OF THE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

YORK MEETING, 1864.

EDITED BY

GEORGE W. HASTINGS, LL.B.,

GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION.

CLONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN.

EMILY FAITHFULL, PRINTER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, VICTORIA PRESS, 83A FARRINGDON STREET, E. C.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Introduction..

Opening Address. Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Vaux

Address on Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law. Right Hon.

Sir JAMES P. WILDE.

Address on Education. His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

Address on Health. Sir CHARLES HASTINGS, M.D., D.C.L

Address on Economy and Trade. EDWIN CHADWICK, C.B. .

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SELECT PAPERS, NOTICES OF PAPERS, ETC.

I. JURISPRUDENCE AND AMENDMENT OF THE

LAW.

Report of the Standing Committee of the Department.

The Laws of Real Property.

The Laws of Settlement and Primogeniture. Professor J. E. THOROLD

ROGERS.

109

. . 117

The Landowner in relation to the State. J. T. DANSON, Barrister-

at-Law ..

Are the Laws of Real Property in the Three Parts of the United

Kingdom respectively, in their Substance and Tendency, suited to

the Present Condition of Society? and if not, How should they be

Improved? RICHARD DENNY URLIN, Barrister-at-Law.

129

143

Criminal Procedure.

Whether any, and what, Ameliorations can be introduced into the

Institution and Conduct of Criminal Prosecutions ?

ROBERT

On what Principles ought the Law to deal with Questions of Responsi-

bility and Mental Competence, in Civil and Criminal cases respec-

tively? JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, Barrister-at-Law

The Legal Doctrine of Responsibility, in relation to Insanity. S. W.

NORTH, M.R.C.S..

Procedure.

The Business Arrangements of the Superior Courts of Law. JAMES

WALTER SMITH, LL.D.

Criminal Law.

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156

178

192

205

The Deterrent Influence of Capital Punishment. THOMAS BEGGS,

F.S.S.

A Plea Against Capital Punishment. W. O. MARKHAM, M.D.

213

225

REFORMATORY SECTION.

Address on Our Improved Treatment of Criminals in 1864. Sir

WALTER CROFTON, C.B., Chairman.

On the Penal Servitude Acts. M. D. HILL, Q.C..

227

236

On Discharged Prisoners, and the Means of Assisting them to Obtain

an Honest Living. JAMES MARSHALL

243

On the Non-Imprisonment of Children. MARY CARPENTER

247

Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Yorkshire. Rev. I. FISH, M.A. 255

Summary of Proceedings.

History of the Law of Entail and Strict Settlement. CHARLES

On the Real Property Law of Scotland. ROBERT STUART, Barrister-

at-Law

259/

261

On the Ancient Local Courts of Record existing in England.

GAINSFORD BRUCE, Barrister-at-Law.

300

301

Proposal for a New Court of Probate, Matrimonial, Maritime, and

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. G. W. HASTINGS, Barrister-at-Law. 300

On the Probate and Succession Duty levied on Property left under

General Power of Appointment. Rev. NASH STEPHENSON

The Law of Banns of Marriage. Rev. S. C. WILKS.

On the Exclusion of Evidence. ALFRED WADDILOVE, D.C.L..

The Office of Legislation in the Prevention of Intemperance. JAMES

H. RAPER

302

303

303

Reformatory Section, Summary.

On Penal Labour in Houses of Correction. Rev. J. FIELD
Discussion on Penal Discipline in County Gaols . .
Observations on the Discipline and Classification of Prisoners recently
introduced into Winchester Gaol. Sir WALTER CROFTON, C.B..

Resolution on Prison Discipline

305

306

310

313

On a Uniform System of Sentencing. T. B. Ll. BAKER

On the Supervision of Licensed Convicts. C. P. MEASOR

On Efforts to Prevent Crime. A. O. CHARLES.

On the Various Modes Devised at Different Periods for the Punish-

ment of Criminals, and their Influence on Civilization. GEORGE

HARRIS.

An Analysis of the Report on Reformatory Schools. C. H.

BRACEBRIDGE

Third International General Average Congress

Resolutions on General Average.

11.-EDUCATION.

316

317

Report of the Standing Committee of the Department.

319