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Prest Wilfrid

William Blackstone : Law and letters in the eighteenth century - Oxford Oxford University Press 2008 - 355p xv

Contents:
Acknowledgements ix;
List of Illustrations xi;
Abbreviations xv;
Chapter 1 Introduction I;
Chapter 2 ‘A Young Man of Brilliant Parts (1723 – 38) 13;’
Chapter 3 ‘Removed to the University’ (1738–43) 28;
Chapter 4 ‘Between the University and the Temple’ (1744–53) 52;
Chapter 5 ‘Advancing the Interests of the College’ (1744–53) 75;
Chapter 6 ‘The General Benefit of the University at Large’ (1750–53) 96;
Chapter 7 ‘An Active, Enterprising Genius’1 (1753–58) 119;
Chapter 8 ‘A More Public Scene’ (1758–61) 151;
Chapter 9 ‘Hopes of Advancement’ (1761–66) 183;
Chapter 10 ‘A Great and Able Lawyer’ (1761–69) 207;
Chapter 11 ‘This Temper of the Times’1 (1768–70) 236;
Chapter 12 ‘At the Point He Always Wished For’ (1770–80) 259;
Chapter 13 ‘Useful and Agreeable’ (1770–80) 276;
Chapter 14 Conclusion 303;
Appendices 313;
Bibliography 317;
Index 339.


ISBN: 9780199550296

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Blackstone William - 1723 - 1780.2. Judges - Biography - U K

Dewey Class. No.: 340.092000 / PRE