Lord Mansfield : Justice in the Age of Reason / Norman S. Poser.
2013
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Title
Lord Mansfield : Justice in the Age of Reason / Norman S. Poser.
Imprint
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Description
1 online resource (432 p.) : 20 illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Preface
Chronology
Introduction
Becoming Lord Mansfield
Scotland
Westminster and Oxford
Lincoln's Inn
A Rising Lawyer
Entering Politics
Law Officer of the Crown
Murray and the Jacobites
Attaining the Bench and the Peerage
The Judge as Politician
Family Affairs
The Social Scene
Justice in the Age of Reason
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
Commerce and Industry
Freedom of the Press
Crime and Punishment
Betting and Lending
Slavery and the Somerset Case
The American Revolution
Protecting Authors and Inventors
Women and Marriage
Religious Freedom
The Gordon Riots
Last Years
Lord Mansfield's Legacy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Preface
Chronology
Introduction
Becoming Lord Mansfield
Scotland
Westminster and Oxford
Lincoln's Inn
A Rising Lawyer
Entering Politics
Law Officer of the Crown
Murray and the Jacobites
Attaining the Bench and the Peerage
The Judge as Politician
Family Affairs
The Social Scene
Justice in the Age of Reason
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
Commerce and Industry
Freedom of the Press
Crime and Punishment
Betting and Lending
Slavery and the Somerset Case
The American Revolution
Protecting Authors and Inventors
Women and Marriage
Religious Freedom
The Gordon Riots
Last Years
Lord Mansfield's Legacy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Summary
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.
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In English.
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Language
English
ISBN
9780773589797
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