William Sheppard, Cromwell's Law Reformer

Name: William Sheppard, Cromwell's Law Reformer
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ISBN: 9780521890915

ISBN-10: 0521890918

ISBN-13: 9780521890915

Edition: 2002

Authors: Nancy L. Matthews, John H. Baker

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This study presents a full account of Sheppard's employment under Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate as well as an examination of his family background and education, his religious commitment to John Owen's party of Independents and his legal philosophy. An appraisal of all Sheppard's legal works, including those written during the Civil War and the Restoration period, illustrates the overlapping concerns with law reform, religion and politics in his generation. Sheppard had impressively consistent goals for the reform of English law and his prescient proposals anticipate the reforms ultimately adopted in the nineteenth century, culminating in the Judicature Acts of 1875-8. Dr Matthews examines…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

John H. Baker is a lecturer in English literature at the University of Westminster.



Preface


Notes on style and on bibliography


Abbreviations


Introduction



Biography



Early legal works, 1641-1654



The Protectorate period, 1654-1959



England's balme



Later contributions to legal literature, 1660-1674



Conclusion


Bibliographical comment


Chronological bibliography of Sheppard's books


Sheppard's sources


Index