02952nam 2200769 a 450 991096779000332120200520144314.09786612426414978128242641212824264199780226243283022624328110.7208/9780226243283(CKB)2550000000003077(EBL)471858(OCoLC)527658022(SSID)ssj0000343934(PQKBManifestationID)11267384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343934(PQKBWorkID)10291799(PQKB)10672776(SSID)ssj0000778040(PQKBManifestationID)12261404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778040(PQKBWorkID)10758034(PQKB)11490543(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122027(MiAaPQ)EBC471858(DE-B1597)523389(OCoLC)1135577924(DE-B1597)9780226243283(Au-PeEL)EBL471858(CaPaEBR)ebr10349985(CaONFJC)MIL242641(Perlego)1852739(EXLCZ)99255000000000307720060706d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe trial in American life /Robert A. Ferguson1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Pressc20071 online resource (415 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226243269 0226243265 9780226243252 0226243257 Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-392) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The High-Profile Trial -- Part Two. A Case-Study Sequence -- Part Three. In Court Today -- Notes -- IndexIn a bravura performance that ranges from Aaron Burr to O. J. Simpson, Robert A. Ferguson traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. His interdisciplinary investigation carries him from courtroom transcripts to newspaper accounts, and on to the work of such imaginative writers as Emerson, Thoreau, William Dean Howells, and E. L. Doctorow. Ferguson shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about theTrialsUnited StatesTrialsUnited StatesHistoryTrialsTrialsHistory.345.73/07Ferguson Robert A.1942-1463078MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967790003321The trial in American life4357199UNINA