Murder in the Shenandoah - Making Law Sovereign in Revolutionary Virginia

Informationen zum Autor Jessica K. Lowe teaches at the University of Virginia, School of Law. Klappentext Tells the story of a sensational 1791 Virginia murder case, and explores Revolutionary America's debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law. Zusammenfassung Jessica K. Lowe tells the story of Commonwealth v. Crane! exposing deep rifts in post-Revolutionary Virginia and using it to unearth Revolutionary America's gripping debates over justice! criminal punishment! and equality before the law. She shows how post-Revolutionary Virginia was gripped by the question of what it means to make law 'sovereign'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The facts of the fight; 2. The making of a republican judge; 3. Examination: class, procedure, and local courts in Crane's Virginia; 4. The Bloody Code and the logic of legal reform; 5. Indictment: power shifts and power continuities in Virginia's courts; 6. Crane's trial and its 'imperfect' verdict; 7. 'That stigma on my character': judges, judicial review, and 'republican' interpretation of the laws; 8. Murder or manslaughter? Crane's special verdict at the general court; 9. Pardon request: mercy and Crane's 'lunatic fits'; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Jessica K. Lowe, Jessica K. (University of Virginia) Lowe, Lowe Jessica K.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108421782
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42178-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Studies in Legal History; Studies in Legal History (Hard; Studies in Legal History; Studies in Legal History (Hard
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Legal History, Legal History, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology