Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chronology xiii
5. Introduction 3
6. Becoming Lord Mansfield
7. Scotland 11
8. Westminster and Oxford 21
9. Lincoln’s Inn 36
10. A Rising Lawyer 44
11. Entering Politics 68
12. Law Officer of the Crown 84
13. Murray and the Jacobites 100
14. Attaining the Bench and the Peerage 112
15. The Judge as Politician 120
16. Family Affairs 146
17. The Social Scene 162
18. Justice in the Age of Reason
19. Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench 193
20. Commerce and Industry 220
21. Freedom of the Press 244
22. Crime and Punishment 260
23. Betting and Lending 277
24. Slavery and the Somerset Case 286
25. The American Revolution 301
26. Protecting Authors and Inventors 322
27. Women and Marriage 334
28. Religious Freedom 349
29. The Gordon Riots 360
30. Last Years 376
31. Lord Mansfield’s Legacy 396
32. Acknowledgments 405
33. Notes 407
34. Bibliography 503
35. Index 523