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List of Contributors (p. xii) |
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1 The contribution of case law to the making of Western criminal law (p. 1) Aniceto Masferrer |
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France |
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2 Case law in the court of cassation: Interpreting codification, production, and physiology of judgments (1811–1863) (p. 39) Claire Bouglé-Le Roux |
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3 French case law about the age of minority: A historical study about the relationships between jurisprudence and juvenile delinquency (p. 66) Jean-Loius Hapérin |
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Spain |
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4 The burden of proof in the crime of adultery in Spain: The contribution of the Supreme Court (1870–1978) (p. 94) Aniceto Masferrer |
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5 Diving into Spanish legal dissonance: Honour as a 19th-century two-sided normative reality (p. 128) José Franco-Chasán |
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Portugal |
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6 Neither one nor the other: Gender, sex, and marriage on trial in Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries (p. 158) Maria Clara Calheiros |
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The Netherlands |
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7 The Dutch Supreme Court on rape and sexual assault between 1886 and 1991 (p. 178) Janwillem Oosterhuis |
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Austria |
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8 Homosexuality in Austrian penal law and the role of the Supreme Court (p. 201) Martin P. Schennach |
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Hungary |
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9 Judicial decisions shaping criminal law: Eight decades of sedition cases in Hungary (p. 215) Emőd Veress and Bence Zsolt Kovács |
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Denmark |
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10 Dolus Eventualis in Danish criminal law: The introduction of a legal concept by the Supreme Court (p. 246) Per Andersen |
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Sweden |
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11 Case law between the adoption of two criminal codes, Sweden 1864–1962: The definition of rape and aspects of criminal intent (p. 261) Martin Sunnqvist |
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Finland |
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12 Supreme Court of Finland’s theft rulings in the context of crises and modernization (p. 272) Esko Häkkinen |
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Russia |
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13 Evolution of slander and libel in the Russian Empire and Soviet Russia (1870–1970) (p. 298) Tatiana Alekseeva |
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USA |
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14 Infidelity, legality, and Southern jurisprudence: The newly established Georgia state Supreme Court and its contribution to adultery as a criminal offense (p. 320) Julie Rocheton |
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Chile |
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15 Deterrence and criminal law: A first panorama on the application of Article 483 of the criminal law in Chilean Courts (1878–1887) (p. 345) Macarena Corderp Fernández and Loris de Nardi |
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Index (p. 361) |