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| The Library is first mentioned in 1440, then in the Inn’s records in 1506, but it probably had its origins in the previous century. Its law collections cover the legal systems of the ] (], ], ], the ], the ] and the ]) and also ]. There are, in addition, extensive non-law collections covering such subjects as history, topography, biography and ], and an important collection of legal and historical manuscripts. The history of the Library is discussed in some detail in the introduction to J. Conway Davies's ''Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple'' (], 1972). The library building before World War II was a ] building built in 1862, contained about 60,000 volumes, and formed part of a larger building. | The Library is first mentioned in 1440,<ref>], 1948, accessed 25 November 2009]</ref> then in the Inn’s records in 1506, but it probably had its origins in the previous century. Its law collections cover the legal systems of the ] (], ], ], the ], the ] and the ]) and also ]. There are, in addition, extensive non-law collections covering such subjects as history, topography, biography and ], and an important collection of legal and historical manuscripts. The history of the Library is discussed in some detail in the introduction to J. Conway Davies's ''Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple'' (], 1972). The library building before World War II was a ] building built in 1862, contained about 60,000 volumes, and formed part of a larger building.<ref></ref><ref></ref> | ||
| The former Library building was destroyed during the Second World War: several thousand volumes of printed books (but none of the manuscripts) were lost. The destroyed books were mostly replaced, either by gift or purchase, over the next 30 years or so. The present building was completed in 1958 to the design of T.W. Sutcliffe, and is in the style of the eighteenth century. | The former Library building was destroyed during the Second World War: several thousand volumes of printed books (but none of the manuscripts) were lost. The destroyed books were mostly replaced, either by gift or purchase, over the next 30 years or so. The present building was completed in 1958 to the design of T.W. Sutcliffe, and is in the style of the eighteenth century. | ||
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| The Library is not open to the public, though non-members may be admitted, upon written application to the Librarian, to consult material not available elsewhere. | The Library is not open to the public, though non-members may be admitted, upon written application to the Librarian, to consult material not available elsewhere. | ||
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The Inner Temple Library is a private law library in central London serving barristers, judges, and students on the Bar Vocational Course. Its parent body is the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court.
History
The Library is first mentioned in 1440, then in the Inn’s records in 1506, but it probably had its origins in the previous century. Its law collections cover the legal systems of the British Isles (England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and also Commonwealth countries. There are, in addition, extensive non-law collections covering such subjects as history, topography, biography and heraldry, and an important collection of legal and historical manuscripts. The history of the Library is discussed in some detail in the introduction to J. Conway Davies's Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (Oxford, 1972). The library building before World War II was a Gothic building built in 1862, contained about 60,000 volumes, and formed part of a larger building.
The former Library building was destroyed during the Second World War: several thousand volumes of printed books (but none of the manuscripts) were lost. The destroyed books were mostly replaced, either by gift or purchase, over the next 30 years or so. The present building was completed in 1958 to the design of T.W. Sutcliffe, and is in the style of the eighteenth century.
Admission
The Library is not open to the public, though non-members may be admitted, upon written application to the Librarian, to consult material not available elsewhere.
References
- MacKinnon, Sir Frank Douglas, Inner Temple Papers, p. 234, Taylor & Francis, 1948, accessed 25 November 2009
- The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 15, Scotland. Sheriff Courts, William Hodge and Co., 1899, accessed 25 November 2009
- A pictorial and descriptive guide to London and its environs: with two large section plans of central London; map of London and twelve miles round; two railway maps; map showing main roads out of London; plan of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, and twenty other maps and plans. Over one hundred ..., Edition 35, p. 193, Ward, Lock & Co., limited, 1910, accessed 25 November 2009
External links
- Inner Temple Library website
- "Access to Law: annotated legal links maintained by Inner Temple Library"
- Drysdale, William, "About the Inns of the Court; Twenty Acres in the Heart of London Given Over to Lawyers and Students. Wales and his Bitter Beer Prayers and Champagne at the Morning Service for the Lawyers and Their Friends in the Old Church of the Knights Templars," The New York Times, 11 July 1897
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