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The Records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity Called the Law Society
Excerpt from The Records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity Called the Law Society: Compiled From Manuscripts in the Possession of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom The Records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity Called the Law Society: Compiled from Manuscripts in the Possession of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom was written by an unknown author in 1897. This is a 487 page book, containing 185922 words and 7 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.co...
Politics, Religion and Society in England
Geoffrey Holmes's work on English history between the Exclusion Crisis and the fall of Walpole is fundamental to the understanding of the period. These essays complement rather than repeat his other work and make a well-rounded and characteristically stylish collection.
Professors of the Law
What happened to the culture of common law and English barristers in the long eighteenth century? In this wide-ranging sequel to Gentlemen and Barristers: The Inns of Court and the English Bar, 1680-1730, David Lemmings not only anatomizes the barristers and their world; he also explores the popular reputation and self-image of the law and lawyers in the context of declining popular participation in litigation, increased parliamentary legislation, and the growth of the imperial state. He shows how the bar survived and prospered in a century of low recruitment and declining work, but failed to fulfil the expectations of an age of Enlightenment and Reform. By contrast with the important role p...
Bills and Acts
The eighteenth century Parliament gained much greater influence over the everyday life of the community.
Lawyer's Merriments
Murray surveys literature written by lawyers for their amusement, and the amusement of their peers. Much of this genre is humorous; it includes such forms as law lyrics, whimsical dissertations, reports in verse and facetious precedents. Other examples, such as proverbs and memorial verses, have a didactic intent. A final group includes elegantly written legal works and examples based on literary conventions. Moving from the textual to the visual, Murray also considers illustrated law books and legal livres de luxe. An appealing survey, it is also a useful starting point for further research into this fascinating genre. xiv, 302, [2] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Plates.
The Attorney in Eighteenth-Century England
Originally published in 1959, this book examines the shifting role of attorneys and solicitors in the eighteenth century, a period that saw the growth and development of the professional classes and their affiliated organizations. Robson describes the changing social character of lawyers, the methods by which they were trained and the part they played in affairs of banking, politics and other public spheres. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British social or legal history.
On the Battlefield of Merit
Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence.
