Boston's lower criminal courts, 1814-1850 /

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Author / Creator:Ferdinand, Theodore N.
Imprint:Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c1992.
Description:234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1331420
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ISBN:0874134226 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Early Criminal Courts
  • 2. Responsive Law and Police Power
  • 3. The Prosecutor Assumes Control
  • 4. The Judges
  • 5. Crime in Antebellum Boston
  • 6. he Offenders
  • 7. Modernizing Boston's Lower Courts
  • 8. The Future of America's Responsive Courts
  • Appendix A: The Method
  • Appendix B: Judges of the Municipal Court.