Local government, local legislation: municipal initiative in Parliament from 1858-1872

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 The sources, structure and scope of local legislation -- Introduction -- The governance context -- Historiographical review -- The historical context of local legislation -- The scope of local legislation -- How local legislation was promoted -- Why local legislation was needed -- Annex -- The Sources for and Existing Discussion of Local Legislation -- Notes -- 2 The context and content of local Bill promotion -- Public law and public mood -- The appetite for reform -- The coming of the railways -- The response to the railways -- Defining 'local' private Bills -- The nature and analysis of private Bills -- Annex -- List of private Bills originating in the House of Commons, Session 1858 -- Notes -- 3 Passing the Bill: Formalities and financing -- The evolution and examination of private Bill procedure -- Hybrid Bills -- The accumulation of private Bill procedure -- Objections outside Parliament -- The passage of private Bills -- The continuing case for reform -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Public law and private initiative: The wider context of local legislation -- The state of local government law in the mid-.1850s -- Provisional orders -- The powers of the courts relating to private Bill promotion -- Judicial consideration of private Acts -- The evolution of public municipal legislation after 1858 -- The outlook of Parliament in 1858 -- Notes -- 5 The texts and technicalities of local legislation -- The practice in drafting -- The sources of promotions -- The example of the 1863 local Acts -- The legislative means: the structure and vires of Bills -- The legislative means: other powers and purposes -- Later legislative trends -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 The powers and purposes of local legislation -- Constitutional matters and the general exercise of powers.