The Courts, crime and the criminal law in Ireland 1692-1760.

Irish Academic Press, Dublin : 1996

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Law -- History -- Ireland.

Criminals -- History -- Ireland.

Crime -- History -- Ireland.

Criminal law -- History.

Criminal law -- History -- Europe.

I The law

1. The origins and formation of the criminal code

2. Enforcing the law

3. Prosecutions and prosecutors

II Courts

4. The courts and their business

5. The officers of the courts

6. Procedure at trial

7. The grand jury

8. the petty jury

III Crime

9. Property crime: patterns of prosecution and the nature of theft

10. Crimes of violence: a violent society?

11. Public order and popular protest

12. The accused

IV The law and the people

13. The functioning of the legal system

14. The law and society

Conclusion.

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