A biography : Lord Halsbury /
John Hostettler
- New Delhi : Universal law Publishing Co., 2007.
- xii, 168 p., 1 portrait ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Troubled Times A Changing Society -- Ancient Roots -- Dr Giffard LLD -- Factory Children
Chapter 2: Early Years A Lively Boy -- Oxford University -- The Standard -- Battle with The Times -- Brush with Chartists -- Call to the Bar -- Shot at -- Old Bailey -- The South Wales Circuit
Chapter 3: Capital Trials and Queen's Counsel Poison -- Murder -- Governor Eyre -- The Clerkenwell Prison Explosion
Chapter 4: The Hustings and Litigation Candidate for Cardiff -- Courtroom Fracas -- The Tichbome Claimant -- Proceedings -- Perjury
Chapter 5: Solicitor-General and MP Return to Cardiff -- Law Officer -- Prosecuting -- Opposition to Bradlaugh -- Doctrine of Common Employment -- Sculpting in Court -- Criminal Appeals -- Unrest at the Bar -- Rioting in Birmingham -- Incitement by a Minister
Chapter 6: Lord Chancellor Minority Government -- Liberal Schism -- Violence in the West End -- On the Woolsack -- Employment Risks -- Land Registration
Chapter 7: Earl of Halsbury Family Life -- Viscount -- Prisoners' Evidence -- A Different View
Chapter 8: Last Year as Lord Chancellor Plain Words and Procedures -- Other Leading Cases -- Halsbury v. Trade Unions -- The Taff Vale Case -- Precedent -- Death of the Queen -- Personal Note -- Court of Criminal Appeal -- Politics in Judicial Appointments -- "The Laws of England"
Chapter 9: The Parliament Bill Reversing Taff Vale -- Preparing Liberal Offensive against the Lords -- Lloyd George's "People's Budget" -- Home Rule for Ireland -- A New King -- Wavering -- Die-hards -- The Halsbury Club -- Vote of Censure -- Defeat -- Tory "Reform"
Chapter 10: The Marconi Scandal and Halsbury in Wartime Ministers under Suspicion -- Grave Errors -- Trading with the Enemy -- Return to the Bench
Chapter 11: At the End Death -- Always a Tory
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