Learned in the Law (1882): Or Examples and Encouragements from the Lives of Eminent LawyersThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - 404 páginas A set of biographical sketches of eminent jurists from the 17th through 19th centuries, including Lord Bacon, John Selden, the Earl of Mansfield, Sir William Jones, and Lord Brougham. Intended to encourage emulation, Adams offers a series of "Great Man" portraits in the manner of Carlyle that emphasizes the outstanding moral character, determination, and diligence of his subjects and their crucial contributions to Britain. Like many Victorians, Adams feared that the professional specialization created by the growth of science and industry would eliminate the type of well-rounded personality dear to the English. This concern is evident in his choice of representative figures. He demonstrates in each case that these were men of parts with a breadth of interests that contributed to their greatness as jurists. |
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... Court , with a small boy as clerk at ten shillings a week , he sat down to wait for clients . These came to him more numerously and more quickly than his most sanguine dreams could have anticipated ; for it was soon known that his ...
... court was beyond praise . His tenure of office was , indeed , a golden age for lawyers and suitors . 66 Every point made by counsel was then understood in a moment ; the application of every authority was understood at a glance ; the ...
... courts was expected to toil for at least a couple of years in a special pleader's office , copying musty precedents , drawing up pleas and declarations , and studying practice and precedents rather than principles . After duly ...
... court . For a youth of Bacon's parts no better education could have been devised . It opened up to him all the pomp and splendour of French royalty , all the arts and subtle intrigues of courtiers and diplomatists . It brought him into ...
... Court . The incident furnishes a clue to the complexities of his character , to its strange combination of strength and weakness , of intellectual strength and moral weakness . At the same time , we must not condemn the inconsistency of ...
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EARL SOMERS 16501716 | 104 |
EARL OF MANSFIELD 17041793 | 139 |
EDMUND BURKE 17271797 | 216 |
SIR WILLIAM JONES 17461794 | 291 |
SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY 17571818 | 311 |
LORD BROUGHAM 17791868 | 339 |