Sascha Auerbach (University of Nottingham)

Armed with Sword and Scales

Law, Culture, and Local Courtrooms in London, 1860-1913

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the relationship between the creation of modern courtrooms and their widespread portrayal in journalism, literature, and popular culture. Sascha Auerbach argues that London's municipal courtrooms shaped the social experience and cultural meanings of law, contested moral norms, and helped determine boundaries of government authority.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Legal History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 425
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781108798464
• ISBN-10: 1108798462
• Artikelnr.: 66711615

Autorenporträt

Sascha Auerbach is a Lecturer in Modern British and Colonial History at the University of Nottingham. A former Fulbright Scholar, he is the author of Race, Law and 'The Chinese Puzzle' in Imperial Britain (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Courtroom Culture; 1. 'Many-Coloured Scenes of Life': The Police Courts in Metropolitan Culture and Society, 1758
1860; 2. 'A Ruffian Rightly Punished': Morality and Local Courtrooms in Practice and Portrayal, 1860
1880; 3. 'An Evil Quarter of an Hour About the Precincts': Urban Reform and Municipal Authority in the Courtroom, 1870
1902; 4. 'Two Shillings' Worth of Revenge in the Form of a Summons': The Integration of Courtrooms and Communities in London, 1882
1902; 5. A Poor Woman's Court of Justice, 1882
1910; 6. 'The Very Centre of Observation and Information': Constables, Magistrates, and Changing Patterns of Prosecution and Punishment, 1880
1913; Conclusion: The Historical and Cultural Legacies of the London Magistrates Courts.