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Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, c.1660-1725 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Prosecution and Punishment Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex c16601725 - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Author: Robert B. Shoemaker
The law was one of the most potent sources of authority and stability in early modern England. Historians, however, have argued over whether the discretion and flexibility embodied in the judicial system was used as a method of social control, and by focusing their attention on felonies and on the action of the protagonists in judicial decisions...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521068765
ISBN-10: 0521068762
Publication Date: 7/10/2008
Pages: 372
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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