This book offers an interesting interpretation of the hidden culture of the early modern legal profession and its influence on the development of the English constitution. It …
An extended study of gender and crime in early modern England. It considers the ways in which criminal behaviour and perceptions of criminality were informed by ideas about gender …
The Common Peace traces the attitudes behind the enforcement of the criminal law in early modern England. Focusing on five stages in prosecution (arrest, bail, indictment, …