The Scales of Justice Manpreet
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- History
The history of the eighteenth century judicial system in London.
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Women and the law in eighteenth century England
Sources: 1)
https://www.londonlives.org/browse.jsp?div=s17240226-1&terms=recognizances#highlight
2) https://www.londonlives.org/browse.jsp?div=t17200115-3&terms=sentence|of|death#highlight 3) https://www.londonlives.org/browse.jsp?div=s17200712-1&terms=pleading|the|belly#highlight 4) https://www.londonlives.org/browse.jsp?div=o17210419-2&terms=pleading|the|belly#highlight -
Gatekeepers of eighteenth century law and order
The role of the Justices of the Peace in establishing order and laying down the law was diverse and incredibly discretionary. Sources: 1)https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/kentlj24&div=33&id=&page=. 2)Shoemaker, Robert Brink. Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, C.1660-1725. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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