Isbn: 9780864732279 - the chapman legal family (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 282 pages. cover faded and warped, good clean copyThe Chapman family was the first of New Zealand's legal dynasties. Henry Samuel Chapman was the first puisine judge of the Supreme Court; his son Frederick Rev ans Chapman was teh first New Zealand born Supreme Court judge; and another son, Martin founded one of the country's leading legal firms, which still bears his name . This book provides a record of the lives and careers of three significa nt figures in nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial history. It casts light on important aspects of society and law at that time; notoably, the charac teristics and values of the educated, aspirant classes, and the development of e ssentially English institutions and laws in the colonial environment. -- Back c over. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 282 pages. spine faded, cover lightly creasedThe Chapman family was the first of New Zealand's legal dynasties. Henry Samuel Chapman was the first puisine judge of the Supreme Court; his son Frederick Rev ans Chapman was teh first New Zealand born Supreme Court judge; and another son, Martin founded one of the country's leading legal firms, which still bears his name . This book provides a record of the lives and careers of three significa nt figures in nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial history. It casts light on important aspects of society and law at that time; notoably, the charac teristics and values of the educated, aspirant classes, and the development of e ssentially English institutions and laws in the colonial environment. -- Back c over.…