Informal Justice in England and Wales, 1760-1914: The Courts of Popular Opinion
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Popular concepts of what was, or should be, contained within the law were often at variance with its formal written content. Throughout the long nineteenth century, communities continued to hold mock courts, stage shaming processions and burn effigies of wrongdoers. The author investigates those justice rituals, the actors, the victims and the offences that occasioned them. He also considers the role such practices played in resistive communities...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1843839407
ISBN13:9781843839408
Release Date:August 2014
Publisher:Boydell Press
Length:236 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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