Legal History Books

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21. Crime, Law and Popular Culture in Europe, 1500-1900

    Edited by Richard McMahon

    This book explores the relationship between crime, law and popular culture in Europe from the sixteenth century onwards. How was crime understood and dealt with by ordinary people and to what degree did they resort to or reject the official law and criminal justice system as a means of dealing with...

    Published April 30th 2008 by Willan
22. Crime and Justice 1750-1950

    By Barry Godfrey, Paul Lawrence

    This book provides an introductory text for students taking courses in recent criminal justice history. Chapters cover the key issues central to an understanding of the historical background to the current criminal justice system, covering the crime of murder, the emergence, establishment and...

    Published September 30th 2005 by Willan
23. Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940

    Edited by Barry Godfrey, Graeme Dunstall

    This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a...

    Published January 31st 2005 by Willan
24. Comparative Histories of Crime

    Edited by Barry Godfrey, Clive Emsley, Graeme Dunstall

    This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding understanding of comparative history, and providing...

    Published August 31st 2003 by Willan