Network and Connections in Legal History examines networks of lawyers, legislators and litigators, and how they shaped legal development in Britain and the world. The volume is a collection of papers from the British Legal History Conference 2017, which was hosted by UCL Laws.
The book is co-edited by Dr Ian Williams (Associate Professor at UCL Laws) and Professor Michael Lobban (Professor of Legal History at LSE).
The volume includes a chapter authored by Dr Lorenzo Maniscalco (UCL alumnus and currently Fellow in Law at Clare College, Cambridge University); and a chapter by Judith Bourne about notable UCL alumni called ‘Calling Time at the Bar: First Women Barristers and Their Networks and Connections’. The book also has a chapter about Shakespeare’s knowledge of the civil and canon law, as revealed in his plays.
The publication is planned for September 2020 – find out more on the Cambridge University Press website.
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