Famous cases [[electronic resource] ] : nine trials that changed the law / / Brian P. Block, John Hostettler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454781703321
• Autore: Block Brian P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Winchester, : Waterside Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-281-12446-X; 9786611124465; 1-906534-15-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HostettlerJohn
• Disciplina: 347.4207
• Soggetti: Trials - Great Britain - History; Law; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Acknowledgement ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""List of Cases""; ""PART I: Introduction""; ""1 Origin and Growth of the Common Law""; ""Unwritten law""; ""Early laws""; ""The lawyer king""; ""Rise of the legal profession""; ""Precedent""; ""Court of Chancery""; ""Discord""; ""The Star Chamber""; ""The High Commission""; ""Trial by jury""; ""Statutes""; ""PART II Criminal Trials""; ""2 George Joseph Smith and the ""Brides in the Bath""""; ""MAKIN'S CASE""; ""The Privy Council hearing""; ""SMITH'S CASE""; ""The facts""; ""The appeal""; ""Aftermath""; ""Straffen""; ""Pragmatic approach""""A new precedent""; ""3 Woolmington's Case""; ""Presumption of guilt""; ""The facts""; ""The first trial""; ""The second trial""; ""The first appeal""; ""Woolmington v. DPP ""; ""No presumption of murder""; ""The ""beyond reasonable doubt"" principle""; ""Aftermath of Woolmington""; ""4 Gypsy Jim Smith""; ""The case""; ""Malice aforethought""; ""DPP v. Smith""; ""Aftermath""; ""PART III Civil Cases""; ""5 Donoghue v. Stevenson""; ""The claim""; ""Judgments""; ""The ""neighbour"" rule""; ""Explosive effects""; ""6 Lord Denning's ""High Trees"" Case""; ""The Facts""; ""Legal argument""""The judgment""; ""7 Rookes v. Barnard""; ""The ; facts""; ""The case""; ""The first appeal""; ""The House of Lords""; ""8 The Mareva Injunction""; ""Nippon Yusen Kaisha v Karageorgis""; ""Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA""; ""Law reform ""; ""9 Wednesbury Unreasonableness""; ""Associated Provincial Picture Houses, Ltd v. Wednesbury Corporation""; ""The appeal ""; ""What the case settled""; ""PART IV International Law""; ""10 The Trials of Augusto Pinochet""; ""The legal background""; ""Background to the Pinochet case""; ""The arrests""; ""Divisional Court hearing""""First House of Lords appeal""; ""The problem""; ""The petition""; ""Second House of Lords appeal""; ""Historic decision""; ""Index""; ""Back cover ""