Download or read book Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Volume 1 written by Dr David G Barrie and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-12-28 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major investigation into summary justice in Scottish towns, c.1800 to1892. Volume 1, with the subtitle Magistrates, Media and the Masses, provides an institutional, social and cultural history of the establishment, development and practice of police courts. It explores their rise, purpose and internal workings, and how justice was administered and experienced by those who attended them in a variety of roles.