The Clamor of Lawyers : : The American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession / / Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer.
The Clamor of Lawyers explores a series of extended public pronouncements that British North American colonial lawyers crafted between 1761 and 1776. Most, though not all, were composed outside of the courtroom and detached from on-going litigation. While they have been studied as political theory,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: A Lawyers' Revolution
- Chapter 1. "The Worst Instrument of Arbitrary Power"
- Chapter 2. "The Alienation of the Affection of the Colonies"
- Chapter 3. "My Dear Countrymen Rouse Yourselves"
- Chapter 4. "A Right Which Nature Has Given to All Men"
- Chapter 5. "That These Colonies Are . . . Free and Independent States"
- Conclusion: The Legacy of the Lawyers' American Revolution
- Notes
- A Note on Sources
- Index