Legal London : a pictorial history
1999, 1st edition. West Sussex : Phillmore. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390119
ISBN: 1860771114
Physical description: x, 132 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes: Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (page 128) and index. Contents; Foreword by Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls -- Introduction -- 1. The Tower of London; fortress, prison and place of execution -- 2. The mother of parliaments -- 3. The Royal Courts at Westminster and on the Strand -- 4. The other courts of London -- 5. Crime and punishment -- 6. The London police -- 7. Temple Bar and the Inns of Court -- 8. Serjeants' Inn and the Inns of Chancery -- 9. Some other scenes from Chancery Lane and Fleet Street -- 10. The lawyers -- 11. The lawyers' churches -- 12. The prisons of London -- 13. Punishments in prison -- 14. Law reports and legal ephemera. Subjects: Law in art; Courts in art; Courts England London History; Lawyers England London History; Courts; London; United Kingdom.
Price: €10.00