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Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Old Poor Law. Do you agree with its abolition? The early Poor Laws of Tudor and Medieval rules and regulations were changed somewhat by the 1601 Elizabethan Poor laws. The law changed at this point from being specifically forced to drive away 'vagrants' by punishment, to being more 'corrective' and 'assisting' in attitude. This change was much called for, and took a significant step towards changing attitudes from the 19th to 20th century. The New Elizabethan poor law, although regarded as an important step away from Tudor and Medieval laws, did not change again until the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. This gap in time gave allowance for new ideas and theories to develop and thereby abolish the Old Poor Law altogether. Whether this was a good or bad idea is questionable, as the new laws have been criticised for not really setting down...

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