin H.Williams 6 Ethnicity and Education 141 Mal Leicester vii viii Contents Part IV: The Death of the English Constitution? 7 Europe and its Impact on the United Kingdom 165 Daniel Wincott and Jim Buller 8 Dicey and the Celtic Nations: A Nightmare Come to Life? 194 Stephen Livingstone Index 217 Acknowledgements The editors wish to thank the contributors for their patience and under- standing during a project that has been several times delayed; Miss Gill Morgan and Mrs Karen Langley for their secretarial assistance; and MrsJoyce Morgan, who prepared the index. ix
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