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Criminal justice in the United States, 1789-1939 /
"This book chronicles the development of criminal law in America, from the beginning of the constitutional era (1789) through the rise of the New Deal order (1939). Elizabeth Dale discusses the changes in criminal law during that period, tracing shifts in policing, law, the courts, and punishme...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | New histories of American law.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a government of men, not laws
- Criminal justice and the nation, 1789-1860
- Crime and justice in the states, 1789-1839
- Law versus justice in the states, 1840-1865
- States and nation, 1860-1900
- Criminal justice, 1900-1936
- Rights and the turn to law, 1937-1939.