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Charles Cottu - On the Administration on the Criminal Code in England, and the Spirit of the English Government

Title: On the Administration on the Criminal Code in England, and the Spirit of the English Government
Description: London, The Pamphleteer, 1820. First edition. Cloth. The true first edition of this very scarce essay on the English criminal judicial system by French author Charles Cottu. The first edition of this very scarce work. The true first edition, later republished by R. Stevens and Charles Reader in 1822. Published from 'The Pamphleteer', Vol. XVI No. XXXI.A fascinating essay on the English criminal courts. The author, Charles Cottu, was sent by the French government to observe the judicial system of England. This work provides his perceptions on a system which had been little changed since the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, written in the period before the system saw a vast transformation.Cottu was a counselor of the Royal Court of Paris and Secretary-General to the Royal Society of Prisons. Rebound in a modern cloth binding, with renewed endpapers. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: On the Administration on the Criminal Code in England crime criminal justice charles cottu crime None

Price: GBP 450.00 = appr. US$ 642.59 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949P27

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