The trial in American life [[electronic resource] /] / Robert A. Ferguson

• Autore: Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.73/07
• Soggetto topico: Trials - United States; Trials - United States - History
• Soggetto non controllato: history, trial, public opinion, media, scandal, sensation, journalism, news, crime, legal system, courts, aaron burr, oj simpson, literature, el doctorow, william dean howells, thoreau, emerson, courtrooms, fear, anxiety, community, justice, overexposure, supreme court, television, coverage, john brown, politics, rosenbergs, death penalty, traitors, haymarket defendants, national identity, mary surratt, nonfiction
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-392) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The High-Profile Trial -- Part Two. A Case-Study Sequence -- Part Three. In Court Today -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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 the
• Titolo autorizzato: The trial in American life
• ISBN: 1-282-42641-9; 9786612426414; 0-226-24328-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781198503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II