The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I

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Author

Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904

Title

The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice

Credits

E-text prepared by David Clarke, Carla Foust, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( www.archive.org/details/toronto)

Language

English

LoC Class

KD: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United Kingdom and Ireland

Subject

Judges -- Great Britain -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28980

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28980

Release Date

May 28, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by David Clarke, Carla Foust, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( http://www.archive.org/details/toronto ) — Transcriber's note — THE LIFE OF SIR JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — FAMILY HISTORY — I. JAMES STEPHEN, WRITER ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT — II. JAMES STEPHEN, MASTER IN CHANCERY — III. MASTER STEPHEN'S CHILDREN — IV. THE VENNS — V. JAMES STEPHEN, COLONIAL UNDER-SECRETARY
6. 6.CHAPTER II — EARLY LIFE — I. CHILDHOOD — II. ETON — III. KING'S COLLEGE — IV. CAMBRIDGE — V. READING FOR THE BAR
7. 7.CHAPTER III — THE BAR AND JOURNALISM — I. INTRODUCTORY — II. FIRST YEARS AT THE BAR — III. THE 'SATURDAY REVIEW.' — IV. EDUCATION COMMISSION AND RECORDERSHIP — V. PROGRESS AT THE BAR — VI. 'ESSAYS BY A BARRISTER' — VII. DEFENCE OF DR. WILLIAMS — VIII. VIEW OF THE CRIMINAL LAW — IX. THE 'PALL MALL GAZETTE' — X. GOVERNOR EYRE — XI. INDIAN APPOINTMENT
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — INDIA — I. PERSONAL HISTORY — II. OFFICIAL WORK IN INDIA — III. INDIAN IMPRESSIONS — IV. LAST MONTHS IN INDIA
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — LAST YEARS AT THE BAR — I. FIRST OCCUPATIONS IN ENGLAND — II. 'LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY' — III. DUNDEE ELECTION — IV. CODIFICATION IN ENGLAND — V. THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY — VI. THE CRIMINAL CODE — VII. ECCLESIASTICAL CASES — VIII. CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD LYTTON — IX. APPOINTMENT TO A JUDGESHIP — NOTE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — JUDICIAL CAREER — I. HISTORY OF CRIMINAL LAW — II. 'NUNCOMAR AND IMPEY' — III. JUDICIAL CHARACTERISTICS — IV. MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS — V. JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN — VI. CONCLUSION — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.BIBLOGRAPHICAL NOTE
12. 12.INDEX — Transcriber's note

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