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The unwritten law : criminal justice in Victorian Kent /

In the 1870s, a Kentish woman who had been repeatedly beaten by her lover retaliated by blinding him with sulphuric acid. The judge sentenced her to five years in prison. In contrast, a man who put out the eyes of a woman who left him was sentenced to only four months after telling the judge that he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conley, Carolyn, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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