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Record Nr.

UNISA996209562303316

Titolo

Domestic and international trials, 1700-2000 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by R. A. Melikan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK, : Manchester University Press

New York, NY, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003

ISBN

1-280-73445-0

9786610734450

1-84779-023-2

1-4175-7600-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations, charts

Collana

The Trial in history ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

MelikanR. A

Disciplina

347.420709

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - England - History

Trials - England

Trials - Europe

War crime trials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of legal abbreviations -- Introduction R. A. Melikan -- 1 Evidence law and the evidentiary objection: a view from the British Trials collection T. P. Gallanis -- 2 Sense and sensibility: fateful splitting in the Victorian insanity trial Joel Peter Eigen -- 3 Trials of character: the use of character evidence in Victorian sodomy trials H. G. Cocks -- 4 Pains and penalties procedure: how the House of Lords 'tried' Queen Caroline R. A. Melikan -- 5 The invention of trials in camera in security cases A. W. Brian Simpson -- 6 War crimes trials before international tribunals: legality and legitimacy Dominic McGoldrick -- 7 An embarrassing necessity: the Tokyo trial of Japanese leaders, 1946-48 Peter Lowe -- 8 The trial of Maurice Papon for crimes against humanity and the concept of bureaucratic crime Robert Boyce -- 9 The trial of Slobodan Milosevic: a twenty-first century trial? Dominic McGoldrick -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing both on English criminal, military, and parliamentary trials,



and upon national and international trials for war crimes, this book illuminates the diverse forces that have shaped trials during the modern era.