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1、ThisfilecontainsLawandSocietyinEngand1750-1950byW.R.CornishandthelateG.deN.Clark.ItwasoriginallypublishedbySweet&Maxwellin1989andisnowout-of-printinbookfrom.Thisdigitalversionismadeavailablebythesurvivingauthor,thepublisherhavingsurrenderedallinterestsunderitsAgreementw
2、iththeauthors.Itmaybeviewedanddownloadedbyanypersonwishingtouseitforpurposesofresearch(commercialornon-commercial),privatestudyorteaching.Extractsmaybeincludedinteachingmaterialsprovidedtoclassesofstudents.Copyrightishoweverretained.Inparticularthematerialmaynotbepublis
3、hedinpaperorelectronicform;normayitbemadeavailabletothepublicfromanothersitewithoutpermission.ThiscanbesoughtfromProfessorCornishatwrc1000@cam.ac.ukLAWANDSOCIETYINENGLAND1750-1950W.R.CORNISH,AndTheLateG.deN.CLARK,2PREFACEThisbookseekstobreaknewground.Itsetsthehistoryofs
4、ubstantivelawandlegalpracticeinthetwocenturiessinceindustrializationbesidethesurroundingpoliticsand,evenmore,besidetheeconomicandsocialconditionswhichgavethelawitsessentialsignificance.Howfarthebookattainsthisambitiousobjectiveisnotsomethingonwhichcriticsarelikelytoagre
5、e.Ifitsucceedseveninpointingthewayforthenextgenerationofscholarsitwillhavedonemuchofitswork.Itiswrittenprimarilywiththelawstudentinmind,thoughitsdiscussionoflegalmaterialsmayholdsomethingforstudentsofotherdisciplines.Itwillbeevidentthatithasderivedmuchfromtheworkofecono
6、mic,administrative,socialandpoliticalhistorians,forwhomlegalevents,activitiesandattitudesareonestrandinaricherfabric.Thebookwasconceivedovertwentyyearsago,atatimewhenstudyoftherecenthistoryofEnglishlawwasstillneglected.GeoffreyClarkandIfeltkeenlythattheomissionofthishis
7、toryfromthestuffoflegaleducationweakeneditsverytextureandneededfundamentalrepair.Theresultoftryingtoremedyoldneglectsisalongbook.Evenso,itisonlyaworkofsurveyandordering.Itprovidesrathermorethanmostlawstudentswantorneedtodigestinanyshortterm.Ithasalwaysbeenourhope,nevert
8、heless,thatitwillproveausefultoolforspecialcoursesdevotedtothestudyofitsperiod;andthatmoregenerally,studentswi