Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
Contents |
A satire on barristers / by Charles Lever -- Divorce -- Death and burial -- Wills -- Libel and slander -- Imprisonment for debt -- The need for the right of property in surnames -- Literary censorship -- Capital punishment, murder and suicide -- Legitimation -- Criminal appeal and the Ball case -- Client, solicitor, and counsel -- The morality bill, accession, and coronation oaths and declarations -- Appendix A. Divorce -- Appendix B. Coroners -- Appendix C. The Royal Marriages Act, 1772 -- Appendix D. Executions -- Appendix E. An English legitimation bill -- Appendix F. The Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 -- Appendix G. The coronation oath of King George V -- Appendix H. The Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, the Perjury bill, and the Criminal Evidence Act |
Notes |
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 17, 2016) |
Subject |
Law -- Great Britain -- History.
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Law -- Great Britain -- Miscellanea
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Law
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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