Author: Baron William Cecil BurghleyPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780918016416
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Execution of Justice in England
Author: Baron William Cecil BurghleyPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780918016416
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Execution of Justice in England
Author: William Cecil Baron BurghleyPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Execution of Justice in England
Author: William Cecil Baron BurghleyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Execution of Justice in England, 1583
Author: William Cecil Baron BurghleyPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Execution of Justice in England
Author: William Cecil Baron BurghleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Execution of Justice in England (1583)
Author: William Cecil Baron BurghleyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Execution of Justice in England
Author: William CecilPublisher:
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Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Capital Punishment in Twentieth-Century Britain
Author: Lizzie SealPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136250727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Capital punishment for murder was abolished in Britain in 1965. At this time, the way people in Britain perceived and understood the death penalty had changed – it was an issue that had become increasingly controversial, high-profile and fraught with emotion. In order to understand why this was, it is necessary to examine how ordinary people learned about and experienced capital punishment. Drawing on primary research, this book explores the cultural life of the death penalty in Britain in the twentieth century, including an exploration of the role of the popular press and a discussion of portrayals of the death penalty in plays, novels and films. Popular protest against capital punishment and public responses to and understandings of capital cases are also discussed, particularly in relation to conceptualisations of justice. Miscarriages of justice were significant to capital punishment’s increasingly fraught nature in the mid twentieth-century and the book analyses the unsettling power of two such high profile miscarriages of justice. The final chapters consider the continuing relevance of capital punishment in Britain after abolition, including its symbolism and how people negotiate memories of the death penalty. Capital Punishment in Twentieth-Century Britain is groundbreaking in its attention to the death penalty and the effect it had on everyday life and it is the only text on this era to place public and popular discourses about, and reactions to, capital punishment at the centre of the analysis. Interdisciplinary in focus and methodology, it will appeal to historians, criminologists, sociologists and socio-legal scholars.
Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain
Author: Patrick LowPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000095819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison wall. By examining a period of dramatic change in punishment practice, this collection of essays provides a fresh historical perspective on nineteenth century execution culture, with a focus on Scotland, Wales and the regions of England. From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual has two parts. Part 1 addresses the criminal body and the witnessing of executions in the nineteenth century, including studies of the execution crowd and executioners’ memoirs, as well as reflections on the experience of narratives around capital punishment in museums in the present day. Part 2 explores the treatment of the execution experience in the print media, from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The collection draws together contributions from the fields of Heritage and Museum Studies, History, Law, Legal History and Literary Studies, to shed new light on execution culture in nineteenth century Britain. This volume will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of criminology, heritage and museum studies, history, law, legal history, medical humanities and socio-legal studies.
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