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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452534803321

Titolo

Qualities of mercy [[electronic resource] ] : justice, punishment, and discretion / / edited by Carolyn Strange

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1996

ISBN

1-283-13203-6

9786613132031

0-7748-5475-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StrangeCarolyn <1959->

Disciplina

364.6/09

Soggetti

Punishment - Great Britain - History

Punishment - Canada - History

Punishment - Australia - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Civilized People Don't Want to See That Sort of Thing: The Decline of Physical Punishment in London, 1760-1840""; ""2 In Place of Death: Transportation, Penal Practices, and the English State, 1770-1830""; ""3 'Harshness and Forbearance': The Politics of Pardons and the Upper Canada Rebellion""; ""4 Savage Mercy: Native Culture and the Modification of Capital Punishment in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia""; ""5 Discretionary Justice: Political Culture and the Death Penalty in New South Wales and Ontario, 1890-1920""

""Punishment in Late-Twentieth-Century Canada: An Afterword""""Select Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"";