Editorial

Gute Policey in early modern rural areas: local societies, police ordinances and digital methods

Authors: Karl Härter (Max-Planck-Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) , Christel Annemieke Romein (Huygens Institute) , Wolfgang Bernhard Wüst (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Abstract

In the early modern period, 'gute Policey,' representing the 'good order of the community,' served as a fundamental leading category in matters of order, government, and normativity. In this editorial we introduce the topic of this special issue. 

Keywords: Gute Policey, Local Regimes, Ordinances, Digital Legal History

How to Cite: Härter, K. , Romein, C. A. & Wüst, W. B. (2024) “Gute Policey in early modern rural areas: local societies, police ordinances and digital methods”, Journal for Digital Legal History. 2(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/dlh.90223