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Author | : Norman S. Poser |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2013-09-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0773589805 |
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In the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent political life of eighteenth-century Britain's most powerful judge, serving as chief justice for an unprecedented thirty-two years. His legal decisions launched England on the path to abolishing slavery and the slave trade, modernized commercial law in ways that helped establish Britain as the world's leading industrial and trading nation, and his vigorous opposition to the American colonists stoked Revolutionary fires. Although his father and brother were Jacobite rebels loyal to the deposed King James II, Mansfield was able to rise through English society to become a member of its ruling aristocracy and a confidential advisor to two kings. Poser sets Mansfield's rulings in historical context while delving into Mansfield's circle, which included poets (Alexander Pope described him as "his country's pride"), artists, actors, clergymen, noblemen and women, and politicians. Still celebrated for his application of common sense and moral values to the formal and complicated English common law system, Mansfield brought a practical and humanistic approach to the law. His decisions continue to influence the legal systems of Canada, Britain, and the United States to an extent unmatched by any judge of the past. An illuminating account of one of the greatest legal minds, Lord Mansfield presents a vibrant look at Britain's Age of Reason through one of its central figures.
Author | : James Oldham |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2005-12-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0807864005 |
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In the eighteenth century, the English common law courts laid the foundation that continues to support present-day Anglo-American law. Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, 1756-1788, was the dominant judicial force behind these developments. In this abridgment of his two-volume book, The Mansfield Manuscripts and the Growth of English Law in the Eighteenth Century, James Oldham presents the fundamentals of the English common law during this period, with a detailed description of the operational features of the common law courts. This work includes revised and updated versions of the historical and analytical essays that introduced the case transcriptions in the original volumes, with each chapter focusing on a different aspect of the law. While considerable scholarship has been devoted to the eighteenth-century English criminal trial, little attention has been given to the civil side. This book helps to fill that gap, providing an understanding of the principal body of substantive law with which America's founding fathers would have been familiar. It is an invaluable reference for practicing lawyers, scholars, and students of Anglo-American legal history.
Author | : Mark Hill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 621 |
Release | : 2017-06-09 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108135986 |
Download Great Christian Jurists in English History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies of leading jurists, judges and practitioners, assessing the impact of their Christian faith on the professional output of the individuals studied. Little has previously been written about the faith of the great judges who framed and developed the English common law over centuries, but this unique volume explores how their beliefs were reflected in their judicial functions. This comparative study, embracing ten centuries of English law, draws some remarkable conclusions as to how Christianity shaped the views of lawyers and judges. Adopting a long historical perspective, this volume also explores the lives of judges whose practice in or conception of law helped to shape the Church, its law or the articulation of its doctrine.
Author | : Louis Arthur Goodeve |
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Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1865 |
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Download Lord Mansfield, C. J. A Founder's Day Speech at Christ Church, Oxford, June 17th, 1865 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Van Vechten Veeder |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Forensic orations |
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Download Legal Masterpieces: Lord Mansfield. Thomas Erskine. Alexander Hamilton. Lord Stowell. John Philpot Curran. Chief Justice Marshall. Lord Brougham. Horace Binney. Daniel Webster. Sir Alexander Cockburn Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William MURRAY (Earl of Mansfield.) |
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1774 |
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Download The Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the Cause Between the City of London and the Dissenters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Edmund Heward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1998-01-31 |
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ISBN | : 9781872328782 |
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Author | : Andrew Stuart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1773 |
Genre | : Douglas, Archibald James Edward Douglas, 1St Baron, 1748-1827 |
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On the conduct of Lord Mansfield in the Douglas cause, concerning the claim of Archibald Douglas, formerly Stewart, as heir of tailzie to his uncle, Archibald, Duke of Douglas.
Author | : John Holliday |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 1797 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Download The Life of William, Late Earl of Mansfield Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William David Evans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1803 |
Genre | : Judgments |
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Download A General View of the Decisions of Lord Mansfield, in Civil Causes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle