The Bar and the Old Bailey, 1750-1850 (Studies in Legal History)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: September 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780807828069
Subjects: English legal system: courts & procedure; History of specific subjects; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Europe - Great Britain - General; Criminal justice, Administration of; Trial practice; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; England; Government - Comparative; Legal History; Law & Legal History;  History/British Isles & British Empire; Criminal justice, Administrati; Criminal Law - General; Central Criminal Court; Criminal procedure; Great Britain; History
First sentence: In 1750 England's great metropolis comprised both the City of London, a medieval creation whose origins can be traced back to a Roman city established on the north bank of the Thames in the second century A.D., and Westminster, which lies two miles west on the river.