Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a group of politicians began to agitate for reform of England's "bloody code" of criminal statutes. This examines the politics and propaganda of criminal law reform from 1808 to the Whig succession to power in 1830.

'...a comprehensive and eminently readable account of a complex subject...' - Simon Devereaux, Journal of Modern History

Autorentext
Richard R. Follett is Professor of History, University College and Washington University.

Inhalt
Mitigating the "Bloody Code": an Introduction Raising the Hue and Cry, 1808-1810 Romilly, Bentham, and Utility Evangelicalism and Penal Law Reform The Evangelical Approach to Criminal Law Reform The Conservative Resistance Mobilizing Opinion, 1811-1818 The Partnership: Mackintosh and Buxton, 1819-1823 Consolidation, Mitigation, and Conclusions