Law, Crime and English Society, 1660 1830

ISBN-13: 9780521642613 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 280 str.

Norma Landau

Opis

Written from Marxist and liberal perspectives, this study examines how eighteenth-century English law was defined and administered. It introduces current debates about British society in the era in which England became the world's leading nation. Contributions from leading international historians consider eighteenth-century legal institutions in relation to contemporary concepts of corruption, oppression and institutional efficiency. The result is an original account of the legal basis of eighteenth-century society.

Recenzje

'Landau has done a splendid job in bringing these essays together and this volume is bound to take its place among the distinguished essay collections that seem to predominate in the field of English criminal justice history.' H-Net

Spis treści

1. Introduction Norma Landau; Part I. Law: 2. Dread of the Crown Office: the magistracy and King's Bench 1740–1800 Douglas Hay; 3. The trading justice's trade Norma Landau; 4. Impressment and the law in eighteenth-century Britain Nicholas Rogers; Part II. Crime: 5. 'Press gangs are better magistrates than the Middlesex justices.' Young offenders, press gangs and prosecution strategies in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century England Peter King; 6. Making the 'bloody code'? Forgery legislation in eighteenth-century England Randall McGowen; 7. Mapping the criminal law: Blackstone and the categories of English jurisprudence David Lieberman; Part III. Society: 8. After Somerset: Mansfield, slavery and the law in England, 1772–1830 Ruth Paley; 9. Religion and the law: evidence, proof and 'matter of fact' 1660–1700 Barbara Shapiro; 10. The press and public apologies in eighteenth-century London Donna Andrew; 11. Origins of the factory acts: the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 Joanna Innes.