Faithful Magistrates and Republican Lawyers: Creators of Virginia Legal Culture, 1680-1810 (Studies in Legal History) - Hardcover

Roeber, A. G.

9780807814611: Faithful Magistrates and Republican Lawyers: Creators of Virginia Legal Culture, 1680-1810 (Studies in Legal History)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080781461X ISBN 13: 9780807814611

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1981

Until the mid-1700s, law was not thought of as a science or profession. Most Virginians adhered to the English country tradition that considered law to be a local and personal affair. The growth of cities and business, however, guaranteed that disputes would spill over county boundaries. As law proliferated and became more complex, it encouraged the growth of a legal profession composed of men who shared specialized knowledge of law and the courts.

Originally published in 1981.

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"Provides new and valuable evidence of the degree to which the legal profession had its way in remodeling the judicial system of Jefferson's Virginia."-- North Carolina Historical Review

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