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An Open Letter to Lord Mansfield on Legal Powers
A polemical address criticizes Lord Mansfield for expanding crown power at the expense of English liberty. The writer denounces legal philosophies undermining juries, attacks judgments in libel and criminal cases, and laments the erosion of common law and trial by jury through his jurisprudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mpette
House of Stuart
England
Lord Grosvenor
Prince of the Blood
Court of King’s Bench
Court of Equity
Justice Yates
Bingley
Almon
Woodfall
Miller
Baldwin
Westminster- Hall
Court of Judical Jure
Benson
Faé&T