In the eighteenth century, the English common law courts laid the foundation that continues to support present-day Anglo-American law. Lord Mansfield, Chief Jus

In the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent political life of eighteenth-century Britain's most powerful jud

This book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the common law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of the general development of

Using voluminous trial notes and previously unexplored documents, Oldham provides a reappraisal of the judicial career of Lord Mansfield, chief justice of the C