03301 am 22007213u 450 991013639830332120230621140736.010.12987/9780300216554(CKB)3710000000613057(SSID)ssj0001689535(PQKBManifestationID)16532310(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001689535(PQKBWorkID)15058831(PQKB)10365405(StDuBDS)EDZ0001359798(MiAaPQ)EBC4403145(DE-B1597)540668(DE-B1597)9780300216554(OCoLC)1102281994(OCoLC)946976065(ScCtBLL)79e7b82c-2a7a-4aeb-9329-a44cd22673a8(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39471(EXLCZ)99371000000061305720200406h20162016 fg engurm|#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEngines of Truth Producing Veracity in the Victorian Courtroom /Wendie Ellen SchneiderNew HavenYale University Press2016New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]©20161 online resource (280 pages) illustrations, figures, tablesIncludes index.Print version: 9780300125665 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Fall of Perjury Prosecutions -- 2. The Gentlemanly Art of Cross-examination -- 3. Perjury and Prevarication in British India -- 4. The Queen's Proctor: An Inquisitorial Experiment -- 5. Adultery, Sex Offenses, and the Criminal Evidence Act of 1898 -- Notes -- IndexDuring the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider's examination of the Victorian courtroom charts this period of experimentation and how its innovations shaped contemporary trial procedure. Blending legal, social, and colonial history, she shines new light on cross-examination, the most enduring product of this time and the "greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth."Procedure (Law)Great BritainHistory19th centuryCross-examinationGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainfastHistory.fasthistoryAdulteryBarristerCross-examinationDefendantDivorceDivorce CourtPerjuryProctorVictorian eraProcedure (Law)HistoryCross-examinationHistory347.075Schneider Wendie Ellen, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut925013DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910136398303321Engines of Truth2076146UNINA