outlaw
Let an agent explain outlaws and outlawry, relay legal history and regional types from historical sources with attribution, describe the figures the registry aliases name, and distinguish outlaws from ordinary criminals, fugitives under modern law, rebels and folk heroes, without glorifying violence.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain outlaws and outlawry, relay legal history and regional types from historical sources with attribution, describe the figures the registry aliases name, and distinguish outlaws from ordinary criminals, fugitives under modern law, rebels and folk heroes, without glorifying violence.
A person declared to be outside the protection of the law, historically through a formal sentence of outlawry that stripped legal rights, and more broadly a fugitive or bandit living outside the law, with regional types such as brigands, highwaymen who robbed travellers, the moss-troopers of the Anglo-Scottish borders, the betyar outlaws of Hungary, Australian bushrangers and buckriders; many outlaws became figures of folklore, sometimes romanticised as social bandits. The model presents this history factually.
What it is for: Not applicable; a historical legal and social category.
It can be explain outlawry; relay regional types; describe folklore with attribution; distinguish related categories.
Distinguishing features
Outside legal protection
Historical legal status
Regional types
Folklore
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a category of person.
Physical character
English outlawry: medieval, abolished formally in civil cases 1879 and criminal 1938 note
Ned Kelly: executed 1880 note - Australian bushranger
social bandit concept: Eric Hobsbawm, 1959 note
How it is recognised
Person outside the law
Brigand, moss-trooper, highwayman, buckrider, betyar, bushranger
Ordinary criminals remain under legal protection; modern fugitives are wanted persons; rebels have political aims; folk heroes are legendary
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
was subject to -
is exemplified by - a bushranger
is analysed as - by Hobsbawm
In practice
Families and kinds
legally declared outlaws
brigands and bandits
highwaymen
border reivers and moss-troopers
Hungarian betyars
Australian bushrangers
Standards and regulation
Historical outlawry laws
Modern criminal procedure on fugitives
Failure modes and hazards
Glorifying violence
Romanticised framing without attribution
Confusing historical outlawry and modern law
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an outlaw is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an outlaw, and how does it differ from ordinary criminals, modern fugitives, rebels and folk heroes? definition
- Is the question about legal history, a regional type, folklore or a specific person? boundary
Types
Regional types.
Types
Types.
- What were brigands, moss-troopers, highwaymen, buckriders, betyars and bushrangers? definition
- Which entry fits the specific type? action
Law Outlawry in law.
Sources.
Medieval
Medieval outlawry.
Medieval
Medieval.
- How did outlawry work in medieval English and Norse law? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Abolition
Abolition.
Abolition
Abolition.
- How and when was outlawry abolished? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Folklore Folklore and history.
Attribution.
Social bandits
Social banditry.
Social bandits
Social bandits.
- What did Hobsbawm argue about social bandits, and what critiques exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation free of glorification? boundary
Legends
Legends.
Legends
Legends.
- How have figures such as Robin Hood, Ned Kelly and Sandor Rozsa been remembered? provenance
- Which entry fits Robin Hood? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Western
Western genre.
Western
Western.
- How did the American West shape outlaw imagery? provenance
- Which entry fits Western (genre)? action
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How is outlaw used figuratively today? provenance
- Which entry fits outlaw (figurative)? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should bushranger and betyar be separate primary entries?
- How should historical sources be linked?
- How should folklore be distinguished from history?