The famed 1914 edition of this classic is one of the small
handful of works that deserve to be read by Americans to understand
the 1980s. Indeed, the final three chapters, describing the decline
of will and consensus in late Victorian England, stand as a stark,
unmistakable reminder that such national decline can happen
again.
Dicey was the most influential constitutional authority in late
Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Modern politicians have often
invoked the phrase "rule of law." So commonplace has it become that
few recognize its source in the work of Dicey. Law and Public
Opinion in England is written with simplicity, wit and a sense of
purpose that marks it as a book apart. It did much more than
fortell the decline of empire, it developed the forms in which such
decline comes about. In many ways this book represents a pioneering
statement on the libertarian tradition as a consequence of rather
than rebellion against the legal norms of an advanced civilization.
This is a central book for students of society and politics
alike.
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