«Piecemeal, incremental, ad hoc»: ‘Beccarian’ experiments in law enforcement in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England
In the course of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century a series of measures were introduced into the practice of law enforcement in England which, though «piecemeal, incremental, ad hoc» were, J.M. Beattie claims, driven by a common belief in the need for more effective ways of dealing...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Diciottesimo Secolo |
| Online Access: | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ds/article/view/356 |