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Criminal Justice In Colonial America, 1606-1660, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

Criminal Justice In Colonial America, 1606-1660, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Criminal Justice in Colonial America, 1606-1660 by Bradley Chapin


Capital Punishment: Criminal Law And Social Evolution, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

Capital Punishment: Criminal Law And Social Evolution, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Capital Punishment: Criminal Law and Social Evolution by Jan Gorecki


The Theoretical Justification For The New Criminal Law Of The High Middle Ages: "Rei Publicae Interest, Ne Crimina Remaneant Impunita", Richard M. Fraher Jan 1984

The Theoretical Justification For The New Criminal Law Of The High Middle Ages: "Rei Publicae Interest, Ne Crimina Remaneant Impunita", Richard M. Fraher

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Right Of Property And The Law Of Theft, Michael E. Tigar Jan 1984

The Right Of Property And The Law Of Theft, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

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The Jury, Seditious Libel And The Criminal Law, Thomas A. Green Jan 1984

The Jury, Seditious Libel And The Criminal Law, Thomas A. Green

Book Chapters

The seditious libel trials of the eighteenth century constitute an important chapter in the history of freedom of the press and the growth of democratic government. While much has been written about the trials and about the administration of the criminal law in eighteenth-century England, little has been said about the relationship between the libel prosecutions and the more pervasive and long-standing problems of the criminal law. We have perhaps gone too far in positing-or simply assuming-a separation between political high misdemeanors and common-run felony cases such as homicide and theft. For there were points of contact between the two: …