| Description |
xiv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: I. Introduction: Two Stories of the Law -- Historians, the Law, and Eighteenth-Century Society -- Another Story of the Law: the Reputation of Lawyers and the Courts -- II. The Work of the Bar and Working Life -- Advocacy and Pleading: The Shape of Barristers Work -- Counselling and Conveying -- Everyday Life -- III. Barristers and Practisers: Numbers and Prospects -- Barristers and Non Practisers -- Practisers: Supply and Demand -- The Characteristics of Litigation: A Crisis in Westminster Hall? -- Prospects for Barristers: Keeping Life Going -- IV. Gentlemen Bred to the Law: Induction and Legal Education -- Motives and Qualifications: Hopes and Dreams -- The Failure of Institutions: Education at the Universities and the Inns -- A Dry and Disgusting Study: Learning the Law -- A Cultural Challenge? -- V. Practice at the Centre: Westminster Hall and Its Satellites -- Starting Out: Launching A Practice -- Winners and Losers: The Distribution of Work in Westminster Hall -- Getting On: Practices, Fees, and Incomes -- VI. Practice at the Margins: The Old Bailey and the Colonies -- Tribunes of the People: The Old Bailey Bar Law, Lawyers, and -- Ireland and America: Colonial Bars and Barristers -- Law, Lawyers, and 1776: Contrasting American Attorneys and English Barristers -- VII. Advancement and Independence -- Rank and Status at the Inns of Court: Internal Promotion -- Patronage, Politics, and Office: External Promotion -- Serving the State? The Independence of Bar and Bench -- VIII. Conclusion: The Culture of the Bar and the Recession of the Common Law -- Collective Life and Rituals 24. Self-Images: Collective Self-Esteem and Legitimating Concepts -- Self-Images: Collective Self-Esteem and Legitimating Concepts -- Consequences? : The Failure of the Bar and Recession of the Common Law -- Appendix A: Methodology and Biographical Notes for Barrister Samples, 1719-21 and 1769-71 -- Appendix B: A Prescription for Educating a Barrister, 1736 -- Appendix C: Leading Counsel In Kings Bench, Exchequer, Common Pleas, and Chancery, 1720, 1740, 1770, 1790 -- Appendix D: A Junior Barrister's Complaints about the Selection and Advantage of King's Counsel, 1750 |
| Notes |
Sequel to: Gentlemen and barristers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-384) and index |
| Subject |
Common law -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Common law -- England -- History.
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Inns of Court -- History -- 18th century.
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Lawyers -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Lawyers -- England -- History.
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Lawyers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Practice of law -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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| Author |
Lemmings, David.
Gentlemen amd barristers
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| LC no. |
00701546 |
| ISBN |
0198207212 (acid-free paper) |
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