Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason / Norman S. Poser.
2013
KD621.M3 P68 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason / Norman S. Poser.
ISBN
9780773541832 hardcover
0773541837 hardcover
0773541837 hardcover
Published
Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
xviii, 532 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Call Number
KD621.M3 P68 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
347.42/02734092
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." -- Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Becoming Lord Mansfield
Justice in the age of reason
Epilogue: Lord Mansfield's legacy.
Becoming Lord Mansfield
Justice in the age of reason
Epilogue: Lord Mansfield's legacy.