Description |
1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) |
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Studies in legal history |
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Studies in legal history.
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Contents |
The "palladium of liberty" : juries, the revolution, and Napoleon, 1791-1814 -- The "jurys censitaires," 1815-1848 -- The great turning point : the juries of the Second Republic and Second Empire, 1848-1870 -- The juries of the Republic, 1870-1914 -- The campaign against the juries, circa 1890-1914 -- The triumph of experts over jurors : justice in France since World War I |
Summary |
Donovan takes a comprehensive approach to the history of the jury in modern France by investigating the legal, political, sociocultural, and intellectual aspects of jury trial from the Revolution through the 20th century. Challenging the contention of modern historians that the generally bourgeois jurors of 19th-century France usually rendered verdicts in keeping with class justice, Donovan demonstrates that these juries, through their decisions, helped shape reform of the nation's criminal justice system |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Jury -- France -- History
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Criminal procedure -- France -- History
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- France -- History
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Criminal procedure
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Jury
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European history.
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Law.
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France
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780807895771 |
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0807895776 |
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9781469604404 |
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146960440X |
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0807833630 |
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9780807833636 |
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