Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason / Norman S. Poser.
2013
BIO MANS.w 2013
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Title
Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason / Norman S. Poser.
Author
Edition
1st edition
ISBN
9780773541832 (hbk.)
Imprint
Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen University Press, c2013.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 532 p. : ill. ports, ; 25 cm
Call Number
BIO MANS.w 2013
Summary
Poser's work catalogues the extraordinary life of William Murray (later Lord Mansfield) from his beginnings with a treasonous Scottish family to the very core of Eighteenth century British establishment. In 1756 William Murray was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench and raised to the peerage with the title of Lord Mansfield. Poser explains in detail the influence that Lord Mansfield had on commerce, freedom of the press, religious freedom, women and marriage in an entertaining book.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part I. Becoming Lord Mansfield
1. Scotland
2. Westminster and Oxford
3. Lincoln's Inn
4. A rising lawyer
5. Entering politics
6. Law officer of the Crown
7. Murray and the Jacobites
8. Attaining the bench and the peerage
9. The judge as a politician
10. Family affairs
11. The social scene
Part II. Justice in the age of reason
12. Chief Justice of the Court of Kings's Bench
13. Commerce and industry
14. Freedom of the press
15. Crime and punishment
16. Betting and lending
17. Slavery and the Somerset case
18. The American revolution
19. Protecting authors and inventors
20. Women and marriage
21. Religious freedom
22. The Gordon riots
23. Last years
Epilogue: Lord Mansfield's legacy.
1. Scotland
2. Westminster and Oxford
3. Lincoln's Inn
4. A rising lawyer
5. Entering politics
6. Law officer of the Crown
7. Murray and the Jacobites
8. Attaining the bench and the peerage
9. The judge as a politician
10. Family affairs
11. The social scene
Part II. Justice in the age of reason
12. Chief Justice of the Court of Kings's Bench
13. Commerce and industry
14. Freedom of the press
15. Crime and punishment
16. Betting and lending
17. Slavery and the Somerset case
18. The American revolution
19. Protecting authors and inventors
20. Women and marriage
21. Religious freedom
22. The Gordon riots
23. Last years
Epilogue: Lord Mansfield's legacy.
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