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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Houston, Robert Allan (1954-....)
Titre(s) : The coroners of Northern Britain c. 1300-1700 [Texte imprimé] / R. A. Houston
Publication : Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Description matérielle : ix, 123 pages ; 23 cm
Collection : Palgrave pivot
Lien à la collection : Palgrave pivot
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-120) and index
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.
Against the background of the coroner's role in historic England, this book explains
how sudden death was investigated by magistrates in Scotland
Sujet(s) : Coroners -- Écosse (GB) -- Histoire
Justice pénale -- Administration -- Écosse (GB) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
347.016 (23e éd.) = Fonctionnaires et auxiliaires de justice
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781137381064. - ISBN 113738106X. - ISBN 9781137381088 (erroné). - ISBN 9781137381071
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46515984x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46515984
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
