Twenty famous lawyers / John Hostettler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hostettler, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--Biography.

Lawyers.

Lawyers--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hook, Hampshire : Waterside Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With a backdrop of famous cases, trials and personalities, Twenty Famous Lawyers is a kaleidoscope of information. In the forefront are 20 lawyers selected by John Hostettler as representative of those who have left their mark on legal development from early times to the modern-day.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright page

Contents

About the Author

Preface

Clarence Darrow

Freedom and Humanity

Edward Carson

Strong Man of Politics and the Law

William Howe and Abraham Hummel

Tricksters and Criminals

Matthew Hale

Judge, Jurist, Writer, Reformer

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Birth of the Rule of Law

Henry Brougham

Glitz of Cannes to the Calm of the Woolsack

John Adams

Constitutional Draftsman and President

Helena Kennedy

Parliament, Court and College

Norman Birkett

One of the 'Great Advocates'

Jeremy Bentham

Utility, Punishment and Law

Geoffrey Robertson

Rights, Romans and Regicides

Abraham Lincoln

Law, Politics and Civil War

Edward Coke

Champion of the Common Law

Thomas Jefferson

Visionary and Founding Father

Shami Chakrabati

Equality, Respect and Human Rights

James Fitzjames Stephen

Codes and Colonies

Edward Marshall Hall

Forensic Skills and Spell-binding Eloquence

Gareth Peirce

Public Works, Private Life

Alfred Denning

People's Judge and an Unlikely Celebrity

Cesare Beccaria

Crusader Against Torture

Select Bibliography

Index

Five books also by John Hostettler

Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781908162533

1908162538

9781908162540

1908162546

OCLC:

923509754