Gentlemen and Barristers: The Inns of Court and the English Bar 1680-1730

ISBN-13: 9780198221555 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 344 str.

David Lemmings

Opis

This is the first detailed analysis of English barristers and the inns of court in the period 1680-1730. The four inns of court have constituted the principal institutional home of common lawyers since medieval times, and by the ealy modern period were regarded as a "third university." Barristers were the preeminent professional men of Augustan England, and as such, they played a disproportionate role in the business of the Commons. Lemmings shows how the inns declined from their former splendor during the late seventeenth century until, by the reign of George II, they were principally dormitories and offices for a mass of non-lawyers. This original and thorough analysis draws on material from the archives of the inns to offer a fresh perspective on England under the last Stuarts and first Hanoverians.

Recenzje

`Lemmings' book is, to the knowledge of this reviewer, unique in its focus on this short yet highly significant period in the Bar's history ... clearly an important contribution to the literature on the development of the English legal profession.' Neil Duxbury, Journal of Legal History, Vol.11, No.3, Dec '90

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The student body of the inns of court; Residence and finance: the transformation of the inns of court community; The quantity and 'quality' of barristers; Formal and informal legal education; The practising bar: practice and professional development; The practising bar: reputation, wealth, and social development; Barristers in parliament; The pattern of preferment; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index