Royal Financial Administration and the Prosecution of Crime in France, 1670-1789 (eBook)

Albert N. Hamscher (Autor)

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2012
556 Seiten
University of Delaware Press (Verlag)
978-1-61149-375-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores the French monarchy’s role in financing criminal prosecutions in the royal courts of the realm between 1670 and 1789.

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The Royal Financial Administration and the Prosecution of Crime in France, 16701789 explores the French monarchy's role in financing criminal prosecutions in the royal courts of the realmthe payment of criminal frais de justice in the vocabulary of the ancien regimebetween 1670 and 1789 (that is, from the codification of criminal judicial procedure in the early period of Louis XIV's personal rule to the outbreak of the French Revolution). The subject brings together three areas of scholarly inquirycriminal justice, royal administration, and the management of the crown's finances. A central goal of the study is to provide factual information and interpretive insights on each of these topics and to explain the relationship of each to the others over a long time period. The book contributes to existing scholarship in four ways. First, although each of the major dimensions of the inquirythe operation of the criminal justice system, the conduct of the royal administration, and the management of the monarchy's financeshas a large and increasingly sophisticated historical literature, this is the first study to combine them in a systematic way. Second, the long time period covered in the book not only enables the historian to distinguish gradual from rapid change, but it also allows the reader to view how the system functioned in different historical contexts. Third, the study is based on archival sources throughout France. This comprehensive approach permits the identification of elements of a common experience without sacrificing attention to important aspects of regional diversity. Finally, with respect to the sources themselves, the range is broad, encompassing regulatory acts and decisions of the king's councils; administrative correspondence at the central, regional, and in some cases local levels; financial accounts and related papers; and court records from the major appellate courts and from several lower courts as well. An appendix of 33 tables lists figures of annual expenditure and other pertinent financial operations for each of the major financial districts of the kingdom.

Autor

Albert N. Hamscher is Kenneth S. Davis Professor of History at Kansas State University

Inhalt

List of TablesList of ChartsAcknowledgmentsMoney-Distance-WeightAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter One: The French Monarchy and Criminal “Frais de Justice”: General Considerations1. The Concept of Grand Criminel2. The Royal Courts and Criminal Frais de Justice3. The Division of Financial Responsibility4. Lines of Administrative Authority and Royal Financial AccountsChapter Two: The Establishment of Colbert’s System, Mid-1660s--Early 1670s1. The Royal Domain: Preliminary Observations2. The Context of Judicial Reform3. Colbert’s SystemChapter Three: The Implementation of Colbert’s System, 1670-16831. Problems2. Colbert’s Response3. The View from the Parlement of ParisChapter Four: The Financial Records, Mid-1680s—17891. The Elements of a New System2. Interpreting Financial DocumentsChapter Five: Inside the Numbers, Mid-1680s--1789 1. Regional Diversity2. Trends and Patterns of ExpenditureChapter Six: Challenges and Refinements, Mid 1680s--Mid-1740s1. The System Under Stress2. Positive Developments3. Increased Expenditure4. Work on a General Statute5. Orry and ReformChapter Seven: Maturity, Mid-1730s—17891. Orry’s Legacy2. Matters of Administration3. New Financial Commitments and Traditional Restraints on Spending4. Spending RisesChapter Eight: A Shared Financial Responsibility, 1670s-17891. Private Individuals, Public Authorities2. Recovery RollsFinal ThoughtsAppendixBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 23 Illustrations including: - 1 Maps; - 10 Charts; - 12 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Themenwelt: Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
• Schlagworte: Francophone History • History
• ISBN-10: 1-61149-375-7 / 1611493757
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61149-375-7 / 9781611493757