1st Edition

The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century

By Daniel Duman Copyright 1983
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century (1983) explores the impact of a changing society on the legal profession. Of central concern is the practising bar of England and Wales and its evolution from a small, highly centralised profession to a mass body that had lost much of its corporate unity. This study also examines the role of the inns of court as forging members of the... Read more

1. The Character of the Profession  2. The Governance of the Bar in the Nineteenth Century: Tradition versus Reform  3. Careers at the English Bar  4. The Colonial Bar and Bench  5. Wealth-Holders, Landowners and Company Directors  6. Politics and the Bar  7. The Bar and Bench in Social and Historical Perspective

Biography

Daniel Duman