SOLON Law, Crime and History - Volume 1, No 2
Table of contents
Judith Rowbotham, Kim Stevenson and Samantha Pegg
Articles
'The Wolves let loose at Wolverhampton’: A study of the South Staffordshire Election ‘Riots’, May 1835. David Cox, p. 1-31
Freedom of Expression from the ‘Age of Extremes’ to the ‘Age of Terror’: Reflections on Public Order Law and the Legal Responses to Political and Religious Extremism in 1930s Britain and the Post 9/11. Iain Channing, p. 32-57
In Defence of Intrinsic Human Rights: Edmund Burke’s Controversial Prosecution of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal. Chris Monaghan, p. 58-107
Worshipping Bacchus: Prohibition in Savannah, 1899-1922. Lisa Denmark, p. 109-140
Ominous Parallels and Optimistic Differences: Opium in China and Afghanistan. James Windle, p. 141-164
Revisiting the Detective Figure in Late Victorian and Edwardian Fiction: A View from the Perspective of Police History. Haia Shpayer-Makov, p. 165-193
Recent Submissions
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Revisiting the Detective Figure in Late Victorian and Edwardian Fiction: A View from the Perspective of Police History
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The mechanics of detection and figures with an investigatory function appeared in fictional texts in Britain before the mid-nineteenth century, but it was approximately from this period onwards that the detective in the ... -
‘The Wolves let loose at Wolverhampton’: A study of the South Staffordshire Election ‘Riots’, May 1835'
(University of Plymouth, 2011)This article is an examination of the circumstances surrounding a series of disturbances which took place in Wolverhampton on 26-29 May 1835 as the result of a hotly contested Parliamentary by-election. It offers a local ... -
Worshipping Bacchus: Prohibition in Savannah, 1899-1922
(University of Plymouth, 2011)‘Worshipping Bacchus: Prohibition in Savannah, 1899-1922’ examines the failure of prohibition at the local level. Savannah’s citizens determined to quench their thirst in defiance of state and subsequently national law. ... -
'Freedom of Expression from the ‘Age of Extremes’ to the ‘Age of Terror’: Reflections on Public Order Law and the Legal Responses to Political and Religious Extremism in 1930s Britain and the Post 9/11
(University of Plymouth, 2011)This paper highlights some of the legal responses to political extremism in the 1930s and the modern challenge of international terrorism and extreme right-wing activism. In particular, it focuses on restrictions to freedom ... -
Ominous Parallels and Optimistic Differences: Opium in China and Afghanistan
(University of Plymouth, 2011)This paper compares two of history's largest producers of opium - Afghanistan (2000-11) and China (1917-35) - to suggest that in both cases production was facilitated by: (1) A lack of central control over the national ... -
In Defence of Intrinsic Human Rights: Edmund Burke’s Controversial Prosecution of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal
(University of Plymouth, 2011)For the first time, this article examines the impeachment trial of Warren Hastings from a human rights perspective. Even now, the seven year impeachment trial retains a degree of controversy, particularly as to its merits, ...
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