The Mansfield Manuscripts and the Growth of English Law in the Eighteenth Century

Using voluminous trial notes and previously unexplored documents, Oldham provides a reappraisal of the judicial career of Lord Mansfield, chief justice of the Court of King's Bench in England from 1756 to 1799.

In this work, he presents important biographical information about Mansfield and brings to life the context, personalities, and operational features of the Court of King's Bench during the eighteenth century.