Title on spine: Law and opinion in England Includes bibliographical references Relation between law and public opinion -- Characteristics of law-making opinion in England -- Democracy and legislation -- The three main currents of public opinion -- The period of Old Toryism or legislative quiescence -- The period of Benthamism or individualism -- The growth of collectivism -- Period of collectivism -- The debt of collectivism to Benthamism -- Counter-currents and cross-currents of legislative opinion -- Judicial legislation -- Relation between legislative opinion and general public opinion -- Appendix: I. The right of association. II. The Ecclesiastical commission. III. University tests. IV. Judge-made law. V. Proposed collectivist legislation of 1905 Includes index