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Legal madness in the nineteenth century (2001)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (2001). Legal madness in the nineteenth century. Social History of Medicine, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.1.107

Legal sources remain under-exploited in the history of madness, and the legal character of some documents is sometimes unrecognized. This article examines the interrelations between legal and medical histories of madness, and discusses use and availa... Read More about Legal madness in the nineteenth century.

Structures of confinement in nineteenth-century asylums, using England and Ontario as a comparative study (2000)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (2000). Structures of confinement in nineteenth-century asylums, using England and Ontario as a comparative study. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-2527%2898%2900041-7

Traditionally, historians of the care of the insane have understood their work as a branch of medical history. This paper focuses instead on the administrative structures of nineteenth century asylums. These are geographically specific and historica... Read More about Structures of confinement in nineteenth-century asylums, using England and Ontario as a comparative study.

Crowning glory: public law, power and the monarchy (2000)
Journal Article
Murphy, T., & Whitty, N. (2000). Crowning glory: public law, power and the monarchy. Social and Legal Studies, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/096466390000900102

‘New public law’ has a keen interest in the deployment of power and the shifting nature of the public and private. In this article, we argue that the historical legacy of the Crown has hindered the ability of public lawyers to respond to changes in m... Read More about Crowning glory: public law, power and the monarchy.

The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England (1998)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (1998). The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-2527%2898%2900023-5

The history of psychiatry is not merely the history of psychiatrists; it is also the history of patients. In this paper, admission records and case notes of a county asylum are used to consider the attitudes of those confined within it, and how the... Read More about The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England.

Sodomites in the pillory in eighteenth-century London (1997)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (1997). Sodomites in the pillory in eighteenth-century London. Social and Legal Studies, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/096466399700600406

The arrival of the eighteenth century brought with it new legal attention to sodomitical behaviour. Nowhere was this more notorious and public than in the punishment of those offences in the pillory. This paper argues that the pillory was a product... Read More about Sodomites in the pillory in eighteenth-century London.