England, 1873-1875, Peel and Melbourne, Disraeli and Gladstone, Parliament, the cabinet, the courts and local government, Public law, statutory powers of the executive 

A History of English Law 

"Volume XIV continues Book V: The centuries of settlement and reform, and forms the beginning of Chapter 5 which covers the period from the reform act, 1832 to the acts of 1873-1875. This volume is of particular interest to the historian as well as to the lawyer. Holdsworth's review, in the introduction, of the interactions between Peel and Melbourne and later Disraeli and Gladstone is full of political insight. His survey of the powers of Parliament, the cabinet, the courts and local government, illustrated by reference to events in the period under discussion and followed by a wide ranging survey of the constitutions and of the status of the emerging Commonwealth in this period, is invaluable.
For the lawyer this volume carries one stage further Holdsworth's unique contribution to the task of recording the development of the English legal system and analyzing this for teaching, reference and research. Volume 14 contains Holdworth's exposition of the entire field of public law from Bentham and the increasing importance of central Government through the residual powers of the crown to a study of the growth and evolution of statutory powers of the executive." -cover.  

Content:
Preface
Plan of the history
List of abbreviations
List of cases
List of statutes
Book V (continued)
Part I - Sources and general development (continued)
Chapter 5: The age of reform - the first phase (1833-1875)
 

Fourteenth of sixteenth volumes.