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Whores and Highwaymen
Gregory J. Durston
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Description for Whores and Highwaymen
Hardcover. The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of the title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 page section. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1176.
The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of Gregory Durston's title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. The book shows how little was planned by government or the authorities, and how much sprang up due to the efforts of individuals - so that the origins of social control, particularly at a local level, had much to do with personal ideas of morality, class boundaries ... Read more
The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of Gregory Durston's title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. The book shows how little was planned by government or the authorities, and how much sprang up due to the efforts of individuals - so that the origins of social control, particularly at a local level, had much to do with personal ideas of morality, class boundaries ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Winchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904380757
SKU
V9781904380757
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About Gregory J. Durston
Gregory J Durston MA, DipL, LLM, PhD of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law was born and lives in London. He studied history for his first degree before turning to the law, and qualifying for the bar. He has taught in Law Schools in England and Japan and is currently Reader in Law at Kingston University in Surrey.
Reviews for Whores and Highwaymen
'Gregory Durston is to be congratulated on producing a monumental work on crime and justice in eighteenth century London... treasures are contained in its 668 pages': John Hostettler, Legal Historian and author.