Law, Magistracy, and Crime in Old Regime Paris, 1735–1789: Volume 1, The System of Criminal Justice

List of illustrations, charts, and tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Principal sources and abbreviations; General introduction: A. The metropolis and its region; B. The judiciary within the city; C. The judiciary within the state; Part I. Themistocracy: Introduction: meanings; 1. The Châtelet of Paris; 2. The Parlement of Paris; 3. Themistocrats; 4. A Fourth Estate: the uniqueness of the themistocracy; 5. Themistocratic family and kinship: the Maussions and their allies; 6. Professional culture; Conclusion: rule of law; Appendix: letter of appointment for Augustin Testard du Lys; Part II. Punishment: Introduction: imagery; 7. Liability and immunity; 8. Purposes; 9. Forms; 10. Royal mercy; Conclusion: tradition and modernity; Appendix: arrest de la cour du Parlement; Part III. Trial and Judgement: The Procedure of the 1670 Criminal Ordinance: Introduction: origins and legend; 11. Initiating judicial action; 12. Preparatory instruction; 13. Definitive instruction; 14. Interlocutory judgement; 15. Definitive judgement; Conclusion: principles; Appendix: penal decision, a mathematical model; Part IV. Trials and Judgments: Illustrative Cases: Introduction: the case record; 16. Assault; 17. Theft; 18. Murder; Conclusion: judgement: knowledge or power?; Conclusion to volume I; Index.