Author: James DunstanPublisher:
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Category : Poor laws
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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A Treatise on the Poor Law of England
Author: James DunstanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poor laws
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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A Treatise on the Poor Law of England; being a Review of the Origin and various Alterations that have been mad in the Law of Settlements and Removals
Author: Jam DunstanA Treatise on the Poor Law of England; Being a Review of the Origin, and Various Alterations That Have Been Made in the Law of Settlements and Removal
Author: James DunstanPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230196695
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI. On Poor Removals under the Existing hare. The writer would have brought his observations to a close at this point, had there not been another subject of the utmost importance closely connected with rating and settlements. The subject in question, namely, Poor Removals, as in operation under the existing laws, has been occasionally adverted to in the preceding pages, but it has not received any particular consideration. The practice of removals has varied in proportion to the exigencies of the times. In the days of Richard 2, A. D. 1388, the poor were directed to remain in the towns where they were dwelling, unless the inhabitants were either unable or unwilling to support them, in either of which cases they were to remove themselves to the place of their nativity, or, in the language of the statute, "to withdraw themselves to the towns where they were born." The 11 Hen. 7, c. 2, upwards of a century later, required persons who could not sustain themselves, "to resort" to the hundred where they were best known or were born; and later in the same monarch's reign (a.d. 1504), the same provision as to self-removal was re-enacted. But it appears that the poor, when thus compelled to withdraw themselves from one town, and to resort to another, were not over-scrupulous as to the time occupied in the transit, but would loiter and beg by the way, and thus became burdensome to other parishes than the one to which they belonged; wherefore Hen. 8 directed that they should be sworn to return to their own parish or township. However, as the population increased and the poor multiplied, this principle of self-removal was found very inefficient in its operation, and therefore, by the 1 Edward 6, c. 3, A.d. 1547, the officers of cities, ...
A Treatise on the Poor Law of England; being a review of the origin, and various alterations that have been made in the law of settlements and removals
Author: James DUNSTAN (Vestry Clerk of Bromley St. Leonard.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Treatise on the Poor Law of England
Author: James DunstanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331325956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Excerpt from Treatise on the Poor Law of England: Being a Review of the Origin, and Various Alterations That Have Been Made in the Law of Settlements and Removals; And the Proposed Schemes Relating to National, Union, and Other Extended Areas for Raising Poor Rates, by Equalised Assessments, or Otherwise At a time when the Poor and the Poor Laws of this country occupy the attention of men of all classes, and of every political creed; and are so freely and warmly discussed, as well by the people as in the legislature, by the rate-payer as well as the rate-receiver; it may not be amiss if a dispassionate review be taken of the subject by one who has a practical acquaintance with the working of those laws, and who has a personal knowledge of the condition and habits of the Poor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Treatise on the Poor Law of England
Author: James DunstanJustice of the Peace and Local Government Review
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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A Treatise on the Poor Law of England
Author: James DunstanJustice of the Peace
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Category : Justices of the peace
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Philanthropy
Author: Paul VallelyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472920139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 901
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'This is the definitive book on philanthropy – its history, contradictions and future' – John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics 'Good books lay out the lie of the land. Important books change it. This book is both' – Giles Fraser, priest, journalist and broadcaster The super-rich are silently and secretly shaping our world. In this groundbreaking exploration of historical and contemporary philanthropy, bestselling author Paul Vallely reveals how this far-reaching change came about. Vivid with anecdote and scholarly insight, this magisterial survey – from the ancient Greeks to today's high-tech geeks – provides an original take on the history of philanthropy. It shows how giving has, variously, been a matter of honour, altruism, religious injunction, political control, moral activism, enlightened self-interest, public good, personal fulfilment and plutocratic manipulation. Its narrative moves from the Greek man of honour and Roman patron, via the Jewish prophet and Christian scholastic – through the Elizabethan machiavel, Puritan proto-capitalist, Enlightenment activist and Victorian moralist – to the robber-baron philanthropist, the welfare socialist, the celebrity activist and today's wealthy mega-giver. In the process it discovers that philanthropy lost an essential element as it entered the modern era. The book then embarks on a journey to determine where today's philanthropists come closest to recovering that missing dimension. Philanthropy explores the successes and failures of philanthrocapitalism, examines its claims and contradictions, and asks tough questions of top philanthropists and leading thinkers – among them Richard Branson, Eliza Manningham-Buller, Jonathan Ruffer, David Sainsbury, John Studzinski, Bob Geldof, Naser Haghamed, Lenny Henry, Jonathan Sacks, Rowan Williams, Ngaire Woods, and the presidents of the Rockefeller and Soros foundations, Rajiv Shah and Patrick Gaspard. In extended conversations they explore the relationship between philanthropy and family, faith, society, art, politics, and the creation and distribution of wealth. Highly engaging and meticulously researched, Paul Vallely's authoritative account of philanthropy then and now critiques the excessive utilitarianism of much modern philanthrocapitalism and points to how philanthropy can rediscover its soul.