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The Coroners of Northern Britain c. 1300-1700

Autor R. Houston
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 mar 2014
For the last 800 years coroners have been important in England's legal and political landscape, best known as investigators of sudden, suspicious, or unexplained death. Against the background of the coroner's role in historic England, this book explains how sudden death was investigated by magistrates in Scotland.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137381064
ISBN-10: 113738106X
Pagini: 123
Ilustrații: X, 123 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:2014
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction: The History of Coroners in Britain 1. Coroners in England, Wales, and Ireland: An Overview of the Development of their Roles 2. Investigating Sudden Death in Scotland: The Task of Local Magistrates 3. Scottish Coroners: Origins and Development of the Office to c.1500 4. Scottish Coroners from c.1500 until their Disappearance in the Eighteenth Century 5. Regional and National Histories: Similarities and Differences between the Coroners of Northern Britain Conclusion: Coroners and British History

Notă biografică

Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College).