TY - JOUR
T1 - The people's courts? Summary justice and social relations in the City of London, c.1760–1800
AU - Gray, Drew
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - Using the records of the Guildhall and Mansion House justice rooms, this article explores the summary justice process in the City of London in the second half of the eighteenth century. It suggests that there is much to learn about the way most Londoners experienced and used the law in this period. These courts were arguably more accessible to more people than the jury courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions that have remained the focus for most studies of the history of crime and criminality. This article will provide an introduction to the nature of these courts and to the sorts of offences and offenders that were brought to them.
AB - Using the records of the Guildhall and Mansion House justice rooms, this article explores the summary justice process in the City of London in the second half of the eighteenth century. It suggests that there is much to learn about the way most Londoners experienced and used the law in this period. These courts were arguably more accessible to more people than the jury courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions that have remained the focus for most studies of the history of crime and criminality. This article will provide an introduction to the nature of these courts and to the sorts of offences and offenders that were brought to them.
UR - http://www.maney.co.uk/search?fwaction=show&fwid=158
U2 - 10.1179/175138108X293066
DO - 10.1179/175138108X293066
M3 - Article
SN - 1463-1180
VL - 11
JO - Family & Community History
JF - Family & Community History
IS - 1
ER -
