Fields, Fens and Felonies: Crime and Justice in Eighteenth-Century East Anglia - Couverture souple

Durston, Gregory J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909976113 ISBN 13 : 9781909976115

Editeur : Waterside Press, 2016

Synopsis

A new work on Crime and Punishment in East Anglia (and elsewhere) during the eighteenth century. It was a time of highwaymen, footpads and desperate petty offenders, draconian penalties, extremes of wealth and poverty, corruption and rough and emerging forms of justice. The contents include justices of the peace, policing, crimes, courts and judges as well as such matters as summary trial and disposal, jury trial, execution (and reprieve), a variety of offences including murder (and other homicides), violence and sexual offences, smuggling, poaching, property crimes, riots and disturbances. The book also looks at the various hierarchies that existed whether social, legal, judicial, religious, military or otherwise so as to exert a variety of social controls at a time of relative lawlessness. A fascinating and statistically absorbing account of crimes, responses and penal outcomes of the era. Neither a micro-history in the context of a parish, hundred, or small town nor national account, but a more unusual criminal justice history of a major English region with its own correlation with London and the rest of England in addition to its local differences and 'quirks'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gregory J Durston is a barrister-at-law who has taught in Law Schools in England and Japan. He was for many years Reader in Law at Kingston University, Surrey. He is also the author of Whores & Highwaymen (Waterside Press, 2012).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Waterside Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909976113
• ISBN 13: 9781909976115
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 736
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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