Prosecuting Crime in the Renaissance : England, Germany, France / John H. Langbein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langbein, John H., author.

Series:

Studies in Legal History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal procedure--History--England.

Criminal procedure.

Criminal procedure--History--Germany.

Criminal procedure--History--France.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Renaissance--Germany.

Renaissance--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.): Zahlr. Abb.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our present system of criminal prosecution originated in England in the sixteenth century. Langbein traces its development, which was at its most intense during the reign of Queen Mary. He shows how the common law developed a system of official investigation and prosecution that incorporated the medieval institution of the jury trial. He places equal emphasis on the role of the justices of the peace as public prosecutors. The second half of the book compares the English system with those of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany) and France. He concludes by refuting the popular opinion that the English were strongly indebted to continental models. This is an excellent work of scholarship, exhibiting wide research, erudition and analytical ability. --Joseph H. Smith, Harvard Law Review 88 (1974-1975) 485 JOHN LANGBEIN is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He has held academic positions at Stanford University, Oxford University, the Max-Planck-Institut fur Europaische Rechtsgeschichte and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Auslandisches und Internationales Strafrecht. Langbein is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Academy of Comparative Law, the International Association of Procedure Law, and other organizations in the fields of legal history and comparative law. Some of his most distinguished publications and articles include History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (2009), Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancient Regime (1977), and The Supreme Court Flunks Trusts, Supreme Court Review (1991).

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I. The Marian Statutes

CHAPTER 1. The Statutory Texts

CHAPTER 2. The Statutory Intent of Marian Preliminary Examination

CHAPTER 3. The Parliamentary History of the Marian Statutes

CHAPTER 4. The Origins of Examination by the Magistrates in England

CHAPTER 5. The Institutions of Criminal Justice after the Marian Statutes

PART II. Inquisitionsprozess

CHAPTER 6. Roman-Canon Inquisitionsprozess

CHAPTER 7. The German Empire before the Carolina

CHAPTER 8. The Carolina

CHAPTER 9. Criminal Procedure in France

Appendixes. Index

APPENDIX A. THE MARIAN STATUTES

APPENDIX В. CONSTITUTIO CRIMINALIS CAROLINA

APPENDIX С. THE ORDINANCE OF VILLERS-COTTERETS

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-18425-4

OCLC:

1013963979