By what authority? : criminal law in colonial New South Wales 1788-1861 / Eugene Schofield-Georgeson...
By what authority? : criminal law in colonial New South Wales 1788-1861 / Eugene Schofield-Georgeson...
By what authority? : criminal law in colonial New South Wales 1788-1861 / Eugene Schofield-Georgeson.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018.
Call Numbers
H 2018/3328
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"By What authority? makes a ground-breaking new case for a history of Australian criminal law from the 'bottom-up'. It does so by weaving together fascinating episodes of violence, protest, courtroom drama and colonial governance. For most people in the penal colony of New South Wales criminal law was brutal instrument of political coercion. It was...
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Full title
By what authority? : criminal law in colonial New South Wales 1788-1861 / Eugene Schofield-Georgeson.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-213) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018.
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Call Numbers
H 2018/3328
Record Identifier
74VKV8qzwv6y
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8qzwv6y
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ISBN
9781925801255 paperback
DDC
345.944
MMS ID
991024187115902626
