The Clamor of Lawyers by Peter Charles Hoffer, William James ... - 9781501726071

The Clamor of LawyersThe American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession\nAuthor(s): Peter Charles Hoffer, William James Hull Hoffer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501726071, 978-1501726071\nSynopsis\nThe Clamor of Lawyers explores a series of extended public pronouncements that British North American colonial lawyers crafted between 1761 and 1776. Most, though not all, were composed outside of the courtroom and detached from on-going litigation. While they have been studied as political theory, these writings and speeches are rarely viewed as the work of active lawyers, despite the fact that key protagonists in the story of American independence were members of the bar with extensive practices. The American Revolution was, in fact, a lawyers' revolution.\n\n Peter Charles Hoffer and Williamjames Hull Hoffer broaden our understanding of the role that lawyers played in framing and resolving .