The Clamor of Lawyers: The American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession

by Peter Charles Hoffer and Williamjames Hull Hoffer

The Clamor of Lawyers explores a series of extended public pronouncements that British North American colonial lawyers crafted between 1761 and 1776. Most, though not all, were composed outside of the courtroom and detached from on-going litigation. While they have been studied as political theory, these writings and speeches are rarely viewed as the work of active lawyers, despite the fact that key protagonists in the story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501726072
• ISBN13: 9781501726071
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher