London has been home to more lawyers, for more centuries, than any other city on earth. Paris ran it neck-and-neck for a while, after which London romped away as the imperial capital of a legal system with Royal Courts of Justice, Inns of Court, Courts of Appeal, debtors prisons, the Old Bailey, Fleet Prison, and the Metropolitan Police.
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Nov/December 2008
Cover: Detail from Priscilla Coleman’s work in “Court Scenes” Major New Titles published in November (pp. 1-29) Inner Temple Book Prize Shortlist (p. 31) November Subs & Supplements (pp. 33-44) Middle Temple Library 50th Birthday (p. 44) Wigs & Wherefores Launch (pp. 45-46) Forthcoming Publications (pp. 48-51) WS&H Publications (pp. 52-64) |
William Blackstone: Law and Letters in the Eighteenth CenturyEdited by:
ISBN: 0199550298
ISBN13: 9780199550296
Published: October 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: UK
Binding: Hardback
Price: £29.99
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