Fair and Unfair Trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940 : Microhistories of Justice and Injustice /: Microhistories of Justice and Injustice. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- Fair and Unfair Trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940 : Microhistories of Justice and Injustice /: Microhistories of Justice and Injustice. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Fair and Unfair Trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940 : Microhistories of Justice and Injustice
- Further Information:
- Note: David Nash, Anne-Marie Kilday.
- Editors:
- Nash, David
Kilday, Anne-Marie - Contents:
- List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday (both of Oxford Brookes University, UK)1. "A Monstrous Innovation on the Laws": The William Sheen Case; Child Murder and Double Jeopardy at the Old Bailey, Heather Shore (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)2. That Justice Shall Be Done Impartially: Pre-Trial Publicity and Palmer's Act of 1856, Katherine Watson (Oxford Brookes University, UK)3. "We Want Justice to be Done": Press, Jury, and the Question of Fairness in the Trial of George Vass, Clare Sandford-Couch (University of Northumbria, UK)4. The Trials of Peter Barrett: A Microhistory of Dysfunction in the Irish Criminal Justice System, Niamh Howlin (University College Dublin, Ireland)5. The Maamtrasna Murders: Lawful Trials v. Fair Trials, Conor Hanley (NUI Galway, Ireland)6. George Bedborough and the Watford University Press: A 'Scandalous and Obscene Libel in the Form of a Book'; The Almost Accidental Prosecution of Sexual Inversion, Lesley Hall (Wellcome Library and University College London, UK)7. Will the Real Oscar Slater Please Stand Up?: The 1908 Murder of Marion Gilchrist Revisited, Anne-Marie Kilday (Oxford Brookes University, UK)8. Gott and Pack and the 'Leeds Police Fiasco': The Apparent 'Inevitability' of Unfair Blasphemy Trials, David Nash (Oxford Brookes University, UK)9. The Framing of Alice Wheeldon: Anti-War Activist and Feminist Up Against the State, Lucy Bland (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)10.List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday (both of Oxford Brookes University, UK)1. "A Monstrous Innovation on the Laws": The William Sheen Case; Child Murder and Double Jeopardy at the Old Bailey, Heather Shore (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)2. That Justice Shall Be Done Impartially: Pre-Trial Publicity and Palmer's Act of 1856, Katherine Watson (Oxford Brookes University, UK)3. "We Want Justice to be Done": Press, Jury, and the Question of Fairness in the Trial of George Vass, Clare Sandford-Couch (University of Northumbria, UK)4. The Trials of Peter Barrett: A Microhistory of Dysfunction in the Irish Criminal Justice System, Niamh Howlin (University College Dublin, Ireland)5. The Maamtrasna Murders: Lawful Trials v. Fair Trials, Conor Hanley (NUI Galway, Ireland)6. George Bedborough and the Watford University Press: A 'Scandalous and Obscene Libel in the Form of a Book'; The Almost Accidental Prosecution of Sexual Inversion, Lesley Hall (Wellcome Library and University College London, UK)7. Will the Real Oscar Slater Please Stand Up?: The 1908 Murder of Marion Gilchrist Revisited, Anne-Marie Kilday (Oxford Brookes University, UK)8. Gott and Pack and the 'Leeds Police Fiasco': The Apparent 'Inevitability' of Unfair Blasphemy Trials, David Nash (Oxford Brookes University, UK)9. The Framing of Alice Wheeldon: Anti-War Activist and Feminist Up Against the State, Lucy Bland (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)10. The 'Bobbed Haired Bandit' and Smash and Grab Raider, Alyson Brown (Edge Hill University, UK)Conclusion, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday (both of Oxford Brookes University, UK)Bibliography Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Subjects:
- Social & cultural history
Legal history
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
History -- Europe -- Great Britain
History -- Modern -- General
History -- Social History
Law -- Legal History
British & Irish history - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781350050969
1350050962 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781350050945
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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