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Advocacy and the making of the adversarial criminal trial, 1800-1865 /

This is the first scholarly work to analyse the practice of advocacy and to identify its significance for the administration of justice. It includes case studies of four major criminal trials which demonstrate the interrelationships between advocacy and procedure in the making of the adversarial cri...

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Main Author: Cairns, David J. A. (David John Adams), 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Oxford studies in modern legal history.
Subjects:
Adversary system (Law) > Great Britain > History.
Trial practice > Great Britain > History.
Criminal procedure > Great Britain > History.
Defense (Criminal procedure) > Great Britain > History.
Système accusatoire (Droit) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Procédure relative au procès > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Défense (Procédure pénale) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Adversary system (Law)
Criminal procedure.
Defense (Criminal procedure)
Trial practice.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is the first scholarly work to analyse the practice of advocacy and to identify its significance for the administration of justice. It includes case studies of four major criminal trials which demonstrate the interrelationships between advocacy and procedure in the making of the adversarial criminal trial.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
ISBN:9780191682414
0191682411