Making Manslaughter: Process, Punishment and Restitution in Wurttemberg and Zurich, 1376-1700 (Hardcover)

In Making Manslaughter, Susanne Pohl-Zucker offers parallel studies that trace the legal settlement of homicide in the duchy of Wurttemberg and the imperial city of Zurich between 1376 and 1700. Killings committed by men during disputes were frequently resolved by extrajudicial agreements during the late Middle Ages. Around 1500, customary strategies of dispute settlement were integrated and modified within contexts of increasing legal centralization and, in Wurttemberg, negotiated with the growing influence of the ius commune. Legal practice was characterized by indeterminacy and openness: categories and procedures proved flexible, and judicial outcomes were produced by governmental policies aimed at the re-establishment of peace as well as by the strategies and goals of all disputants involved in a homicide case. See inside the book.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Medieval Law and Its Practice, 22
Release date:	June 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Susanne Pohl-Zucker
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-21821-5
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	90-04-21821-1
Barcode:	9789004218215

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