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The bar and the Old Bailey, 1750-1850 / Allyson N. May.
- Title
- The bar and the Old Bailey, 1750-1850 / Allyson N. May.
- Author
- May, Allyson N. (Allyson Nancy), 1961-
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 361 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In The Bar and the Old Bailey, Allyson May chronicles the history of the English criminal trial and the development of a criminal bar in London between 1750 and 1850. She charts the transformation of the legal process and the evolution of professional standards of conduct for the criminal bar through an examination of the working lives of the Old Bailey barristers of the period. In exploring the rise of adversarialism, May uncovers the motivations and interests of prosecutors, defendants, the bench, and the state, as well as the often maligned "Old Bailey hacks" themselves."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Studies in legal history
- Uniform Title
- Studies in legal history
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Informational works
- History
- Documents d'information.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- London, crime, and criminal justice -- The emergence of a criminal bar in London -- Constructing a career -- The criminal trial before the Prisoners' Counsel Act -- Public reaction and professional concerns -- The bar, the bench, and the Central Criminal Court -- Changing the rules : the Prisoners' Counsel Act -- Justifying advocacy.
- ISBN
- 0807828068 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2003008353
- OCLC
- 52057913
- SCSB-9972946
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library