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Law, Crime and English Society, 1660–1830
This book examines how the law was made, defined, administered and
used in eighteenth-century England. An international team of leading
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 eenth-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.
is the author of The justices of the peace, 1679–1760,
published in 1984.
Law, Crime and English
Society, 1660–1830
edited by
Norma Landau
University of California at Davis
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© Cambridge University Press 2004
First published in printed format 2002
ISBN 0-511-03655-8 eBook (Adobe Reader)
ISBN 0-521-64261-2 hardback
In honour of John M. Beattie
Mentor, scholar, friend
Contents
Listoffigurespageix
Notesoncontributorsx
1Introduction1
Part 1 Law
2 Dread of the Crown Office: the English