Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-century England

Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-century England
Author: S. M. Waddams
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780802047502

Until 1855, slanderous language was punishable in Britain's ecclesiastical courts. Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events.