| Gentlemen and Barristers: The Inns of Court and the English Bar 1680-1730 Contributor(s): Lemmings, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 019822155X ISBN-13: 9780198221555 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1990 Annotation: This is the first detailed analysis of English barristers and the inns of court in the period 1680-1730. The four inns of court have constituted the principal institutional home of common lawyers since medieval times, and by the ealy modern period were regarded as a "third university." Barristers were the preeminent professional men of Augustan England, and as such, they played a disproportionate role in the business of the Commons. Lemmings shows how the inns declined from their former splendor during the late seventeenth century until, by the reign of George II, they were principally dormitories and offices for a mass of non-lawyers. This original and thorough analysis draws on material from the archives of the inns to offer a fresh perspective on England under the last Stuarts and first Hanoverians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Law | Courts - General |
| Dewey: 340.060 |
| LCCN: 89048656 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.84" W x 8.84" (1.28 lbs) 338 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: This is the first detailed analysis of English barristers and the inns of court in the period 1680-1730. The four inns of court have constituted the principal institutional home of common lawyers since medieval times, and by the ealy modern period were regarded as a third university. Barristers were the preeminent professional men of Augustan England, and as such, they played a disproportionate role in the business of the Commons. Lemmings shows how the inns declined from their former splendor during the late seventeenth century until, by the reign of George II, they were principally dormitories and offices for a mass of non-lawyers. This original and thorough analysis draws on material from the archives of the inns to offer a fresh perspective on England under the last Stuarts and first Hanoverians. |
