Murphy's Law versus the luck of the Irish: Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th-century courts

Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; Rubio, Melissa

Murphy's Law versus the luck of the Irish: Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th-century courts

Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson, Stephen Machin and Melissa Rubio

Using data from 100 years of trials at London's Old Bailey criminal court, Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson, Stephen Machin and Melissa Rubio-Ramos examine the processing of Irish defendants and victims by English juries during the 19th century.

17 June 2023

Vox EU

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/murphys-law-versus-luck-irish-disparate-treatment-irish-19th-century-courts

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