The Lesson Of The Scaffold by David D Cooper Hardcover Book

Title: The Lesson Of The Scaffold by David D Cooper Hardcover Book.
Author: David D Cooper.
Type: Non-Fiction.
Edition: First Edition 1974.
Publisher: Allen Lane.
Year First Published: 1974.
Format: Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket.
Printed By: Cox & Wyman Ltd.
Page Count: 212 pages.
Width: 14.0cm
Height: 23.0cm
Thickness: 2.5cm
Info: The Lesson of the Scaffold: The Public Execution Controversy in Victorian England.
The book examines the historical and social arguments surrounding capital punishment and public executions in 19th-century Britain. Cooper explores the shift in public opinion and the political debates that eventually led to the end of public hangings. 
The "Bloody Code": A historical overview of the severe penal laws that preceded the Victorian era.
Public Opinion: An analysis of how the press, reformers, and general public perceived the spectacle of the gallows, and the growing sentiment against public executions.
Abolition Efforts: Details of the various attempts in Parliament to abolish public executions between 1841 and 1856.
The Royal Commission: The role of the 1864-1866 Royal Commission in pushing forward the reform that ultimately ended public hangings
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. Previous owners inscription on front papers.
Price: R 95.00 Inc Vat.