Vintage 1981 The Roots of Justice Hardcover University of North Carolina Press

by Lawrence M. Friedman and Robert V. Percival

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1981 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Copy of The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870–1910 by Lawrence M. Friedman and Robert V. Percival. Delve into a foundational academic study of the American legal system during a time of immense transformation. Part of the prestigious Studies in Legal History series, this meticulous volume focuses on a single California county as its population ballooned from 24,000 to 246,000. The authors masterfully combine statistical data, historical case files, and contemporary 19th-century newspaper accounts to completely reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the local justice system. It traces the entire legal pipeline—from initial arrest blotters and police courts to felony trials, prison sentencing, and early institutional corrections. Condition: Good pre-owned vintage condition. The structural hardcover binding remains remarkably firm, tight, square, and solid. The interior text pages are exceptionally clean, bright, crisp, and entirely unmarked without personal signatures, library stamps, underlining, or highlighting. The original bright orange dust jacket is present and holds vivid color, showing minimal surface scuffing and light edge wrinkling from standard shelf placement. Please review all high-resolution photos closely to confirm the exact physical condition.

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 1981
• Condition: Good

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