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    LEAP IN THE DARK
    By A.V. DICEY




    FIRST EDITION _June_ 1893
    _Reprinted_ _June_ 1893
    SECOND EDITION _July_ 1911
    THIRD EDITION _January_ 1912




    A LEAP IN THE DARK


    A CRITICISM OF THE PRINCIPLES OF
    HOME RULE AS ILLUSTRATED BY
    THE BILL OF 1893



    By A.V. DICEY
    K.C., HON. D.C.L.

    FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE; FORMERLY VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
    LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD; AUTHOR OF 'ENGLAND'S CASE AGAINST
    HOME RULE,' 'THE VERDICT,' 'AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE LAW
    OF THE CONSTITUTION'


    LONDON
    JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
    1912

    TO IRISH UNIONISTS WHOSE NOBLE AND STRENUOUS DEFENCE OF THEIR OWN
    RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES AS CITIZENS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND WILL I
    TRUST PRESERVE THE POLITICAL UNITY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM




    PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION


    This book is not a disquisition on the details of the Home Rule Bill. It
    is an examination into the leading principles of the Bill with a view to
    establishing two conclusions. The first is, that the Home Rule Bill,
    though nominally a measure for the government of Ireland, contains in
    reality a New Constitution for the whole United Kingdom. The second is,
    that this New Constitution must work injury both to England and to
    Ireland, and instead of 'closing a controversy of seven hundred years,
    opens a constitutional revolution. The whole aim, in short, of the book
    is by the collection together of arguments which separately have been
    constantly used by Unionist statesmen, to warn the people of England
    against a leap in the dark.

    A.V. DICEY.

    OXFORD: _May_ 1893.




    CONTENTS


    CHAPTER I
    OLD AND NEW CONSTITUTION

    Home Rule Bill a New Constitution for United Kingdom, p. 1.--The present
    constitution, p. 2: 1. Effective authority of Parliament throughout
    United Kingdom, p. 2: Distinction between supremacy of Parliament in
    United Kingdom and supremacy of Parliament in Colonies, p. 4: 2. Absence
    of federalism, p. 6: The New Constitution, p. 8:

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