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Law, Magistracy, and Crime in Old Regime Paris, 1735–1789 is the first of two volumes centred around the two great courts of Paris, the Châtelet and Parlement, and their criminal defendants in the eighteenth century. Richard Andrews seeks to refute the 'black legend' of revolutionary propaganda and its modern historical successors, which hold that the Old Regime courts were cruel and arbitrary. These courts are shown rather to be thoroughly rule-bound and consisting of strict judicial procedure derived from royal statutes. Rule of and by the law is shown to be the most substantial legacy of the Old Regime. This volume places the courts of Old Regime Paris in the context of French society and the state. The practices and doctrines of punishment are examined, along with the jurisprudence of moral and criminal behaviour.

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Book category Books in English Law Laws of Specific jurisdictions Criminal law & procedure

• Full title: Law, Magistracy, and Crime in Old Regime Paris, 1735-1789: Volume 1, The System of Criminal Justice
• Author: Richard Mowery Andrews
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 632
• EAN: 9780521361699
• ISBN: 0521361699
• ID: 02079443
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 104 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 35 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. April 1994

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