Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Abbreviations; 1. INTRODUCTION: TWO STORIES OF LAW; 2. THE WORK OF THE BAR AND WORKING LIFE; 3. BARRISTERS AND PRACTISERS: NUMBERS AND PROSPECTS; 4. GENTLEMEN BRED TO THE LAW: INDUCTION AND LEGAL EDUCATION; 5. PRACTICE AT THE CENTRE: WESTMINSTER HALL AND ITS SATELLITES; 6. PRACTICE AT THE MARGINS: THE OLD BAILEY AND THE COLONIES; 7. ADVANCEMENT AND INDEPENDENCE; 8. CONCLUSION: THE CULTURE OF THE BAR AND RECESSION OF THE COMMON LAW; APPENDICES; Bibliography; Index
Summary
What happened to the culture of common law and English barristers in the long eighteenth century? In this wide-ranging sequel to Gentlemen and Barristers: The Inns of Court and the English Bar, 1680-1730, David Lemmings not only anatomizes the barristers and their world; he also explores the popular reputation and self-image of the law and lawyers in the context of declining popular participation in litigation, increased parliamentary legislation, and the growth of theimperial state. He shows how the bar survived and prospered in a century of low recruitment and declining work, but failed to f
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-384) and index
