Email Address
Password
Forgot Password?
............................................................................................................................DescriptionThese four biographies are more than 'snapshots' of four distinguished Judges of the past - they are biographies which have made a distinct and distinguished contribution to the Common Law.All four belonged to the 19th Century: two (Jessel and Cairns) were also Members of Parliament - but all made different contributions to various areas of the law. Each one of Reward's subjects makes interesting reading: Jessel, for example, was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt - but although he had been deafened by this in one ear, apart from writing a reassuring letter to his wife, he proceeded to his usual task of presiding in court.Cairns was said to be of all the members of Disraeli's two cabinets, which included him, the one whom he trusted most. Twice he became Lord Chancellor - the second time in 1874 (incidentally, as the author informs us, when the Lord Chancellor had virtually no staff).Lord Bowen was not only die possessor of a superb intellect, but was also a good sportsman and wit. Involved in the Tichborne Claimant case, he acted for the claimant - it was not before the 70th day that he concluded his case; his friends thought that the mental stress on Bowen was tremendous and it seriously undermined his constitution and probably did him irreparable harm. Following his appointment as a Judge at the age of 45, with regret he gave up his practice at the Bar and abandoned his ambitions for a career in Parliament.Bramwell was said to be one of the most popular members of the Bar as a result of his kindness and sense of humour. An interesting man, the author shows his diverse talents, including a small section entitled 'Bramwelliana' - a collection of pieces showing his thoughts and wit.All in all, Edmund Heward has produced a book which is most certainly not dull, but one likely to pleasantly inform the reader about four outstanding Victorians who contributed so much to the Legal Service.............................................................................................................................ContentsSir George JesselChapter 1. Early DaysChapter 2. The BarChapter 3. Member of ParliamentChapter 4. Law OfficerChapter 5. Master of the RollsChapter 6. JudgmentsChapter 7. Legal EducationChapter 8. London UniversityChapter 9. The Public Record OfficeChapter 10. Legal InfluenceBibliography (Sir George Jessel)Lord CairnsChapter 1. Early DaysChapter 2. Member of Parliament for Belfast 1862-1866Chapter 3. Royal Commissions 1866-1868Chapter 4. Lord Chancellor 1868Chapter 5. The Irish Church 1868-1869Chapter 6. JudgeChapter 7. Out of Office 1870-1874Chapter 8. Lord Chancellor Again 1874-1880Chapter 9. Last Days Bibliography (Lord Cairns)Lord BowenChapter 1. Early Days 1834-1854Chapter 2. The BarChapter 3. Queen's Bench Judge 1879-1882Chapter 4. Lord Justice of Appeal 1882-1893Chapter 5. Last Days 1893-1894Bibliography (Lord Bowen)Lord BramwellChapter 1. Early DaysChapter 2. JudgeChapter 3. PamphletsChapter 4. BramwellianaChapter 5. The EndBibliography (Lord Bramwell)Index............................................................................................................................Author DetailsEdmund Heward, CB, is a former Chief Master of the Supreme Court - from which office he retired in 1985. Edmund Heward has spent a good proportion of his retirement years in establishing for himself an enviable reputation as a legal biographer - previously he has written biographies of some of the 'greats' of the Common Law and of those who did so much to create it - Matthew Hale, Lord Mansfield, Lord Selborne and Lord Radclifte - and of course his especially acclaimed biography of Lord Denning.Heward has now decided that 'enough is enough' and that 'Lives of the Judges' will be his final contribution to legal biography - certainly, few if any writers in the 20th Century have been able to match both his skill and industry in this respect.He is a lawyer who writes extraordinarily well - here, in this comparatively short volume he writes of the lives of four eminent members of the Judiciary belonging to the 19th Century whose contributions to jurisprudence were considerable, and whose lives he has written about in an interesting and informative way.............................................................................................................................
