SOLON Law, Crime and History - Volume 06 - 2016
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‘The Great Portion of the Scum of Society’? Representations of Execution Crowds in the Lancashire Press, 1830-1868
(University of Plymouth, 2016)From 1830 to the abolition of public executions in 1868, there was a growing critique of the execution crowd among elite commentators. To date, however, most, if not all, discussion of this critique has focused on the ... -
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The Legal Capacity of Deaf Persons in the Decisions of the Imperial Court of Justice between 1880 and 1900
(University of Plymouth, 2016)The inclusion of deaf persons in a judicial setting raised questions about their ability to bear witness, be convicted, conclude a marriage, make a will and, of course, about the ability of the court to communicate with ... -
Criminal Liability for Statements in the Light of the Case Law Generated by Regional Courts in Regions Incorporated into Poland Following World War II
(University of Plymouth, 2016)The Decree of June 13, 1946, on offences posing a particular threat to state reconstruction (the so-called Little Criminal Code) was one of the key legislative instruments incorporated into Poland’s communist penal law. ... -
‘Arab Castaways’/’French Escapees’: Mobilities, Border Protection and White Australia
(University of Plymouth, 2016)In 1901, the year of Australian Federation and the implementation of the White Australia Policy, a small boatload of suspicious, brown, Muslim men landed ‘illegally’ on the Far North Queensland coast. The reaction to their ... -
'Robin Hood the Brute: Representations of the Outlaw in Eighteenth Century Criminal Biography
(University of Plymouth, 2016)Eighteenth century criminal biography is a topic that has been explored at length by both crime historians such as Andrea McKenzie and Richard Ward, as well as literary scholars such as Lincoln B. Faller and Hal Gladfelder. ... -
Continuity and Change in the History of Scottish Juvenile Justice
(University of Plymouth, 2016)This paper explores the theme of continuity and change in the history of Scottish juvenile justice, drawing attention to the longer historical view which enables us to focus on the underlying continuities between nineteenth ... -
'The True State of My Case: The Memoirs of Mrs Anne Bailey, 1771
(University of Plymouth, 2016)This article explores The Memoirs of Mrs Anne Bailey, a short memoir published by a lone mother in London in 1771. It addresses questions of methodology, in terms of legal history and textual analysis, to examine how Anne ... -
The Scottish Criminal Trial and Judicial Intervention in a Public Controversy
(University of Plymouth, 2016)A published article by a senior Scottish Judge, Lord Kingsburgh (Sir John Macdonald), in 1898, reveals the tensions around reform in the United Kingdom of the law concerning the competence of an accused giving evidence ... -
The Bloodiest Code: Counting Executions and Pardons at the Old Bailey, 1730-1837
(University of Plymouth, 2016)This article presents the most detailed and accurate accounting to date of capital convicts at the Old Bailey during the era of England’s ‘Bloody Code’ (1730-1837), at which time that court produced more capital convictions ...
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