Binding Men - Stories About Violence and Law in Late Victorian England

Binding Men tells stories about men, violence and law in late Victorian England. It does so by focusing upon five important legal cases, all of which were binding not only upon the males involved but also upon future courts and the men who appeared before them.

The subject matter of Prince (1875), Coney (1882), Dudley and Stephens (1884), Clarence (1888) and Jackson (1891) ranged from child abduction, prize-fighting, murder and cannibalism to transmitting gonorrhoea and the capture and imprisonment of a wife by her husband. Each case has its own chapter, depicting the events which led the protagonists into the courtroom, the legal outcome and the judicial pronouncements made to justify this, as well as exploring the broader setting in which the proceedings took place. In so doing, Binding Men describes how a particular case can be seen as being a part of attempts to legally limit male behaviour.

The book is essential reading for scholars and students of crime, criminal law, violence, and gender. It will be of interest to those working on the use of narrative in academic writing as well as legal methods. Binding Men's subject matter and accessible style also make it a must for those with a general interest in crime, history and, in particular, male criminality.

List of contents

Acknowledgements List Of Illustrations Table Of Cases Table Of Statutes Chapter One R V Prince 1875: Constraining Carnality Chapter Two R V Coney, Gilliam And Tully 1881-2: Civilising Combatants And Limiting Lawlessness Chapter Three R V Dudley And Stephens 1884: Subduing The Savage Chapter Four R V Clarence 1888: Supervising Sex Chapter Five R V Jackson 1891: Dictating Dominion Concluding Thoughts Index

About the author

Lois S Bibbings Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol Law School, honorary member, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol. She researches gender and violence. Her previous monograph was Telling Tales About Men: Conceptions of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service During the First World War (MUP, 2009).

Product details

• Authors: Lois S Bibbings, Lois S. Bibbings, Bibbings Lois S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138950795
• ISBN: 978-1-138-95079-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Constitutional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Legal aspects of criminology, Gender studies, gender groups, Social Law, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social law and Medical law