SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective)
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The law and related trial records convey moments of history involving people who otherwise left few records behind. Court records provide students with compelling stories that convey unique elements of historical life. This article explores theories of punishment and mercy while introducing readers to a variety of legal databases and lesson plans in the inquiry-based model of teaching. By focusing on the anatomy of law and punishments in early modern England, the article presents a formula for teaching crime, law, and mercy that may be applied for any historical subject in the college classroom.
Publication Date
2014-01-01
Publication Title
SOLON Law, Crime and History
Volume
4
Issue
1
First Page
82
Last Page
103
ISSN
2045-9238
Deposit Date
April 2017
Embargo Period
2024-10-22
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Skousen, Lesley
(2014)
"The Benefits of Mercy: Teaching Law and Exception in the Inquiry-Based Classroom,"
SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective): Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/solon/vol4/iss1/7
