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William Sheppard, Cromwell’s Law Reformer

By Nancy L. Matthews

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1985
ISBN
9780521264839, 9780511522697, 0521890918, 0521264839, 051152269X, 9780521890915
LCC
KD621.S47 M37 1984
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2148879 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
Pages
326\326
Topic
History
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This study presents a full account of Sheppard's employment under Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate as well as an examination of his family background and education, his religious commitment to John Owen's party of Independents and his legal philosophy. An appraisal of all Sheppard's legal works, including those written during the Civil War and the Restoration period, illustrates the overlapping concerns with law reform, religion and politics in his generation. Sheppard had impressively consistent goals for the reform of English law and his prescient proposals anticipate the reforms ultimately adopted in the nineteenth century, culminating in the Judicature Acts of 1875-8. Dr Matthews examines the relative importance of Sheppard's books to his generation and to legal literature in general. The study provides a full bibliography of Sheppard's legal and religious works and an appendix of the sources Sheppard used in the composition of his books on the law.

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