Mansfield Manuscripts and the Growth of English Law in the Eighteenth Century: Volume II

James Oldham reviews developments in English common law during the 18th century, particularly the influence of Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, whose reforming wor

In the eighteenth century, the English common law courts laid the foundation that continues to support present-day Anglo-American law. Lord Mansfield, Chief Jus

Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents an