"A GlassHouse book." Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-224) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : a history of forgetting -- Rights of the poor : towards a negative modernity -- Socio-legal juristic narratives : poor law's legal foundations -- Deconstructing from the negative : a critical historiography of legal [mis]conceptions -- Lived experience : the poor "speak" -- Paupers as textual analysis : exploring the settlement entitlement through little dorrit -- Lived experience : poor law administration -- Developments and transformation over time : dichotomising the poor -- The road to beveridge : eforming welfare -- End thoughts : on the transience of legal memory.
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