Studies in legal history The Mansfield manuscripts and the growth of English law in the eighteenth century
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0807820520
ISBN 13
9780807820520
LCCN
KD 358 .M36O
DDC
349.42
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1992
Publisher
Volume
1
Pages
2 volumes
Subject
William Mansfield
Series Name
Abstract
"In 1979 I was given access by the current (eighth) Earl of Mansfield to the trial notes of the first Earl, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of England from 1756 to 1788. The fifty-five surviving trial notebooks housed at Scone palace on Perth, Scotland are small (about six by nine inches), leather-bound books, opening vertically, each containing approximately 125 leaves. Within, on both sides of each leaf, are Lord Mansfield's handwritten notes of testimony presented in jury trials over which he presided..." -Preface
Description
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editorial statement
Abbreviations
Part 1: Lord Mansfield and the profession: career and surviving documentary record
Introduction
1. barristers, politicians, and member of society
2. The court of King's Bench
3. Lord Mansfield's manuscripts
4. Summary and transition
Part 2: Lord Mansfield and the law: case notes
5. Contract and quasi-contract
6. Bankruptcy
7. Insurance
8. Negotiable instruments
9. Usury
10. Prize
11. Trade
12. Intellectual property
13 Libel
14. Restrictions on religious observance
15. Nuisance
16. Assault and false imprisonment; public order and welfare
17. Perjury
18. Negligence
19. Trespass
20. Trover
21. Slavery
22. Marriage
23. Labor and employment
24. Property and wills
25. Miscellaneous
Appendixes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editorial statement
Abbreviations
Part 1: Lord Mansfield and the profession: career and surviving documentary record
Introduction
1. barristers, politicians, and member of society
2. The court of King's Bench
3. Lord Mansfield's manuscripts
4. Summary and transition
Part 2: Lord Mansfield and the law: case notes
5. Contract and quasi-contract
6. Bankruptcy
7. Insurance
8. Negotiable instruments
9. Usury
10. Prize
11. Trade
12. Intellectual property
13 Libel
14. Restrictions on religious observance
15. Nuisance
16. Assault and false imprisonment; public order and welfare
17. Perjury
18. Negligence
19. Trespass
20. Trover
21. Slavery
22. Marriage
23. Labor and employment
24. Property and wills
25. Miscellaneous
Appendixes
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (1427) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Thornton H. Brooks series in American law and society
Donated by Graham Price.
Thornton H. Brooks series in American law and society
Number of Copies
1
