The way we lived then: the legal profession and the 19th-century novel

The article presents information on criminal defense and the literary representation of law and the contemporary issue in legal reform. It focuses on the use of novel as a resource for social and legal history, ethical standards of advocacy and the works of novelist Anthony Trollope. It further discusses legal professionals, legitimation and inaccuracy in legal procedure. It also states that novelists use law as metaphor for representing issues on human conflicts and social power.