The History of Lawyers Ancient and Modern by William Forsyth

The History of Lawyers Ancient and Modern by William Forsyth

A Detailed History of Lawyers in Ancient Greece, Rome, England and France First published in 1849 in London under the title Hortensius: or, The Advocate, Forsyth's History of Lawyers is a spirited account of advocacy in ancient Greece, Rome, and England and of the bar in France. Acknowledging that w]e are too apt to cloth the ancients in buckram, and view them, as it were, through a magnifying glass, so that they loom before us in the dim distance in almost colossal proportions, Forsyth presents in familiar terms the language of the law and how advocates behaved. Frequently citing classical sources with his own translations, he describes in impressive detail such things as curious trials and the rights and obligations of counsel. William Forsyth 1812-1899] was an English lawyer and author of many works on law and literature, including History Of Trial By Jury (1852). CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Advocacy in Theory CHAPTER I. The Athenian Courts CHAPTER I. Sketch of the Roman Law and the Roman Courts During the Republic CHAPTER IV. Advocacy in Ancient Rome CHAPTER V. Some Account of the Advocates or Rome During the Republic CHAPTER VI. The Bar Under the Empire, and in the Middle Ages CHAPTER VI. The Noblesse de la Robe CHAPTER VI. Advocacy in England CHAPTER IX. The Honorarium CHAPTER X. Forensic Casuistry

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ISBN 13	9781616190538
ISBN 10	1616190531
Title	The History of Lawyers Ancient and Modern
Author	William Forsyth
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Year published	2010-05-27
Number of pages	432
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