イングランド新救貧法のアイルランドへの導入とG・ニコルズの調査報告書

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In 1834 the British government established the English new poor law to curb poor relief. Its principle was that the poor should be relieved in workhouses and outdoor relief should be prohibited. The government thought that the new system would not operate successfully without stopping an influx of starving labourers from Ireland, which had no poor law system. The Government intended to introduce a poor law into Ireland and in 1836 sent George Nicholls, one of the English poor law commissioners, to Ireland to investigate the condition and habits of the Irish people for the introduction of the law. Nicholls presented three reports to Parliament, in which he justified the governments intention. He also claimed that there should be eighty workhouses, whose construction cost would be about £700, 000. The Irish poor law bill, based on the reports of Nicholls, became a law in July 1838. The law differed from the English one in several points. In Ireland all relief was only through workhouses, while outdoor relief was sometimes permitted in England. The Irish poor law did not include both a right to relief and a law of settlement, and was far more centralised and more draconian than the English counterpart.
大阪産業大学の論文
2007-02-28