British Legal Thought

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This is a position paper introducing an article of early in Hay's career exploring developments in UK criminal law and justice according to a now familiar emphasis on social class, social change, political goals and resulting criminal justice systems. The author is well introduced in light of E.P. Thompson's Warwick circle of cultural Marxist and social historians and the paper includes references to Hay's subsequent work and the strength of his 1980 article as an ongoing introduction.

From the Paper:

"This article is helpful as an introduction to Douglas Hay's ongoing scholarship on culture, law and punishment at a most pivotal time in the development of British legal thought. Hay studied under E.P. Thompson of Warwick, known best as a cultural Marxist historian and is a professor of the History of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University."

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