Social And Legal Policies

• Contemporary legal system criticised by levellers and army favoured rich, too slow and antiquated.
• Introduced use of English in courts.
• Introduced more lenient punishments for debtors.
• Didn’t introduced recommendations of Hale Commission of 1651. The commision was an organisation looking at legal reform.
• Refused to accept Heads of Proposals as basis of reform.
• Didn’t introduce any changes to current commercial practices and use of monopolies.
• Discussed extension of education and poor relief but nothing change.
• Institutions of government at national and local level remained unaltered.
• 3% of legislation devoted to legal reform and 4% of legislation devoted to social reform.