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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Leap in the Dark, by A.V. Dicey This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Author: A.V. Dicey Release Date: April 6, 2005 [EBook #15572] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LEAP IN THE DARK *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. 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. Ef
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