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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... appointed junior tutor . Though in im- proved circumstances , he lived with the most rigid economy , in order to contribute freely to the support of his mother , who had been left a widow . He was * The Latin is certainly elegant and ...
... appointed Lord Chief - Justice of England on the retirement of Lord Ellenborough . In this high . office his peculiar intellectual qualifications , his quickness of perception , his closeness of reasoning , his solidity , and his ...
... appointed King's Counsel . In due time he became Solicitor - General , Attorney- General , and finally Lord Chancellor , holding the last dis- tinguished position for a quarter of a century . When a person thought to compliment the ...
... appointed solicitor - general ; in the following year attorney - general ; and in 1778 reached the summit of a lawyer's ambition by being promoted to the woolsack . He was imme- diately raised to the peerage by the title of Baron ...
... appointed to conduct the defence of Warren Hastings . In Macaulay's famous description of the famous trial , he alludes to " the bold and strong- minded Law , " who , with unfailing energy and audacious skill , confronted the eloquence ...
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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 |