Recht en krom. Corruptie, ongelijkheid en rechtsbescherming in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden

Straight or crooked: Corruption, inequality and civil rights in the early modern Netherlands With the help of several case studies from the 16thj 17th and 18th centuries, this paper focuses on two key questions: how did the ordinary citizens of the Dutch Republic protect themselves against corruption and the misuse of power by law enforcement agents, public prosecutors and the courts?; and, whose interests were actually being served by the early modern criminal justice system? Or, put another way: whose order was being maintained, and who was excluded from it? It is argued that the absence of... Mehr ...