Popular Justice in Europe (18th–19th Centuries).

Edited by Émilie Delivré Edited by Emmanuel Berger

Extent: 212 pages

Series: Annali dell'Istituto storico italo-germanico in Trento / Jahrbuch des italienisch-deutschen historischen Instituts in Trient. Contributi / Beiträge

Series volume number: 29

Language: English

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(July 2014)

ISBN: 9783428144044

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Synopsis
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»Popular justice« can roughly be defined as »the exercise of justice by the people«. The institutions and practices pertaining to this form of justice vary widely across time and geographical space. The 18th and 19th centuries constitute a key historical period for the transition to popular justice in Europe. On the one hand, many long-standing practices (ducking, Rügegerichte) were progressively called into question. On the other hand, the democratization of European societies and the progressive advent of political liberalism helped bring about the emergence of an institutionalized popular justice with the establishment of institutions such as the justice of the peace and the jury. Nonetheless, the legitimacy of popular justice remained weak due to government fears of losing control and regal powers. Its establishment further depended on the degree of modernization of the States, which for the most part remained firmly anchored in the Ancien Régime. Despite the importance of popular justice during the 18th and 19th centuries, scholars have largely ignored this field of research or have limited their study to a national perspective. The very definition of popular justice remains vague and requires further conceptual analyses. This book offers a comparative overview of the history of popular justice in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and England and sets the foundations for future research.

Emmanuel Berger and Émilie Delivré
Introduction

I. Justices of the Peace

Michael Broers
The »Juges de Paix« of Napoleonic Europe

Giuseppina D'Antuono
Popular Justice in Europe. The Justice of the Peace, a »popular« French Magistracy in the Kingdom of Naples

II. »Jurés« and Laymen

Emmanuel Berger
The Criminal Jury in England and France in the Late 18th Century. Historiographical Issues and Research Perspectives of Popular Justice

Bram Delbecke
»Le fruit du terroir?« The Debate on Trial by Jury in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1814–1831)

Martin Löhnig
Introducing the Participation of Laymen into the Judicial System of 19th-Century Germany. The Example of Bavaria

III. Practices of Popular Justice

David Churchill and Peter King
»Left to the Mercy of the Mob«. Ducking, Popular Justice, and the Magistrates in Britain (1750–1890)

Émilie Delivré
»Rügegerichte« as Popular Justice Further Reading and Resources

Index

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