Ordering law : the architectural and social history of the English law court to 1914
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Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0754607879
ISBN 13
9780754607878
LCCN
NA 4475 .G7G
DDC
725
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
xx, 499 pages
Subject
United Kingdom Court System
Abstract
"Over the last thirty years, historical studies of building types have become something of a growth area. As well as such general surveys as Nikolaus Pevsner's History of Building Types, there are growing numbers of studies of individual types, of which the most distinguished perhaps remain Mark Girouard's Life in the English Country House and Robin Evan's study of prisons, The Fabrication of Virtue. This growth is not surprising, because the subject lends itself to the 'New Art History', and to our increasing desire to set buildings within their social and cultural contexts, as well as their stylistic and cultural ones. This book by Dr Graham is a comprehensive study of a type of building - the law court - which has, to date, remained largely unexplored. Ordering Law establishes when, why and how the trial came to be housed in purpose-built accommodation in England, and what was architecturally distinctive about that accommodation in the period leading up to 1914. The main text concentrates on examining in depth a series of well-documented individual buildings and groups of buildings, using a wide range of contemporary sources to illuminate the way in which they were designed and used. Other information gleaned about court buildings nationwide is placed in an appendix, in gazetteer form; originally drawn from the 200 or so examples listed in the Buildings of England guides, this has expanded to include over 800 entries. As a piece of scholarly research, this work draws on several disciplines and will be of interest to those studying social and legal history, as well as those with a broader interest in architectural history." - from Amazon
Description
Contents:
List of Abbreviations
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. In the beginning: Rituals, traditions and the law
From castle to sessions house
Questions of type, function and timing
Pressure and change
Subdivision of modernization
Police courts
County courts
Coroners' courts
Symbolic courts
Conclusion
Appendices
Select bibliography
Index
List of Abbreviations
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. In the beginning: Rituals, traditions and the law
From castle to sessions house
Questions of type, function and timing
Pressure and change
Subdivision of modernization
Police courts
County courts
Coroners' courts
Symbolic courts
Conclusion
Appendices
Select bibliography
Index
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (469) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main | 705 | UNITED EVOL GRAHAM 2003 | 1 | Yes |