The American Revolution continues to resonate as one of history's most important events, but most people fail to appreciate the role Lord Chief Justice Mansfield played in the conflict.
Ernest B. Lowrie engages in a serious rethinking of the causes of the American Revolution, explaining how Lord Mansfield's decisions from his elevation to the Court of King's Bench in 1756 until his retirement in 1788 gave Great Britain the firepower it needed to attempt to tax its colonies.
Lord Mansfield's formal education turned on the Scottish legal system, and as a Scottish Law Lord, it...
The American Revolution continues to resonate as one of history's most important events, but most people fail to appreciate the role Lord Chief Jus...
The American Revolution continues to resonate as one of history's most important events, but most people fail to appreciate the role Lord Chief Justice Mansfield played in the conflict.
Ernest B. Lowrie engages in a serious rethinking of the causes of the American Revolution, explaining how Lord Mansfield's decisions from his elevation to the Court of King's Bench in 1756 until his retirement in 1788 gave Great Britain the firepower it needed to attempt to tax its colonies.
Lord Mansfield's formal education turned on the Scottish legal system, and as a Scottish Law Lord, it...
The American Revolution continues to resonate as one of history's most important events, but most people fail to appreciate the role Lord Chief Jus...