The Coroners of Northern Britain c. 1300-1700
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.
| Autor: | Houston, R. |
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| ISBN: | 9781137381064 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 123 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 18.03.2014 |
| Schlagworte: | coroners courts crime death justice murder nations punishment regions suicide |
Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College).