Professors of the law : barristers and English legal culture in the eighteenth century /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 theimperial state. He shows how the bar survived and prospered in a century of low recruitment and declining work, but failed to f. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-384) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191542718 0191542717 0585372799 9780585372792 1280445335 9781280445330 9780191677557 0191677558 9786610445332 6610445338 |