Law, Crime and English Society, 1660–1830
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23782885 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Norma Landau |
| Year | 2002 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Law, Crime and English Society, 1660-1830 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511495885 |
| OpenAlex | W2624904568 |
| ISBN | 9780511495885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
This book examines how the law was made, defined, administered, and used in eighteenth-century England. A team of leading international historians explore the ways in which legal concerns and procedures came to permeate society and reflect on eighteenth-century concepts of corruption, oppression, and institutional efficiency. These themes are pursued throughout in a broad range of contributions which include studies of magistrates and courts; the forcible enlistment of soldiers and sailors; the eighteenth-century 'bloody code'; the making of law basic to nineteenth-century social reform; the populace's extension of law's arena to newspapers; theologians' use of assumptions basic to English law; Lord Chief Justice Mansfield's concept of the liberty intrinsic to England; and Blackstone's concept of the framework of English law. The result is an invaluable account of the legal bases of eighteenth-century society which is essential reading for historians at all levels.
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Let But One of Them Come before Me, and I'll Commit Him”
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She was “a comon night walker abusing him & being of ill behaviour”
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |