http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/english-law Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 18 May 2026 14:15:32 -0400 Mon, 18 May 2026 14:15:32 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1823/solving-poverty-by-reforming-moral-character-how-the-new-poor-law-failed-19th-century-british-society By Fiona D. Xu - The 19th century, a tumultuous period which saw a momentous change to a way of life, also saw the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, a decisive change in England’s relationship with its poor. The local parish based poor relief now became a national program run by the Poor Law Board, and what was a charity based model was tweaked into one focused on deterrence. Yet, as this paper argues, with all the good intentions with which these changes were implemented, the Poor Law Amendment Act ultimately failed to live up to its goal of lowering the number of impoverished citizens... Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:51 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1823/solving-poverty-by-reforming-moral-character-how-the-new-poor-law-failed-19th-century-british-society http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/594/reassessing-the-house-of-lords-why-the-lords-should-remain-unelected By Oliver Rieche - Since Lord Rosebery’s well-known speech there has been much debate about changes in the composition of the House of Lords. Major reforms included the Life Peerages Act 1958 and later the House of Lords Act 1999, which reduced the hereditary members to 92.[2] Nevertheless, constitutional experts such as Rodney Brazier argue that the House of Lords continues to be “unelected, unrepresentative and unaccountable.”[3] The Coalition Government is therefore working on another reform bill to provide for a wholly or largely elected second chamber. This essay will argue that such a drastic... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:05 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/594/reassessing-the-house-of-lords-why-the-lords-should-remain-unelected