Part Two : Justice in the Age of Reason. Chief justice of the Court of King's Bench -- Commerce and industry -- Freedom of the press -- Crime and punishment -- Betting and lending -- Slavery and the Somerset Case -- The American Revolution -- Protecting authors and inventors -- Women and marriage -- Religious Freedom -- The Gordon Riots -- Last years -- Epilogue : Lord Mansvield's legacy
Part One : Becoming Lord Masfield. Scotland -- Westminster and Oxford -- Lincoln's Inn -- A rising lawyer -- Entering politics -- Law officer of the Crown -- Murray and the Jacobites -- Attaining the bench and the peerage -- The judge as politician -- Family affairs -- The social scene
Summary
An illuminating account of a formidable legal mind, Lord Mansfield presents a vibrant look at Britain's Age of Reason. -- dust jacket
