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Criminals, miscreants and misdemeanours

12 Jun 2019

Two centuries of Isle of Ely court records illuminate the darkest corners of the region's past.

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The researcher returns – with 100 books to give to the people she interviewed

18 Feb 2014

As a researcher in Uganda and Sudan, law specialist Dr Sarah Nouwen became increasingly aware of the ‘one-way’ nature of her fieldwork. She vowed...

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Some of the 'exhibita' files stored at Cambridge University Library

Cambridge’s criminal past revealed in centuries-old court records

30 Sep 2013

Adultery, libel, bribery, attempted murder: Cambridge University’s criminal underbelly has been exposed after painstaking research on its Vice-...

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