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Social control and urban government: the case of Goerlitz, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2007
Abstract
In the history of crime and criminal justice, the city of Goerlitz represents a rather special case. The city magistracy did not feel politically responsible towards the burghers and therefore did not strive to legitimize its rule by administering efficient social control. As a consequence, the formal and inefficient procedures of archaic Saxon law were largely kept intact. Due to this, the level of violence seems to have been higher than in other cities.
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