Author: James Fitzjames StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
A History of the Criminal Law of England
Author: James Fitzjames StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I.
Author: Frederick PollockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
A Concise History of the Common Law
Author: Theodore Frank Thomas PlucknettPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584771372
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Author: William BlackstonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
A General View of the Criminal Law of England
Author: James Fitzjames StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Bowker's Law Books and Serials in Print
Author: The Collapse of American Criminal Justice
Author: William J. StuntzPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674051750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. A leading criminal law scholar looks to history for the roots of these problems—and solutions.
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Author: William BlackstoneA History of the Criminal Law of England, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
Author: James Fitzjames StephenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330485484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Excerpt from A History of the Criminal Law of England, Vol. 1 of 3 This work, which attempts to relate the history of the Criminal Law of England, has a history of its own. In 1863 I published what in one sense may be called the first edition of this work under the title of A General View of the Criminal Law. In 1869 I became Legal Member of the Council of the Viceroy in India, and held that office for about two years and a half, during which time my attention was strongly directed, from the legislative point of view, to the subject of Criminal Law, and particularly to its codification. Amongst other things, I drew and carried through the Legislative Council the Code of Criminal Procedure, Act X. of 1872, which, with some slight alterations and variations has just been reenacted and extended to the High Courts by Act X. of 1882. In 1873 or 1874 I was informed that a second edition of my General View was wanted. I began to prepare one, but I found myself hampered at every page by the absence of any authoritative statement of the law to which I might refer. It then occurred to me that as there was no such statement in existence I might write something which at all events would express my own views as to what the law was, to which I might refer in discussing its provisions historically and critically. Acting on this I wrote my Digest of the Criminal Law which was published in 1877, and cf which a third edition is just coming out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Modern History of German Criminal Law
Author: Thomas VormbaumPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642372732
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Increasingly, international governmental networks and organisations make it necessary to master the legal principles of other jurisdictions. Since the advent of international criminal tribunals this need has fully reached criminal law. A large part of their work is based on comparative research. The legal systems which contribute most to this systemic discussion are common law and civil law, sometimes called continental law. So far this dialogue appears to have been dominated by the former. While there are many reasons for this, one stands out very clearly: Language. English has become the lingua franca of international legal research. The present book addresses this issue. Thomas Vormbaum is one of the foremost German legal historians and the book's original has become a cornerstone of research into the history of German criminal law beyond doctrinal expositions; it allows a look at the system’s genesis, its ideological, political and cultural roots. In the field of comparative research, it is of the utmost importance to have an understanding of the law’s provenance, in other words its historical DNA.