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Lord Mansfield: justice in the age of reason

By Mansfield , Norman S , William Murray;Poser

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780773541832, 9780773589797, 9780773589803, 0773541837, 9780773545328, 0773545328
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4086515 bytes)
Edition
First paperback edition
Pages
xviii, 532 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 c
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1705-1793;Mansfield-- Earl of-- Earl of;Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 18thJudges;Judges--Great Britain;Law;Law--Great BritaiWilliam Murray

Description

"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"--Publisher's description.;Introduction -- Becoming Lord Mansfield -- Justice in the age of reason -- Epilogue: Lord Mansfield's legacy. Introduction -- Becoming Lord Mansfield -- Justice in the age of reason -- Epilogue: Lord Mansfield's legacy.

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