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Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England : Defamation in The Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855 /
Until 1855, slanderous language was punishable in Britain's ecclesiastical courts. Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
2000.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England : |b Defamation in The Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855 / |c S.M. Waddams. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction: 'Grievous and oppressive to the subjects of this realm' -- Part I: The Law -- 1 The Common Law -- 2 The Ecclesiastical Law -- Part II: The Courts -- 3 The Courts and Their Officers -- 4 Patterns of Litigation -- 5 Evidence -- 6 Costs -- 7 Penance -- Part III: The Cases -- 8 The Parties -- 9 The Injury -- 10 Motives -- 11 Consequences -- Postscript: 'A barbarous state of our law' -- TABLES -- 1 Ecclesiastical court business, 1827-30 -- 2 Defamation cases by diocese, 1815-55, with diocesan populations in 1835. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 3 Defamation cases by five-year periods, 1815-55 -- 4 Defamation cases by sex and marital status of parties (Norwich and York) -- 5 Populations of places of plaintiffs' residence (Norwich) -- 6 Disposition of causes at various stages of litigation (Norwich) -- 7 Sex and literacy of witnesses (Norwich and York) -- APPENDICES -- A: Illustrative Cause Papers -- B: Occupations of Parties and Parties' Husbands (Norwich and York) and of Male Plaintiffs (England and Wales) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TABLE OF CASES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Illustrations. | |
| 520 | |a Until 1855, slanderous language was punishable in Britain's ecclesiastical courts. Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events. | ||
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