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Mr Justice McCardie (1869-1933) : rebel, reformer and rogue judge / by Antony Lentin.
- Title
- Mr Justice McCardie (1869-1933) : rebel, reformer and rogue judge / by Antony Lentin.
- Author
- Lentin, A. (Antony)
- Publication
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- ©2016
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- Description
- xvii, 202 pages : illustrations, portraits; 21 cm
- Summary
- "According to the Law Journal in 1932, 'No present-day figure on the Bench is of greater interest than Mr Justice McCardie'. A High Court Judge from 1916 to 1933, no twentieth-century judge was more conspicuous or controversial. To his critics, he was a 'rogue judge' whose headline-hitting pronouncements often angered his fellow judges, called down the ire of the Churches, provoked calls in Parliament for his removal and earned a public rebuke from the Prime Minister. To his admirers, he was 'a Crusader on the Bench', a pioneer who denounced outdated laws, strove to make the law meet the needs of modern society and boldly championed women's causes, birth control and abortion. The Law Quarterly Review described him as 'one of the most interesting men in the history of the English Bench.'"
- Alternative Title
- Mister Justice McCardie (1869-1933)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface. A forgotten bust, a judgle dimly recalled -- Introduction. In search of McCardie -- 'No such word as fail' : from bar to bench -- Mr. Justice McCardie -- Storm over Armritsar -- 'This famous figure in our English life' : celebrity and its pitfalls -- Women's rights and judicial fisticuffs : the case of Place v Searle -- 'More an antique Roman'? -- 'A just judge'?.
- ISBN
- 9781443897808
- 1443897809
- LCCN
- 2016436670
- OCLC
- 976252989
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library