Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial

Zusatztext ... informative and stimulating. Informationen zum Autor John H. Langbein is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in four fields: trust and estate law, pension and employee benefit law, Anglo-American and European Legal History, and Modern Comparative Law. Klappentext The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial! which now typifies practice in Anglo-American legal systems! developed in England in the eighteenth century. Using hitherto unexplored sources from London's Old Bailey Court! Professor Langbein shows how and why lawyers were able to capture the trial! and he supplies a path-breaking account of the formation of the law of criminal evidence. Zusammenfassung The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial, which now typifies practice in Anglo-American legal systems, developed in England in the eighteenth century. Using hitherto unexplored sources from London's Old Bailey Court, Professor Langbein shows how and why lawyers were able to capture the trial, and he supplies a path-breaking account of the formation of the law of criminal evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Lawyer-Free Criminal Trial 2: The Treason Trials Act of 1696: The Advent of Defense 3: The Prosecutorial Origins of Defense Counsel 4: The Law of Criminal Evidence 5: From Altercation to Adversary Trial

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• Authors: John H. Langbein, John H. (Sterling Professor of Law and L Langbein, John H. (Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History Langbein, Langbein John H.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9780199287239
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928723-9
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern Legal; Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History; Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History: specific events & topics, European History, LAW / Criminal Procedure, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), LAW / Evidence, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History: specific events and topics, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Criminal Procedure: Law Of Evidence, C 1700 To C 1800, Wales / Cymru