The author's attitude toward eighteenth–century lawyers can best be described as

Mida on September 1, 2020

Dec2000-S2-Q24

Here I don't see any words that might suggest the author was being 'critical' towards the 18th century lawyers. Please explain? Thanks.

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jing jing on October 19, 2020

Same here. I was wondering the same thing! I picked scornful because the author uses revolutionary to describe Bentham's reform which is targeted against lawyers with invested interest. For me, this sounds like he really hates those 18th century lawyers with vested interest. Is scornful too strong?