| Description |
xx, 460 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Sydney Institute of Criminology monograph series ; no. 17 |
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Institute of Criminology monograph series ; no. 17
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| Contents |
1. Savagery, principle and mercy in the criminal law -- 2. Imposition and inheritance: the transportation of English criminal law to New South Wales -- 3. Criminal law in a penal settlement -- 4. Criminal law and Governor Macquarie: right and wrong, cheek by jowl -- 5. Crimes of the Pen; and an experiment -- 6. Struggling from chains: juries, the lash and natives -- 7. Making trials work: the other William Blackstone -- 8. English reforms adopted: retreat of the death penalty -- 9. The colony legislates on crime -- 10. The insanity defence: McNaghten and Knatchbull -- 11. The end of transportation, 1849 -- 12. Sir John Jervis: lower court reforms of 1850 -- 13. The gold rushes: temporary problems of criminal law --14. Outlaws and urchins -- 15. "A most irregular traffic": slaving cases in New South Wales courts -- 16. The mad Fenian: criminal process under pressure -- 17. The first Law Reform Commission and its 1871 report -- 18. Edward Butler and the Reform Bill: "Untoward circumstances" -- 19. J. G. L. Innes and the Reform Bill: a second failure -- 20. W. B. Dalley and the Reform Bill: yet another failure -- 21. The larrikin residuum, 1881 -- 22. The 1882 debate: "Serving their term" -- 23. The Great Bill passes: 1883 -- 24. The light that failed: mandatory sentencing repealed -- 25. Enter, the accused -- 26. The accused as witness: the 'comment' issue -- 27. Doctor Malthus and the baby farmers -- 28. George Dean and friends -- 29. Tidying up in 1900 |
| Summary |
A masterly history of the criminal law in nineteenth century New South Wales, which illuminates the history of the colony from its penal origins to statehood |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 431-439 |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History.
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Criminal law -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Criminal law -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2003386244 |
| ISBN |
1862874395 : |
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