"Swann's readable and revealing account of judicial politics during the years 1754-1774, based on extensive research in manuscript and published sources, inevitably reviews material discussed by other historians, but he adds new information and many nuances along the way." American Historical Review

• Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the Parlement of Paris; 2. Historians and the parlements; 3; The king and his judges; 4. The parti janséniste and the refusal of the sacraments crisis, 1754–1756; 5. Managing the parlements: crisis and compromise, 1756–1758; 6. The Parlement and fiscal politics, 1756–1763; 7. Choiseul and the politics of appeasement, 1758–1763; 8. An unhappy peace, 1763; 9. Defending La Chalotais: the Brittany affair, 1764–1766; 10. In the eye of the storm, 1767–1770; 11. The fall of the Parlement of Paris, 1770–1771; Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond; Bibliography; Index.

"Swann's readable and revealing account of judicial politics during the years 1754-1774, based on extensive research in manuscript and published sources, inevitably reviews material discussed by other historians, but he adds new information and many nuances along the way." American Historical Review

• Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the Parlement of Paris; 2. Historians and the parlements; 3; The king and his judges; 4. The parti janséniste and the refusal of the sacraments crisis, 1754–1756; 5. Managing the parlements: crisis and compromise, 1756–1758; 6. The Parlement and fiscal politics, 1756–1763; 7. Choiseul and the politics of appeasement, 1758–1763; 8. An unhappy peace, 1763; 9. Defending La Chalotais: the Brittany affair, 1764–1766; 10. In the eye of the storm, 1767–1770; 11. The fall of the Parlement of Paris, 1770–1771; Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond; Bibliography; Index.

"Swann's readable and revealing account of judicial politics during the years 1754-1774, based on extensive research in manuscript and published sources, inevitably reviews material discussed by other historians, but he adds new information and many nuances along the way." American Historical Review

• Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the Parlement of Paris; 2. Historians and the parlements; 3; The king and his judges; 4. The parti janséniste and the refusal of the sacraments crisis, 1754–1756; 5. Managing the parlements: crisis and compromise, 1756–1758; 6. The Parlement and fiscal politics, 1756–1763; 7. Choiseul and the politics of appeasement, 1758–1763; 8. An unhappy peace, 1763; 9. Defending La Chalotais: the Brittany affair, 1764–1766; 10. In the eye of the storm, 1767–1770; 11. The fall of the Parlement of Paris, 1770–1771; Conclusion: Maupeou and beyond; Bibliography; Index.