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The Democratic Courthouse
The Democratic Courthouse examines how changing understandings of the relationship between government and the governed came to be reflected in the buildings designed to house the modern legal system from the 1970s to the present day in England and Wales. The book explores the extent to which egalitarian ideals and the pursuit of new social and economic rights altered existing hierarchies and expectations about how people should interact with each other in the courthouse. Drawing on extensive public archives and private archives kept by the Ministry of Justice, but also using case studies from other jurisdictions, the book details how civil servants, judges, lawyers, architects, engineers and...
Historic Alabama Courthouses
Alabama’s oldest courthouses have witnessed a panorama of history. Historic Alabama Courthouses resurrects historical facts and images of buildings that were the centers of much of the state’s public life during its first century. Photographs of more than 120 buildings, the earliest that the author could find for each structure, are gathered in this significant volume along with historical, architectural, social, legal, and political accounts of their contributions to the landscape of Alabama. Historic Alabama Courthouses also emphasizes architects and builders. Although the names of many of the principals are unknown, those who can be identified play large roles in the stories told in the book. Not only are the architects’ personal histories important, but also the history of the architecture profession in the state can be observed through the relationships and projects they created. Finally, the stories of Alabama’s courthouse builders and contractors are accounts of technical innovation, entrepreneurship, and sometimes imitation, revealing that fashions spread as widely and rapidly in building design and construction as in any other endeavor.
The Courthouses of Early Virginia
Court day in early Virginia transformed crossroads towns into forums for citizens of all social classes to transact a variety of business, from legal cases heard before the county magistrates to horse races, ballgames, and the sale and barter of produce, clothing, food, and drink. The Courthouses of Early Virginia is the first comprehensive history of the public buildings that formed the nucleus of this space and the important private buildings that grew up around them.
Building the Irish Courthouse and Prison
This book is the first national history of the building of some of Ireland's most important historic public buildings. Focusing on the former assize courthouses and county gaols, it tells a political history of how they were built, who paid for them, and the effects they had on urban development in Ireland. Using extensive archival sources, it delves in unprecedented detail into the politics and personalities of county grand jurors, Protestant landed society, government prison inspectors, charities, architects, and engineers, who together oversaw a wave of courthouse and prison construction in Ireland in an era of turbulent domestic and international change. It investigates the extent to whi...
The Court Houses of a Century
This book is about courthouses in Canada, specifically the State of Ontario, Elgin in particular. The author was the chief clerk of this county and the book was published by Elgin county council. It describes the beginnings in the late 18th century of properties used for courtrooms and jails, ending with detailed descriptions of the Elgin courthouse and its history.
Robert Mills's Courthouses & Jails
In addition to numerous rare illustrations, this book has three sections of text and a detailed index. The first section discusses five types of courthouses and two types of jails designed by Mill's, district buildings by William Jay (the architect of Savannah mansions), Mill's public and private buildings that are similar to his courthouses and jails, and buildings influenced by Mill's designs. An appendix discusses the courthouses and jails in each district between 1800 and 1865, and another appendix prints samples of contemporary architectural documents.
Virginia's Historic Courthouses
They examine historic structures ranging from the Essex County courthouse (1729) and the King William County courthouse, built ca. 1725 and one of the oldest public buildings in continuous use in the nation, to the newer historic courthouses such as Richmond's massive Supreme Court/State Library Building, dedicated in 1941.
The Courthouse
A comprehensive look at the new Amsterdam Courthouse building, from funding and construction to maintenance and property management Dutch architectural firm KAAN designed the new Amsterdam Courthouse as a stately yet inviting institution for public discourse. This publication takes us behind the scenes of the building's production with essays, illustrations, construction photographs and technical drawings.
