Notable Historical Trials by Justin Lovill (4v.) - Folio Society edition

Notable Historical Trials by Justin Lovill (4v.)

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Notable Historical Trials by Justin Lovill (4v.) - Folio Society edition
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Notable Historical Trials by Justin Lovill (4v.)
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Notable Historical Trials by Justin Lovill (4v.)

Justin Lovill
Edition year 1999
Binding Cloth
Volumes 4
Weight 6 Kg
Pages Vol. 1: 521; Vol. 2: 498; Vol. 3: 514; Vol. 4: 554
Dimensions 25.3 × 16 cm

Edition details

Notable Historical Trials by Justin Lovill. (4v.). Vol.1 From Socrates to the Gunpowder Plot, 16 colour plates and 29 b&w illustrations, 521pp. Vol.2 From Galileo to Admiral Byng, 13 colour plates, 30 b&w illustrations, 498pp. Vol.3 From The Boston Massacre to Queen Caroline, 18 colour plates, 32 b&w illustrations, 514pp. Vol.4 From Burke and Hare to Oscar Wilde, 21 colour plates, 40 b&w illustrations, 554pp. Introduced By John Mortimer. Bound in quarter red cloth over marbled boards with titles on spine. Illustrated and titled slipcase. 25.3x16cm.

About the book

Notable Historical Trials surveys famous legal proceedings across more than two millennia, moving from the ancient world to the late nineteenth century. The collection ranges from the trial of Socrates and the Gunpowder Plot to Galileo, Admiral Byng, the Boston Massacre, Queen Caroline, Burke and Hare and Oscar Wilde. By bringing together major cases involving politics, religion, crime, public morality and the exercise of state power, the work shows how courtroom proceedings can illuminate the values and conflicts of their age. The trials also reveal changing ideas about evidence, justice, punishment and individual rights, making the collection both a legal history and a broad portrait of social and political change.

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