03648nam 2200613Ia 450 991045478170332120200520144314.01-281-12446-X97866111244651-906534-15-2(CKB)1000000000790127(EBL)3416275(SSID)ssj0000296148(PQKBManifestationID)11223305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296148(PQKBWorkID)10319931(PQKB)10901315(MiAaPQ)EBC3416275(Au-PeEL)EBL3416275(CaPaEBR)ebr10696123(CaONFJC)MIL112446(OCoLC)923509008(EXLCZ)99100000000079012720020822d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFamous cases[electronic resource] nine trials that changed the law /Brian P. Block, John HostettlerWinchester Waterside Press20021 online resource (136 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-872870-34-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 ""TrialsGreat BritainHistoryLawAnecdotesElectronic books.TrialsHistory.Law347.4207Block Brian P909799Hostettler John885968MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454781703321Famous cases2035918UNINA