[PDF] Notable Trials eBook

Author : Detlef Liebs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0520294858

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Summoned to the Roman Courts is the first work by Detlef Liebs, an internationally recognized expert on ancient Roman law, to be made available in English. Originally presented as a series of popular lectures, this book brings to life a thousand years of Roman history through sixteen studies of famous court cases—from the legendary trial of Horatius for the killing of his sister, to the trial of Jesus Christ, to that of the Christian leader Priscillian for heresy. Drawing on a wide variety of ancient sources, the author not only paints a vivid picture of ancient Roman society, but also illuminates how ancient legal practices still profoundly affect how the law is implemented today.

Author : Elizabeth Frost-Knappman
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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Covers 120 notable trials that occurred around the world, from Socrates to Timothy McVeigh.

Author : Roger Wilkes
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 35,6 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1780333722

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The 35 most famous trials of the 20th century, as recorded by the people who were there including Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Brian Masters, Damon Runyon and other star turns in true crime writing. Among the cases featured: the longest ever US trial, of deadly duo Bianchi and Buono for the Hillside Stranglings of 12 young women; Brady and Hindley - the iconic case of multiple child murder by a couple obsessed with sadism, Nazism and pornography; America's trial of the 1990s - O.J. Simpson; the media frenzy around Bruno Hauptmann's alleged kidnap and murder of the infant son of American hero, Charles Lindbergh; gagged press during the 1968 trial of eleven-year-old Mary Bell, convicted for killing two little boys; Oscar Wilde - one of the earliest trials to earn blanket press coverage; and the nine-month trial of 'one of the most evil, satanic men who ever walked the face of the earth', Charles Manson.

Author : Frank McLynn
Publisher : Crux Publishing Ltd
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Trials
ISBN : 1909979449

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A wonderful summary of famous trials throughout history, from Jesus Christ to Oscar Wilde

Author : Scott P. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1598842625

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This comprehensive set of essays documents the most important criminal, civil, and political trials in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their impact on both legal history and popular culture. Crime and punishment are of perennial interest across the human species. Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Law examines some of the most important (and infamous) cases in American history, placing them in both historical and legal context. Among the landmark cases considered in these two volumes are the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. A number of civil lawsuits and political trials are also included, such as the impeachment trials of Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Entries in the encyclopedia detail the events leading to each trial and introduce the key players, with a focus on judges, lawyers, witnesses, defendants, victims, media, and the public. In addition, the aftermath of the trial and its impact are analyzed from a scholarly, yet straightforward, perspective, emphasizing how the trial affected the law and society at large.

Author : Gorden, Caroline
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1529203678

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From the trials of Oscar Pistorius to O. J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, this innovative book provides a critical review of 11 high profile criminal cases. It delivers an accessible examination of the sociological and psychological processes underpinning the construction of guilt and innocence in criminal trials, the media and wider society.

Author : Montgomery H. Hyde
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Authors, Irish
ISBN : 9780140018578

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Four days after the opening of Oscar Wilde's most popular and witty play The Importance of Being Earnest, the Marquess of Queensberry threw down a gauntlet to the playwright in the form of a card - the catalyst for one of the most bizarre contests ever staged at the Old Bailey. Wilde's prosecution for libel and his own subsequent prosecution by the Crown for gross indecency showed a man completely at odds with a class-ridden society that was rife with snobbery and narrow-mindedness. This book describes the case.

Author : Detlef Liebs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 15,45 MB
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0520259629

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“This book covers sixteen ‘famous trials’—some familiar to readers with a classical background, others less well known—all of which shed light on uncommon aspects of social and legal history. Liebs draws attention to two important but relatively understudied issues in particular: the role of the judge in procedure and the significance of trials and their outcomes in the evolution of Roman law.”—Jill D. Harries, Professor of Ancient History, University of St Andrews, and author of Cicero and the Jurists.