Samuel Beach Chester provides a critical examination of the English legal system, uncovering numerous flaws and inefficiencies. Chester's insightful analysis reveals the ways in which the law has failed to keep up with changing social and cultural norms, and offers suggestions for how it could be reformed to better serve the needs of the people. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in legal theory and practice. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.