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Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason
Norman S. Poser
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Description for Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason
Paperback. The life and times of the great eighteenth-century judge and statesman, whose legacy continues to influence Anglo-American law and society. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 924.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773545328
SKU
V9780773545328
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About Norman S. Poser
Norman S. Poser is professor emeritus at Brooklyn Law School.
Reviews for Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason
"[An] engaging biography ... Poser offers us a fascinating portrait." Wall Street Journal "With meticulous research in sources including the Mansfield archives in Scotland, Poser has produced a brilliantly readable history. Essential." Choice "A remarkable portrait of both a man and a legal age. I enjoyed the book tremendously, learned so much, and am deeply grateful. A master work." Kent ... Read more