9 events with tag "criminal law"
1166
ID: 2141
Assize of Clarendon - Henry II establishes royal criminal law procedures, jury of presentment, foundation of common law criminal justice
ID: 2141
1487
ID: 2181
Star Chamber court formalized - using Roman law procedures in England for state trials, bypassing common law protections
ID: 2181
1570
ID: 2294
English statute makes fraudulent bankruptcy a capital crime - concealing assets from creditors punishable by death
ID: 2294
1697
ID: 2236
Last execution for blasphemy in Scotland - Thomas Aikenhead hanged, showing waning of religious criminal law
ID: 2236
1715
ID: 2245
Riot Act - reading proclamation makes assembly unlawful, expanding state power over public order
ID: 2245
1719
ID: 2246
Transportation Act - systematic deportation of convicts to colonies as criminal punishment
ID: 2246
1723
ID: 2249
Waltham Black Act - creates 50 new capital crimes, harsh criminal law for property protection
ID: 2249
1751
ID: 2262
Murder Act - denying burial to murderers, bodies given for dissection, exemplary punishment
ID: 2262
1764
ID: 2269
Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments - proportionality, deterrence, opposing torture and death penalty
ID: 2269