Lives of the Lord Chancellors, Vol 1 - 1885-1940 (Hardcover, Reissue)

The twelve Lord Chancellors of the period include some of the most interesting figures in the legal and political life of the era - Halsbury, Haldane, Birkenhead, Hailsham, Sankey, and Caldecote - and the book throws new light on many events of interest, from the judicial appointments of Halsbury to the Munich settlement.;This is a book for all concerned with the theory and practice of law: barristers, solicitors, magistrates, judges; politicians and civil servants; academics and students in departments of law, government and politics, legal and constitutional historians, and other scholars of 19th and 20th century British political history.