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The transformation of criminal justice, Philadelphia, 1800-1880 / Allen Steinberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in legal historyPublisher: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1989]Copyright date: �1989Description: 1 online resource (ix, 326 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0807864757
  • 9780807864753
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transformation of criminal justice, Philadelphia, 1800-1880.DDC classification:
  • 364/.9748/11 19
LOC classification:
  • KFX2137 .S74 1989eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I. The duality of criminal justice. Courtrooms and cases -- Part II. The world of private prosecution. The Aldermen and primary justice -- The courts of record -- The weakness of court officials -- Politics and private prosecution, 1800-1850 -- Part III. The rise of state prosecution. The origins of police authority -- Consolidation and compromise -- Part IV. The decline of private prosecution. The impact of consolidation -- The transformation of primary justice.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and index.

Part I. The duality of criminal justice. Courtrooms and cases -- Part II. The world of private prosecution. The Aldermen and primary justice -- The courts of record -- The weakness of court officials -- Politics and private prosecution, 1800-1850 -- Part III. The rise of state prosecution. The origins of police authority -- Consolidation and compromise -- Part IV. The decline of private prosecution. The impact of consolidation -- The transformation of primary justice.

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