Rumpole and His Rivals - Comic Legal Fiction

Rumpole and His Rivals examines comic legal literature from 1924 to the present and its representation of law, lawyers, and the surprising role in which these books continue to inform the public of the nature and problems of legal issues.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Interwar Years: The Faux Legal Judgment
Chapter 2: Henry Cecil
Chapter 3: Hastings Draper and Julian Prescot
Chapter 4: John Mortimer: The Rumpole Years, 1975 - 2007
Chapter 5: Tim Kevin, David Osborne, and Peter Murphy

About the author

Peter Robson

Summary

Rumpole and His Rivals examines comic legal literature from 1924 to the present and its representation of law, lawyers, and the surprising role in which these books continue to inform the public of the nature and problems of legal issues.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Robson
• Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781683934141
• ISBN: 978-1-68393-414-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 553 g
• Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities; The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Law, Culture, and the Humanities
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law