Crime and empire, 1840-1940 : criminal justice in local and global context /
This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a peri...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or., USA :
Willan Pub.,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European world and beyond. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781134009312 1134009313 9781843925804 184392580X 9781134009459 1134009453 9781134009381 1134009380 |