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Gillespie, Raymond (2000) Book Review: A History of the King's Serjeants at Law in Ireland: Honour Rather Than Advantage? Irish Economic and Social History, 27 (1). pp. 130-131. ISSN 0332-4893
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Abstract
Under the influence of the Irish Legal History Society there has been something of an upsurge in the history of law and its institutions in Ireland. In this their latest monograph the office of King's Serjeant at Law is scrutinised by A.R. Hart, himself a lawyer. Before the seventeenth century the King's Serjeant was the crown's principal law officer in Ireland and was only gradually supplanted by the Attorney General and Solicitor General. Hart's work is a brisk and workman-like chronological survey of the occupants of the post from the thirteenth century to 1922 when the office ceased. The approach is primarily biographical, focusing on the careers of those who held the post.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | King's Serjeants; Law in Ireland; Honour; Advantage; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History |
| Item ID: | 20891 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1177/033248930002700121 |
| Depositing User: | IR Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2025 10:30 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Economic and Social History |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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