Research Catalog

Title

Armed with sword and scales : law, culture, and local courtrooms in London, 1860-1913 / Sascha Auerbach, University of Nottingham.

Author

Auerbach, Sascha

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

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Details

Description

xxii, 403 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"In 1891, George P. Ingersoll travelled to London to gather material for the Yale Law Journal . Ingersoll belonged to one of Connecticut's most illustrious political families. Like his father, the state's Adjutant General, and his uncle, a former governor, Ingersoll was an alumnus of Yale Law School and a member of the Connecticut Bar Association.1 When this scion of Connecticut's legal and political elite described England's "temples of justice" in one of the nation's premier law journals, he was not referring to the Old Bailey, the Queen's Bench, or any of England's other renowned judicial venues.2 Instead, he offered readers a detailed description of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court. The magistrates' courts - or "police courts," as they were commonly called - were the bottom rung of England's criminal justice hierarchy. Their personnel spent much of their time adjudicating petty crime, mediating interpersonal conflicts, and issuing small fines for infractions of various municipal regulations"--

Series Statement

Studies in legal history

Uniform Title

Studies in legal history.

Alternative Title

Armed with sword & scales

Subject

• 1800-1999
• Courts of first instance > England > London > History > 19th century
• Courts of first instance > England > London > History > 20th century
• Courts of first instance
• England > London

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : courtroom culture -- "Many-coloured scenes of life" : the police courts in metropolitan culture and society, 1758-1860 -- "A ruffian rightly punished" : morality and local courtrooms in practice and portrayal, 1860-80 -- "An evil quarter of an hour about the precincts" : urban reform and municipal authority in the courtroom, 1870-1902 -- "Two shillings' worth of revenge in the form of a summons" : the integration of courtrooms and communities in London, 1882-1902 -- A poor woman's court of justice, 1882-1910 -- "The very centre of observation and information" : constables, magistrates, and changing patterns of prosecution and punishment, 1880-1913 -- Conclusion : the historical and cultural legacies of the London magistrates' courts.

Call Number

JFE 21-4049

ISBN

• 9781108491556
• 1108491553

LCCN

2021000614

OCLC

1156333620

Author

Auerbach, Sascha, author.

Title

Armed with sword and scales : law, culture, and local courtrooms in London, 1860-1913 / Sascha Auerbach, University of Nottingham.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in legal history

Studies in legal history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1999

Spine Title

Armed with sword & scales

Other Form:

Online version: Auerbach, Sascha. Armed with swords & scales Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, 2021 9781108863711 (DLC) 2021000615

Research Call Number

JFE 21-4049