TY - BOOK ID - 19087684 TI - Six centuries of criminal law : history of criminal law in the Southern Netherlands and Belgium (1400-2000). PY - 2014 VL - 12 SN - 9789004269941 9004269940 9789004273986 9004273980 PB - Leiden Brill Nijhoff DB - UniCat KW - History of the law KW - Criminal law. Criminal procedure KW - Belgium KW - 343 <09> <493> KW - 343 <09> <493> Strafwetenschappen--(geschiedenis van)--België KW - Strafwetenschappen--(geschiedenis van)--België KW - Criminal law KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Administration of criminal justice KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Crime KW - Criminals KW - Crimes and misdemeanors KW - Law, Criminal KW - Penal codes KW - Penal law KW - Pleas of the crown KW - Public law KW - Criminal procedure KW - History. KW - Law and legislation KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Criminal law - Belgium - History KW - Criminal justice, Administration of - Belgium - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19087684 AB - The first overview of the history of criminal law in the area that is currently within the territory of Belgium. Jos Monballyu treats both the sources of criminal law, the different judicial bodies that dealt with criminal issues, the general characteristics of the offences, the manifestations of the offences, the different punishments and their functions, the administration of criminal justice and, finally, some offences and their punishments in particular, namely suicide, witchcraft and press offences. All of these subjects are treated in such a manner that they can immediately be compared with the contents of similar standard works concerning the history of criminal justice in other countries. ER -