Foundations of the Modern Bar

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In a detailed examination of the growth of formal legal education, the. roles of Inns of Court and Circuits and the emergence of a centralised governing structure, the author provides a perceptive analysis of the evolution ofthe Bar up to the turn of the century.

Present-day assumptions about the evolution of the Bar are challenqed and the roots laid bare from which the modern profession has grown. This book will be welcomed by legal historians, barristers and intending members of the Bar.