Police Courts In Nineteenth-century Scotland: Magistrates, Media And The Masses
by David G. Barrie /
2014 / English / PDF
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Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in
Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major
investigation into the administration, experience, impact and
representation of summary justice in Scottish towns, c.1800 to
1892. Each volume explores diverse, but complementary, themes
relating to judicial practices, relationships, experiences and
discourses through the lens of the same subject matter: the police
court. Volume 1, with the subtitle Magistrates, Media and the
Masses, provides an institutional, social and cultural history of
the establishment, development and practice of police courts. It
explores their rise, purpose and internal workings, and how justice
was administered and experienced by those who attended them in a
variety of roles. Special attention is given to examining how
courtroom discourse was represented in print culture, the role of
the media in providing a discursive commentary on summary justice,
and the ways in which magistrates and the police engaged in a law
and order dialogue with the press. Throughout, consideration is
given to uncovering the relationship between magistrates, the
courts, the police and the wider community, and to charting the
implications of the rise of summary justice and the 'police-man'
state for the urban masses (as evidenced through prosecution,
conviction and punishment patterns). Volume 2, with the subtitle
Boundaries, Behaviours and Bodies, explores, through themed case
studies, how police courts shaped conceptual, spatial, temporal and
commercial boundaries by regulating every-day activities, pastimes
and cultures.
Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in
Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major
investigation into the administration, experience, impact and
representation of summary justice in Scottish towns, c.1800 to
1892. Each volume explores diverse, but complementary, themes
relating to judicial practices, relationships, experiences and
discourses through the lens of the same subject matter: the police
court. Volume 1, with the subtitle Magistrates, Media and the
Masses, provides an institutional, social and cultural history of
the establishment, development and practice of police courts. It
explores their rise, purpose and internal workings, and how justice
was administered and experienced by those who attended them in a
variety of roles. Special attention is given to examining how
courtroom discourse was represented in print culture, the role of
the media in providing a discursive commentary on summary justice,
and the ways in which magistrates and the police engaged in a law
and order dialogue with the press. Throughout, consideration is
given to uncovering the relationship between magistrates, the
courts, the police and the wider community, and to charting the
implications of the rise of summary justice and the 'police-man'
state for the urban masses (as evidenced through prosecution,
conviction and punishment patterns). Volume 2, with the subtitle
Boundaries, Behaviours and Bodies, explores, through themed case
studies, how police courts shaped conceptual, spatial, temporal and
commercial boundaries by regulating every-day activities, pastimes
and cultures.