Letters to Lord Mansfield

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Letters to Lord Mansfield is a series of polemical writings by Scottish lawyer Andrew Stuart, in which he sharply criticized Lord Mansfield’s conduct in the Douglas Cause, a famous 18th-century legal dispute.

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instanceOf pamphlet series
series of polemical writings
about Lord Mansfield’s conduct in the Douglas Cause
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield NERFINISHED
author Andrew Stuart NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Scotland
creatorName Andrew Stuart NERFINISHED
creatorOccupation Scottish lawyer
criticizes Lord Mansfield NERFINISHED
judicial conduct in the Douglas Cause
form epistolary polemic
genre legal polemic
political polemic
hasPart first letter to Lord Mansfield
subsequent letters to Lord Mansfield
historicalContext 18th-century Scottish legal history
British judicial politics in the 18th century
language English
legalCaseCritiqued Douglas Cause NERFINISHED
mainSubject Douglas Cause NERFINISHED
notableFor role in public controversy over the Douglas Cause
sharp criticism of a sitting Lord Chief Justice
publicationPeriod 18th century
relatedTo Douglas Cause NERFINISHED
House of Lords appeals
Scottish inheritance law
targetAudience legal and political public of 18th-century Britain
workFocus analysis of the Douglas Cause proceedings
critique of judicial impartiality
workType open letters

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Andrew Stuart notableWork Letters to Lord Mansfield