James Fitzjames Stephen: portrait of a Victorian rationalist

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Edition Details

Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): K. J. M. Smith, Keith John Michael Smith
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988
Publication Type (Medium): Biography
Material: Biography, Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/james-fitzjames-stephen-portrait-of-a-victorian-rationalist/ (Stable identifier)

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XII, 338 pages ; 24 cm

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Useful for students learning an area of law, James Fitzjames Stephen: portrait of a Victorian rationalist is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: K.J.M. Smith.
Publication Date: 1988
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 10 editions
First edition Date: 1988
Last edition Date: 2002
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KD631.S7
Dewey Code: 347.410140924
ISBN: 0521340292 9780521340298
OCLC: 17731060

Publisher Description:

In this important study Dr Smith uses a wide range of primary materials to provide the first modern comprehensive examination of the work, writings and ideas of James Fitzjames Stephen. Stephen’s broad rationalist/utilitarian ethical and intellectual stance manifested itself most prominently in law and social and political philosophy. Stephen’s turn of mind led him to perceive the substance of literature and religious orthodoxy as of complementary interest and relevance to the social and political mores of Victorian England, making him one of Dickens’ and Cardinal Newman’s most formidable and trenchant critics. Dr Smith’s account is the first to set Stephen’s life and thought in its proper Victorian context, and marks a significant addition to the growing literature on the intellectual history of nineteenth-century England.

Main Contents

Preface; 1. Early impressions: Sir James, Eton and Cambridge; 2. A controversialist in the making: literary criticism and leader-writing; 3. A science of criminal law; 4. ‘Law living and armed’ – the mechanism of enforcement; 5. The threat of ‘hoofs and hobnails’; 6. India and the imperial ethic; 7. Liberty, equality, fraternity: refutation and apologia; 8. Rationalism’s burden; 9. The bench and beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary Note

The first modern comprehensive examination of the work, writings and ideas of James Fitzjames Stephen.

Preface
1. Early impressions: Sir James, Eton and Cambridge
2. A controversialist in the making: literary criticism and leader-writing
3. A science of criminal law
4. ‘Law living and armed’ – the mechanism of enforcement
5. The threat of ‘hoofs and hobnails’
6. India and the imperial ethic
7. Liberty, equality, fraternity: refutation and apologia
8. Rationalism’s burden
9. The bench and beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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Stephen, James Fitzjames, 1829-1894

James Fitzjames Stephen: portrait of a Victorian rationalist

James Fitzjames Stephen: portrait of a Victorian rationalist