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UK January 2023 • US January 2023 6 vols • 1,168 pages • 237 bw illus PB Pack 9781350368910 • £130�00 / $175�00 HB Pack 9781474212854 • £450�00 / $610�00 Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic Volumes 1-6
Edited by Gary Watt, University of Warwick, UK How have legal ideas and institutions affected Western culture? And how has the law itself been shaped by its cultural context? In a work spanning 4,500 years, these questions are addressed by 57 experts, each contributing an authoritative study of a theme applied to a period in history� Supported by detailed case material and over 230 illustrations, the volumes examine trends and nuances of the culture of law in Western societies from antiquity to the present� Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six� Volume 1: A Cultural History of Law in Antiquity Edited by Julen Etxabe, University of British Columbia, Canada 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 Exeter, 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
UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 6 vols • 1,728 pages HB Pack 9781472584847 • £440�00 / $610�00 Bloomsbury Academic
A Global History of Crime and Punishment
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Clive A. Emsley, Open University, UK and Sara McDougall, CUNY, USA What constituted a crime 2,500 years ago, and how was criminal activity dealt with? How has our definition of justice evolved over time alongside developments in law, society, religion and class structures? 36 experts address these pressing questions in a six-volume reference set that spans 2,500 years of human history� Integrating perspectives from history, cultural studies, philosophy and classics, this globallyfocused work traces developments in the ever-changing criminal and justice worlds against a variety of social, legal and cultural contexts� Volume 1: A Global History of Crime and Punishment in Antiquity Edited by Adriaan Lanni, Harvard Law School, USA Volume 2: A Global History of Crime and Punishment in the Medieval Age Edited by Karl Shoemaker, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Volume 3: A Global History of Crime and Punishment in the Renaissance Edited by Laura Stokes, Stanford University, USA Volume 4: A Global History of Crime and Punishment in the Age of Enlightenment Edited by Xavier Rousseaux, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Volume 5: A Global History of Crime and Punishment in the Age of Empire Edited by Mark Finnane, Griffith University, Australia Volume 6: A Global History of Crime and Punishment in the Modern Age Edited by Paul Lawrence, The Open University, UK
