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............................................................................................................................ Description Those who have used the serried ranks of volumes of Halsbury in the course of their professional work may, perhaps, have regarded Halsbury the" man as almost a mythical figure — a man so much overshadowed by the work which bears his name that he himself has been hidden from public view. John Hostettler in this volume brings him triumphantly to life. Although the many years of his life belonged to the 19th century and to the Victorian era, the later part of his life proved to be the most productive. And what a period that was: the tumultuous history of the early days of this century, with the social revolution following the end of the Victorian reign, the Lloyd George "People's Budget", the Easter Rising in Ireland, the Toff Vale case, and with the approach of the Great War as a dark and terrifying backdrop. John Hostettler has written a biography which is a fully rounded portrait of Halsbury — Halsbury the barrister; Halsbury the politician, Halsbury the Lord Chancellor, Halsbury the Judge, and Halsbury as the progenitor of that remarkable exposition on the Common Law which bears his name so proudly as a great jurist. ............................................................................................................................ Contents Chapter 1 - Troubled Times • A Changing Society • Ancient Roots • Dr Giffard LLD • Factory Children Chapter 2 - Early Years • A Lively Boy • Oxford University • The Standard • Battle with The Times • Brush with Chartists • Call to the Bar • Shot at • Old Bailey • The South Wales Circuit Chapter 3 - Capital Trials and Queen's Counsel • Poison • Murder • Governor Eyre • The Clerkenwell Prison Explosion Chapter 4 - The Hustings and Litigation • Candidate for Cardiff • Courtroom Fracas • The Tichborne Claimant • Proceedings • Perjury Chapter 5 - Solicitor-General and MP • Return to Cardiff • Law Officer • Prosecuting • Opposition to Bradlaugh • Doctrine of Common Employment • Sculpting in Court • Criminal Appeals • Unrest at the Bar • Rioting in Birmingham • Incitement by a Minister Chapter 6 - Lord Chancellor • Minority Government • Liberal Schism • Violence in the West End • On the Woolsack • Employment Risks • Land Registration Chapter 7 - Earl of Halsbury • Family Life • Viscount • Prisoners' Evidence • A Different View Chapter 8 - Last Year as Lord Chancellor • Plain Words and Procedures • Other Leading Cases • Halsbury v. Trade Unions • The Taff Vale Case • Precedent • Death of the Queen • Personal Note • Court of Criminal Appeal • Politics in Judicial Appointments • "The Laws of England" Chapter 9 - The Parliament Bill • Reversing Taff Vale • Preparing Liberal Offensive against the Lords • Lloyd George's "People's Budget" • Home Rule for Ireland • A New King • Wavering • Die-hards • The Halsbury Club • Vote of Censure • Defeat • Tory "Reform" Chapter 10 - The Marconi Scandal and Halsbury in Wartime • Ministers under Suspicion • Grave Errors • Trading with the Enemy • Return to the Bench Chapter 11 - At the End • Death • Always a Tory Select Bibliography Index ............................................................................................................................ Author Details John Hostettler, John Hostettler has become one of the best known legal biographers/ legal historians of his generation. His past biographies have included Thomas Wackley, Thomas Erskine, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Sir Edward Carson and Sir Edward Coke; other books by him have included "The Politics of Punishment", "The Politics of Criminal Law" and "At the Mercy of the State". He is a solicitor, has served on the Bench as a magistrate and is a part-time chairman of Social Security Appeal Tribunals. ............................................................................................................................
