Jessica K. Lowe

Murder in the Shenandoah

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Produktbeschreibung

Tells the story of a sensational 1791 Virginia murder case, and explores Revolutionary America's debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781108421782
• ISBN-10: 1108421784
• Artikelnr.: 51149785

Autorenporträt

Jessica K. Lowe teaches at the University of Virginia, School of Law.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The facts of the fight
2. The making of a republican judge
3. Examination: class, procedure, and local courts in Crane's Virginia
4. The Bloody Code and the logic of legal reform
5. Indictment: power shifts and power continuities in Virginia's courts
6. Crane's trial and its 'imperfect' verdict
7. 'That stigma on my character': judges, judicial review, and 'republican' interpretation of the laws
8. Murder or manslaughter? Crane's special verdict at the general court
9. Pardon request: mercy and Crane's 'lunatic fits'
Conclusion.