Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Norman S. Poser
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Québec (Province)
Publication Information: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013
Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, Biography, History
Material: Biography, Document, Internet resource
Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/lord-mansfield-justice-in-the-age-of-reason/ (Stable identifier)

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Print version: Lord Mansfield. (CaOONL)20139026983

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Responsable Person: Norman S. Poser.
Publication Date: 2013
Country/State: Québec (Province)
Number of Editions: 10 editions
First edition Date: 2013
Last edition Date: 2015
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KD621.M3
Dewey Code: 347.4202734092
ISBN: 9780773589797 0773589791
OCLC: 845506514

Main Contents

Part One : Becoming Lord Masfield. Scotland
Westminster and Oxford
Lincoln’s Inn
A rising lawyer
Entering politics
Law officer of the Crown
Murray and the Jacobites
Attaining the bench and the peerage
The judge as politician
Family affairs
The social scene. Part Two : Justice in the Age of Reason. Chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench
Commerce and industry
Freedom of the press
Crime and punishment
Betting and lending
Slavery and the Somerset Case
The American Revolution
Protecting authors and inventors
Women and marriage
Religious Freedom
The Gordon Riots
Last years
Epilogue : Lord Mansvield’s legacy.

Summary Note

The life and times of the great eighteenth-century judge and statesman, whose legacy continues to influence Anglo-American law and society.

Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason

Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason