Prosecution and Punishment - Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, C.1660-1725

Informationen zum Autor Robert Shoemaker is Professor of Eighteenth-Century British History at the University of Sheffield. Holder of a Ph.D. from Stanford University, he is an expert on London history, gender, and crime and criminal justice in the 'long' eighteenth century. Klappentext This book offers an assessment of the social significance of the law in pre-industrial England. Zusammenfassung This book examines the day-to-day operation of the criminal justice system in Middlesex from the point of view of plaintiffs and defendants! and offers an assessment of the social significance of the law in pre-industrial England. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations and conventions; Part I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Options for prosecution; 3. Patterns of prosecutions; Part II. Procedures For Prosecution: 4. Informal mediation by justices of the peace; 5. Binding over by recognizance; 6. Indictment at quarter sessions; 7. Houses of correction; Part III. The Contextx of Misdemeanor Prosecutions: 8. The participants: plaintiffs, defendants, and justices of the peace; 9. The reformation of manners campaign; 10. Geographical contexts; 11. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Robert B. Shoemaker, Robert B. (University of Sheffield) Shoemaker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521068765
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06876-5
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law