Identity, Crime and Legal Responsibility in Eighteenth-Century England

During the eighteenth century English defendants, victims, witnesses, judges, and jurors spoke a language of the mind. Inside the courtroom the language of excuse reshaped crimes and punishments, signalling a shift in the age-old negotiation of mitigation.

• | Author: D. Rabin
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2004
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781349517169
• | ISBN-10: 134951716X