Criminality and the common law imagination in the 18th and 19th centuries
Auteur :
Sheley, Erin
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9781474450102
Date de publication :
21 avr. 2020
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
572 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Through interdisciplinary readings of a range of literary and legal texts across a 200-year period, this book uncovers how the cultural narrative affected the development of the law itself in the 18th and 19th centuries in three case studies: adultery, child criminality and rape testimony.