Cottu m charles (4 Ergebnisse)

souple. Zustand: Bon. 1 vol. in-8 br., Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, Paris, 1826, 4 ff., 180 pp. Bon état (dos un peu frotté). Langue: Français.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. 1 volume reliure demi basane havane de l'époque, dos lisse orné de faux nerfs dorés, pièces de titre de cuir beige et vert, 317 pages [1]. Charles Cottu, 1778-1849, Conseiller à la Cour royale de Paris, Secrétaire général de la Société royal des prisons, et du Conseil spécial des prisons de Paris. Relié à la suite: REFLEXIONS SUR L'ETAT ACTUEL DU JURY DE LA LIBERTE INDIVIDUELLE ET DES PRISONS, par M. C. Charles Cottu (Paris, H. Nicolle 1818) II et 186 pages. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request ).…

1/4-leather. 20x14cm, xii,317 pp., Contemporary binder's quarter-leather. Reference: Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature, no. 22941. Some foxing. Spine scuffed. Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. 8vo. pp xii, 312. 'Translated from the French.' Recently rebound (without half title) in dark brown half leather lettered gilt at the spine with gilt lining at spine and 5 raised bands. Cottu [1777?-?] was a counsellor of the Royal Court of Paris and Secretary-General to the Royal Society of Prisons. In 1820 he was sent by the French government to observe the English criminal courts. He returned with a vivid description of a system that had changed little since the days of Coke and Pulton. As Langbein describes it, "the whole of the criminal trial was expected to transpire as a lawyer-free contest of amateurs. In cases of felony., the prosecution was also not represented by counsel. The victim of the crime commonly served as the prosecutor. (In homicide cases, either the victim's kin prosecuted, or the local coroner stood in.) Just as Blackstone summarized the common law on the cusp of its transformation by modern capitalism, Cottu described a system of criminal procedure that was about to be transformed into the system we recognize today. This work was originally published in the periodical The Pamphleteer. It was reissued as a book in 1822. (Thanks Law Book Exchange) It is rare. Very good indeed. Slight unojectionable wrinkling to pages, last page very slightly stained but text clean and unfoxed.…