Law, Politics and the Church of England: The Career of Stephen Lushington 1782-1873 (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History)

Stephen Lushington's career as judge (in both Admiralty and Ecclesiastical courts), Privy Councillor, political reformer and anti-slavery campaigner involved him in all the great political and legal controversies of his time. He was adviser to Lady Byron during her separation from Lord Byron, and acted for Queen Caroline during her sensational trial in 1820, and part of this major new study offers a re-assessment of family and matrimonial law in England before the modern era of divorce courts. Lushington was also bound up with many of the most controversial theological disputes of the mid-nineteenth century, and his career offers a very revealing perspective on the relationship between law, politics and religion during this period.S. M. Waddams is the author of 'Law, Politics and the Church of England: The Career of Stephen Lushington 1782-1873 (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History)', published 1992 under ISBN 9780521413718 and ISBN 0521413710.