Crime, justice, and discretion in England, 1740-1820 /
The criminal law has often been as central to the rule of the eighteenth-century landed élite. Within detailed studies of every stage of the criminal process this volume explores key issues as who used the law, for what purposes, and with what effects. It then challenges the view that the law was p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [UK] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000
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| Summary: | The criminal law has often been as central to the rule of the eighteenth-century landed élite. Within detailed studies of every stage of the criminal process this volume explores key issues as who used the law, for what purposes, and with what effects. It then challenges the view that the law was primarily the instrument of a small elite, portraying it instead as an arena of struggle, negotiation, and compromise used by many different social groups. The criminal justice system may have sometimes been vulnerable to power but it was also useful in limiting it |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0198229100 9780198229100 9780191543753 0191543756 |
| Access: | Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users |