The Coroners of Northern Britain, c....
Houston, R. A. (1954-)

 

  • The Coroners of Northern Britain, c.1300-1700 /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 614/109411
    書名/作者: The Coroners of Northern Britain, c.1300-1700 // Rab Houston.
    作者: Houston, R. A.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    標題: Coroners - History. - Scotland
    標題: Coroners.
    標題: Scotland.
    ISBN: 1137381078 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9781137381071 (electronic bk.)
    內容註: Introduction: The History of Coroners in Britain -- 1.Coroners in England, Wales, and Ireland: An Overview of the Development of their Roles -- 2.Investigating Sudden Death in Scotland: The Task of Local Magistrates -- 3.Scottish Coroners: Origins and Development of the Office to c.1500 -- 4.Scottish Coroners from c.1500 until their Disappearance in the Eighteenth Century -- 5.Regional and National Histories: Similarities and Differences between the Coroners of Northern Britain -- Conclusion: Coroners and British History.
    摘要、提要註: For the last 800 years coroners have been important in England's legal and political landscape, best known as investigators of sudden, suspicious, or unexplained death. In contrast, historians have largely ignored, misunderstood, or dismissed the office of coroner in Scotland. Contrary to popular belief, Scotland had coroners, but their functions were quite different from their English namesakes. Against the background of the coroner's role in historic England, this book explains how sudden death was investigated by magistrates in Scotland. It explores how Scottish coroners functioned as executive judicial officers, who serviced criminal circuit courts. They were men of action who dealt primarily with living miscreants and their assets, while also having other tasks, including quasi-military roles. The book explains their place in late medieval and early modern Scottish justice and how, over time, they were side-lined by changes in the constitution of courts and in legal procedures, becoming obsolete in the eighteenth century. Finally, it draws intriguing parallels between the distinctive role of coroners in the north of England and Wales, prior to the seventeenth century, and their counterparts in Scotland. It is a study in legal history, which also sheds valuable light on social, administrative, and political formations in the component parts of historic Britain. It provides essential historical background for understanding the work of coroners in the modern world.
    電子資源: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137381071
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