The life of Thomas E. Scrutton / David Foxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foxton, David, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scrutton, Thomas Edward, 1856-1934.

Scrutton, Thomas Edward.

Lawyers--Great Britain--Biography.

Lawyers.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Karl Llewellyn described Thomas Scrutton as 'the greatest English-speaking commercial judge of a century'. Scrutton played a key role in a number of politically sensitive court cases from the Great War to the 1930s. This biography draws on unpublished sources to evaluate his contribution as counsel, campaigner and judge in a number of areas: the development of a modern law of copyright; the checking of executive power in and after the Great War; and his attempt to develop English commercial law on a basis which reflected the practices and expectations of the commercial community. In addition to providing valuable insights into the nature of legal practice and advancement in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the book examines Llewellyn's claim that Scrutton adopted a 'realist' approach to the development of commercial law, and uses the body of Scrutton's judgments to explore the limits of a 'realist' approach to jurisprudence.

Contents:

Antecedents

A university man

Pupil, professor, husband and politician

'Patient, laborious asses' : onwards and upwards at the Bar

Copyright and the author

The Bench

The War and the law

At the height of his powers : 1919-1927

Scrutton the realist?

'Old Scrutton'.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781139506724

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