This book contains the text of 17 lectures delivered at the London School of Econom ics. The scheme was suggested by Dicey's Law and Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century. The field covered is wide as each lecturer worked independently. General topics are trends of thought, legal developments and trends of social policy.

Law and Opinion in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland covers four main themes: Law and the State; Culture and Identity; Public Morality and the Citizen; The Death of the English Constitution; each theme being analyzed through two essays authored by leading British and Irish academics. The book provides a substantial and readable analysis of the relationship between law and opinion in Britain and Ireland, with a special focus on the question of culture, identity and the state.