Famous cases [[electronic resource] ] : nine trials that changed the law / / Brian P. Block, John Hostettler
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Block Brian P
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Famous cases [[electronic resource] ] : nine trials that changed the law / / Brian P. Block, John Hostettler
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| Pubblicazione: | Winchester, : Waterside Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 347.4207 |
| Soggetto topico: | Trials - Great Britain - History |
| Law | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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HostettlerJohn
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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 "" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Famous cases |
| ISBN: | 1-281-12446-X |
| 9786611124465 | |
| 1-906534-15-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454781703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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