Writings on the poor laws / [Jeremy Bentham] ; edited by Michael Quinn.

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2001.

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Poor laws -- History.

Poor -- Services for -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.

Poor laws -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.

Essays on the subject of the poor laws:

1. Definitions and distinctions

2. Fundamental position in regard to the making provision for the indigent poor

3. Collateral uses derivable from a system of industry houses

Pauper systems compared, or a comparative view of the several systems establishable as well as established in relation to the poor:

Introduction

1. Systems enumerated

2. Of the no-provision, or starvation system

3. Of the limited, or inadequate-provision system

4. Home and community provision compared

5. Parallel between large and small-establishment systems

6. Objections to public establishments of this kind

7. Community provision compared with community and home provision mixt, for non-adults

Observations on the Poor Bill:

1. Introduction

2. Under-ability, or supplemental-wages clause

3. Family-relief, or extra-children clause

4. Cow-money clause

5. Relief-extension, or opulence-relief clause

6. Apprenticeship clause

7. Expense before supply

8. Home provision: conclusion

Appendix to observations on the poor bill: Essay on the question, Who are the persons for whom the several bounties provided by this Bill are intended?

App A. Neighbour's-fare principle defended

App B. Farming defended.

Includes index of names and index of subjects.

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