Crime and punishment in the Royal Navy of the Seven Years' War, 1755-1763 / Markus Eder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eder, Markus, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Articles of War.

Great Britain.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.

History.

Naval offenses.

Articles of War (Great Britain).

Naval offenses--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Seven Years' War, 1756-1763--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.

Physical Description:

vi, 200 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

Problems and Arguments 1

Literature and Sources 14

Administrative and Living Conditions in the Royal Navy 18

2. The Interaction of the Royal Navy and Civil Law Courts 24

Interaction of the Navy and Civil Law Courts in the Seddon Correspondence 25

The Integration of Problem Groups and Criminals into the Royal Navy 38

3. The Development of Naval Law between 1650 and 1750 41

Offences against Individual Persons 43

Offences against the State 46

Offences against God and Religion 49

4. Genesis, Composition and Proceedings of Courts-Martial 50

Assembly and Composition of Courts-Martial 50

The Conduct of Naval Trials 53

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Criticism of Courts-Martial Procedures 58

5. The Patterns of Crime and Punishment in the Royal Navy 63

Summary Punishment 64

Courts-Martial 77

Regional Variability of Naval Crime in the Mirror of Logbooks and Courts-Martial 116

6. The Use of Mercy in the Royal Navy 128

The Pardoning Process of Mariners Capitally Convicted by Assizes 128

Capital Convictions and the Pardoning System in the Royal Navy 131

Six Aspects of Major Importance 150

Appendix I Full Text of the Articles of War, passed by Parliament in 1749 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index.

ISBN:

0754635074

OCLC:

53375132