ISBN:
0511040350
,
9780511051784
,
0511117396
,
9780511117398
,
9780521642613
,
0521642612
,
0511051786
,
9780511040351
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 264 p
,
24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Law, crime, and English society, 1660-1830
Keywords:
Law History.
;
Criminal law History.
;
Crime History.
;
Sociological jurisprudence.
;
Law History
;
Great Britain
;
Criminal law History
;
Great Britain
;
Crime History
;
Great Britain
;
Sociological jurisprudence
;
Crime History
;
Criminal law History
;
Law History
;
Law History.
;
Criminal law History.
;
Crime History.
;
Sociological jurisprudence.
;
Sociological jurisprudence
;
Strafjustiz
;
Kriminalität
;
Soziale Situation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Criminology
;
Crime
;
Law
;
Social conditions
;
Criminal law
;
History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Online-Publikation
;
England Social conditions.
;
Great Britain Social conditions 18th century.
;
Great Britain Social conditions
;
England
;
Great Britain
;
Great Britain Social conditions
;
England Social conditions.
;
Great Britain Social conditions 18th century.
;
England
;
Great Britain
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books Aufsatzsammlung
;
Online-Publikation
;
History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
England
;
Strafjustiz
;
Kriminalität
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1660-1830
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part 1 Law; Part 2 Crime; Part 3 Society; John M. Beattie s publications; Index
Abstract:
This book examines how eighteenth-century law was made, defined, administered, and used. Leading historians introduce current debates about the nature of eighteenth-century law and society and reflect on contemporary concepts of corruption, oppression, and institutional efficiency. The result is an invaluable account of the legal bases of eighteenth-century society; Geschichte 1660-1830
Description / Table of Contents:
Dread of the crown office: the English magistracy and King's Bench, 1740-1800 / Douglas Hay -- The trading justice's trade / Norma Landau -- Impressment and the law in eighteenth-century Britain / Nicholas Rogers -- War as a judicial resource. Press gangs and prosecution rates, 1740-1830 / Peter King -- Making the 'bloody code'? Forgery legislation in eighteenth-century England / Randall McGowen -- Mapping criminal law: Blackstone and the categories of English jurisprudence / David Lieberman -- After Somerset: Mansfield, slavery and the law in England, 1772-1830 / Ruth Paley -- Religion and the law: evidence, proof and 'matter of fact', 1660-1700 / Barbara Shapiro -- The press and public apologies in eighteenth-century London / Donna T. Andrew -- Origins of the factory acts: the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act, 1802 / Joanna Innes
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
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