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The bar and the Old Bailey, 1750-1850 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: May, Allyson N. (Allyson Nancy), 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
Series:Studies in legal history.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Central Criminal Court > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > England > History.
Criminal procedure > England > History.
Trial practice > England > History.
Table of 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.