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Conférence de l'IAO - "Bloody" Codes and Capital Punishments: Criminal Justice in Eighteenth-Century England and China

Date
lun 14 nov 2022
Horaires

16h-17h30

Conférence reportée au lundi 14 novembre 2022 à 16h.

Lieu(x)

En présentiel (Salle de réunion de l'IAO, D4.070) et en visioconférence.
Pour suivre la conférence en ligne, merci de contacter claude.chevaleyre [at] ens-lyon.fr

Intervenant(s)

Thomas Buoye, Associate professor, université de Tulsa

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Description générale

Over the course of the eighteenth century both England and China experienced alarming increases in crime. In response, both realms chose to increase the number of capital offenses in their criminal codes in an effort to deter criminal activity.  In England the revised code became known as the ‘bloody code.” Interestingly, both countries found that these harsh penalties failed to stem the rising tide of crime, in large part because of the reluctance to enforce the severe statutory penalties, which ultimately led to overcrowded jails and mounting case backlogs.  Consequently, regimes in both realms resorted to the banishment of convicts to the far frontiers.  How do we explain these similarities? Historical coincidence? Collective memory?  “Morphic Resonance”?  This lecture will examine the eighteenth-century “bloody” codes and compare the histories of criminal justice in eighteenth-century China and England to better understand this phenomenon. 

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claude.chevaleyre [at] ens-lyon.fr (claude[dot]chevaleyre[at]ens-lyon[dot]fr)

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