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A Victorian Law Reformer
Edmund Heward
其他書名
A Life of Lord Selborne
出版Barry Rose Law Publishers, 1998
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Historical
ISBN18723283939781872328393
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=K4MVAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Lord Selbourne was a good House of Commons man and this experience enabled him to carry through legislation in the House of Lords when he was Lord Chancellor. He had skill in parliamentary business and political influence, but above all he had the will and determination to see reforms put into effect. The most important of those carried out by him were procedural, and included the reform of the courts of law which involved the building of new courts and introducing new rules to unify court practices; outstanding was the introduction of the originating summons in 1883. Among other reforms, there were first moves towards the registration of the title to land; conveyancing was simplified; the law of settlement was rationalised; the law of bankruptcy was improved; the first rent restrictions Act was introduced, as were new rules for the payment of solicitors; the Married Woman's Property Act went on the statute book in 1882; and the Lord Chancellor's Office became a Department of State in 1884. But the book is not just about his parliamentary career, it is a comprehensive biography covering his entire life span.