Born
1705
Died
1793
Nationality
Scottish
Events involving Lord Mansfield (8)
1754
ID: 2264
Lord Mansfield appointed Chief Justice - begins modernizing commercial law with law merchant principles
ID: 2264
1756
ID: 2265
Lord Mansfield establishes marine insurance law in Carter v. Boehm - uberrimae fidei (utmost good faith) doctrine
ID: 2265
1757
ID: 2316
Lord Mansfield begins reforming commercial law - treats partnership as mercantile institution, applies law merchant principles
ID: 2316
1759
ID: 2317
Grace v. Smith - Lord Mansfield rules partnership property held in trust for partnership purposes, not individual partners
ID: 2317
1760
ID: 2267
Lord Mansfield modernizes consideration doctrine - moral obligations can support contracts in some cases
ID: 2267
1769
ID: 2273
Lord Mansfield protects customary rights in Millar v. Taylor - early intellectual property theory
ID: 2273
1770
ID: 2274
Lord Mansfield decides Somerset's Case - slavery has no support in common law, must be established by positive law
ID: 2274
1772
ID: 2275
Somerset v. Stewart decided - slave freed on English soil, 'the air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe'
ID: 2275