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Law, crime, and English society, 1660-1830 / edited by Norma Landau
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: EBSCOhost eBook CollectionPublisher: Cambridge, U.K ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002Description: xii, 264 p ; 24 cmISBN:- 0511040350
- 9780511051784
- 0511117396
- 9780511117398
- 9780521642613
- 0521642612
- 0511051786
- 9780511040351
- 364.941
- KD614
Contents:
Summary: 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; IndexSummary: 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 1660-1830PPN: PPN: 086114980Package identifier: Produktsigel: GBV-4-CommColl | ZDB-4-EBA | ZDB-4-NLEBK | ZDB-1-NEL
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
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Reproduktion. Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004. Online-Ressource. (E-Books von NetLibrary) |2004||||||||||
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