The Ascent of the Readings: Some Evidence from Readings on Wills
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Excerpt
Using readings on wills, this article argues that readings in the Inns of Court were not in a state of decline in the years before the Civil War. Readings addressed new legislation with comprehensive coverage of the major topics found in the statute, presented sound analysis and examples of the law involved, and provided the audience present or later manuscript owners with many important contemporary cases related to the statute. These attributes reveal a legal profession responding effectively to new legislation.
ISBN
9781852851842
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
Hambledon Press
City
London
Keywords
court, law, legal profession
Disciplines
Law | Legal Education | Legal History
Recommended Citation
M.C. Mirow, The Ascent of the Readings: Some Evidence from Readings on Wills, in LEARNING THE LAW: TEACHING AND THE TRANSMISSION OF ENGLISH LAW, 1150-1900, (Jonathan A. Bush & Alain Wijffels edts., 1999).
