Albion's Fatal Tree : Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England (Paperback)

from atticusfinch1048

The Albion's Fatal Tree - Always a Classic Since its publication in 1975 The Albion's Fatal Tree has been praised and condemned in equal measure, who cannot seem to get beyond that it was written and edited by Marxist Historians of the time. This is history from below, or could be described as so...

from elimatta

The most influential legal history work of the second half of the twentieth century. Changed the discipline and helped to draw historians and legal academics closer to one another. The key essay is by Douglas Hay, "Property, Authority and the Criminal Law". Every lawyer should read it.

from AlexTheHunn

Crucial work to the understanding and appreciation of the treatment of crime in 18th Century England. Douglas Hay, E.P. Thomson and Peter Linebaugh are essential to the subject.

from atticusfinch1048

The Albion's Fatal Tree - Always a Classic Since its publication in 1975 The Albion's Fatal Tree has been praised and condemned in equal measure, who cannot seem to get beyond that it was written and edited by Marxist Historians of the time. This is history from below, or could be described as so...

from elimatta

The most influential legal history work of the second half of the twentieth century. Changed the discipline and helped to draw historians and legal academics closer to one another. The key essay is by Douglas Hay, "Property, Authority and the Criminal Law". Every lawyer should read it.