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Zusatztext … before this quite fascinating History of the Middle Temple was published in 2011 few people, not even that many lawyers, knew how many of England's movers and shakers, who changed English history, not to mention American history, for better or worse, were members of this Inn.A riveting read as well as a fascinating history, and enlivened with illustrations, this is a book which should attract a wide readership, not just within the legal fraternity, but among the general public…many of the issues raised in the book remain topical today – all of which makes this splendid work a must-have acquisition for anyone's library. Informationen zum Autor Richard Havery KC is a Bencher of the Inn and a retired judge of the Technology and Construction Court. The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple (commonly known as Middle Temple) is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers. This book is a history of the Middle Temple, written by a team of eminent lawyers and legal historians. It is the product of original research in the archives of the Middle Temple, and it is a treasure trove of information about the Inn and its diverse history and influence. The history of the Middle Temple is a long and fascinating one. Templars held the estate of the Temple from the 12th century until their suppression in the early 14th century - thereafter the lawyers came. Its magnificent Tudor Hall was completed in 1574. By Elizabethan times, the Inns of Court were known colloquially as the Third University of England and many persons other than lawyers had become members - among them, Sir Walter Raleigh, Elias Ashmole, Edward Hyde (Earl of Clarendon), William Congreve, Henry Fielding, Edmund Burk Zusammenfassung An examination of the long and fascinating history of the Middle Temple written by eminent lawyers and legal historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: The Knights Templar Jonathan Riley-Smith Article: The Temple Church John Toulmin Chapter 1: The First Two Centuries John Baker Article: Buildings of the Middle Temple Richard O Havery Chapter 2: Conflict, Change and Continuity: Elizabeth I to the Great Temple Fire Wilfrid Prest Article: The Maritime Connection Richard Hill Article: Literary Associations of the Middle Temple Jessica Winston Appendix: Men of Letters Associated with the Middle Temple Lesley Whitelaw Chapter 3: The Unreformed Middle Temple Wilfrid Prest Article: The American Connection John Colyer Appendix: The American Connection John Colyer Chapter 4: The Middle Temple in the 19th Century Raymond Cocks Article: The Inn as a Disciplinary Body David Woolley Chapter 5: The Middle Temple Since 1900 Eric Stockdale...
