The Age of Reform – the hundred years from 1820 to 1920 - has become synonymous with innovation and change but this period was also in many ways a deeply conservative and cautious one. With reform came reaction and revolution and this was as true of the law as it was of literature, art and technology. The age of Great Exhibitions and Great Reform Acts was also the age of newly systemized police forces, courts and prisons. A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform presents an overview of the period with a focus on human stories located in the crush between legal formality and social reform: the newly uniformed police, criminal mugshots, judge and jury, the shame of child labor, and the need for neighborliness in the crowded urban and increasingly industrial landscapes of Europe and the United States. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.

Volume 1. A cultural history of law in antiquity / edited by Julen Etxabe, University of Helsinki, Finland -- Volume 2. A cultural history of law in the middle ages / edited by Emanuele Conte, Roma Tre University, Italy and EHESS, Paris, France and Laurent Mayali, University of California at Berkeley, USA -- Volume 3. A cultural history of law in the early modern age / edited by Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA -- Volume 4. A cultural history of law in the age of enlightenment / edited by Rebecca Probert, University of Warwick, UK and John Snape, University of Warwick, UK -- Volume 5. A cultural history of law in the age of reform / edited by Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK -- Volume 6. A cultural history of law in the modern age / edited by Richard K Sherwin, New York University Law School, USA and Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia

The Age of Reform – the hundred years from 1820 to 1920 - has become synonymous with innovation and change but this period was also in many ways a deeply conservative and cautious one. With reform came reaction and revolution and this was as true of the law as it was of literature, art and technology. The age of Great Exhibitions and Great Reform Acts was also the age of newly systemized police forces, courts and prisons. A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform presents an overview of the period with a focus on human stories located in the crush between legal formality and social reform: the newly uniformed police, criminal mugshots, judge and jury, the shame of child labor, and the need for neighborliness in the crowded urban and increasingly industrial landscapes of Europe and the United States. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.

Volume 1. A cultural history of law in antiquity / edited by Julen Etxabe, University of Helsinki, Finland -- Volume 2. A cultural history of law in the middle ages / edited by Emanuele Conte, Roma Tre University, Italy and EHESS, Paris, France and Laurent Mayali, University of California at Berkeley, USA -- Volume 3. A cultural history of law in the early modern age / edited by Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA -- Volume 4. A cultural history of law in the age of enlightenment / edited by Rebecca Probert, University of Warwick, UK and John Snape, University of Warwick, UK -- Volume 5. A cultural history of law in the age of reform / edited by Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK -- Volume 6. A cultural history of law in the modern age / edited by Richard K Sherwin, New York University Law School, USA and Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia

Volume 1. A cultural history of law in antiquity / edited by Julen Etxabe, University of Helsinki, Finland -- Volume 2. A cultural history of law in the middle ages / edited by Emanuele Conte, Roma Tre University, Italy and EHESS, Paris, France and Laurent Mayali, University of California at Berkeley, USA -- Volume 3. A cultural history of law in the early modern age / edited by Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA -- Volume 4. A cultural history of law in the age of enlightenment / edited by Rebecca Probert, University of Warwick, UK and John Snape, University of Warwick, UK -- Volume 5. A cultural history of law in the age of reform / edited by Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK -- Volume 6. A cultural history of law in the modern age / edited by Richard K Sherwin, New York University Law School, USA and Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia

The Age of Reform – the hundred years from 1820 to 1920 - has become synonymous with innovation and change but this period was also in many ways a deeply conservative and cautious one. With reform came reaction and revolution and this was as true of the law as it was of literature, art and technology. The age of Great Exhibitions and Great Reform Acts was also the age of newly systemized police forces, courts and prisons. A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform presents an overview of the period with a focus on human stories located in the crush between legal formality and social reform: the newly uniformed police, criminal mugshots, judge and jury, the shame of child labor, and the need for neighborliness in the crowded urban and increasingly industrial landscapes of Europe and the United States. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.