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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names -- INTRODUCTION : Rule of Justice or Rule of Law? -- One—An Italian Murder -- Two—Police Investigations -- Three—Brought before the Law -- Four—Justice Is Served -- Five—The Triumph of Common Sense -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix A—The Italians and Their Culture -- Appendix B—The Law -- Appendix C—Police at the Turn of the Century -- Appendix D—Immigrants and Criminal Law -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction Police Torture in Chicago before Jon Burge -- Chapter One Police Torture in Chicago, 1871-1936 -- Chapter Two Murder in Black and White -- Chapter Three On Trial -- Chapter Four Appeal -- Chapter Five Patterns and Practice, 1936-1971 -- Conclusion The Burden of Proof -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments

This book chronicles the development of criminal law in America, from the beginning of the constitutional era (1789) through the rise of the New Deal order (1939). Elizabeth Dale discusses the changes in criminal law during that period, tracing shifts in policing, law, the courts and punishment. She also analyzes the role that popular justice - lynch mobs, vigilance committees, law-and-order societies and community shunning - played in the development of America's criminal justice system. This book explores the relation between changes in America's criminal justice system and its constitutional order

In place of the idea that legal history should search for a new grand narrative of law, written to persuade lawyers and judges and change the world, this article suggests that legal historians focus their attention on writing and teaching more particularized histories targeting a popular audience.

To date, most charitable giving research assumes that all households are heterosexual and that couples make giving decisions from joint financial resources. This study examines household financial management and charitable decision making among a purposeful sample of 19 gay and lesbian couples. Semistructured joint interviews were conducted and analyzed using grounded theory techniques. The study finds that same-sex couples practice financial management systems that preserve independence (independent and partial-pooling systems), in contrast to different-sex couples, who favor joint management. These systems yield more accounts from which charitable giving can occur. Same-sex couples' giving does not always follow the household's financial management structure, and many couples give both jointly and separately. Finally, some same-sex couples use their giving as a way to give lesbian, gay, and bisexual people visibility and recognition as supporters of mainstream (non-LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender]) organizations. Future research should consider both sexual orientation and financial management practices in understanding charitable behavior.