The politics of punishment / John Hostettler.

Chichester (West Sussex) : Barry Rose, [1994].

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Law -- History.

Punishment -- Great Britain -- History.

Sociological jurisprudence -- History.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- History.

1. Anglo-Saxon England

2. Saxon dooms : our early laws

3. New ventures in the criminal law

4. Royal power

5. The Commonwealth

6. The Restoration

7. Glorious revolution to repression

8. Towards a modern society

9. Century of reform

10. Criminal incapacity

11. A century of improvement

12. The politics of punishment.

Includes bibliography and index.

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vii, 201, xvp.