The Unwritten Law

NY: Oxford, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Unpriced jacket, no debossing mark, book club seems unlikely given the subject, but I can not be sure, full number line. Handsome hardcover and jacket. Unbumped, unmarked, bright and crisp, sub-title, "criminal justice in Victorian Kent". *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and… Read more about this item

NY, NY / Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1991. ix, 244 pp., 1/4 gray cloth w/ plum paper-covered boards & dark-red lettering / "The Unwritten Law examines the values and assumptions of mid-Victorian England as revealed in the actual workings of the criminal justice system. The working definitions of criminality and justice were often influenced more by certain tacit assumptions… Read more about this item

1991. Conley, Carolyn A. The Unwritten Law: Criminal Justice in Victorian Kent. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. ix, 244 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $20.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991-01-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This account of criminal justice in Victorian England examines the gap between the formal laws and the unwritten law of the community, and analyzes how law-breakers were treated differently according to class, gender and status.