By Norma Landau
ISBN-10: 0511040350
ISBN-13: 9780511040351
ISBN-10: 0521642612
ISBN-13: 9780521642613
Written from Marxist and liberal views, this examine examines how eighteenth-century English legislations was once outlined and administered. It introduces present debates approximately British society within the period within which England turned the world's best state. Contributions from major foreign historians give some thought to eighteenth-century criminal associations when it comes to modern options of corruption, oppression and institutional potency. the result's an unique account of the felony foundation of eighteenth-century society.
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Ruth Paley’s work is illuminating this aspect of the court’s activity. See also Landau, Justices, p. 354, and ‘The trading justice’s trade’ in this volume. As she notes, county sessions outside London and Middlesex do not appear to have disciplined justices as did the latter bench; nor have I yet found evidence of Staffordshire justices removed from the commission of the peace on complaints to the Lord Chancellor. The English magistracy and King’s Bench, 1740–1800 25 In 1701 it was probably the thirteenth most populous county outside London and Middlesex; in 1801, with a population of about 250,000, it was the eighth largest.
Gough 195. , Q/JC. The account of Gough’s feud with Lane and Birch is based on the King’s Bench proceedings in Lane’s prosecution of Gough on a criminal information for libel, and on the certiorari in the highway case (see Hay, Crown side cases); a broadsheet of 10 December 1794 in William Salt Library, broadsheets 3; Glover v. Lane and others (17 Nov. 1789) 3 TR 445, English Reports, vol. C, p. 669, and sources noted below. , 5 September 1791: the charge to the grand jury by the judge at summer Assizes had recommended stricter licensing.
218. Lieberman, The province of legislation determined; D. Lieberman, ‘Blackstone’s science of legislation’, Journal of British Studies, vol. 27 (1988). I want to take this opportunity to thank Professor Lieberman for his interesting discussions of, and references relevant to, the questions provoked by his essay. Part 1 Law 2 Dread of the Crown Office: the English magistracy and King’s Bench, 1740–1800 Douglas Hay High court judges and inferior magistrates ‘I’ll prosecute you and have you in the Kings Bench .