The red gown : the life and works of Sir Matthew Hale / John Hostettler.

Chichester, West Sussex : Barry Rose, 2002.

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Hale, Matthew, -- 1609-1676.

Legal biography.

Lawyers -- Great Britain. -- Biography.

Law -- Great Britain. -- History.

Judges -- Great Britain. -- Biography.

Part I. Advocate: 1. Early years

2. Barrister-at-law

3. The Rump Parliament

4. The Hale Commission

Part II. Judge: 5. The Protectorate

6. Member of Parliament

7. The Restoration

8. Further thoughts on law reform

9. Witchcraft

10. The fire of London

11. Friendship

12. Christian faith

13. Retirement

Part III. Hale's legal writings: 14. The History of the Pleas of the Crown

15. Homicide and theft

16. A Victorian critic

17. The common law

18. Law and government

19. Afterword.

Includes select bibliography and index.

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xviii, 229 p. ; 25 cm