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QBD Gallows Thief
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A Digest of the Criminal Law
Author: James Fitzjames Stephen
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning, and Other Legal Essays
Author: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
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Category : Jurisprudence
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Category : Jurisprudence
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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The Origins of Reasonable Doubt
Author: James Q. Whitman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300116004
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
To be convicted of a crime in the United States, a person must be proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” But what is reasonable doubt? Even sophisticated legal experts find this fundamental doctrine difficult to explain. In this accessible book, James Q. Whitman digs deep into the history of the law and discovers that we have lost sight of the original purpose of “reasonable doubt.” It was not originally a legal rule at all, he shows, but a theological one. The rule as we understand it today is intended to protect the accused. But Whitman traces its history back through centuries of Christian theology and common-law history to reveal that the original concern was to protect the souls of jurors. In Christian tradition, a person who experienced doubt yet convicted an innocent defendant was guilty of a mortal sin. Jurors fearful for their own souls were reassured that they were safe, as long as their doubts were not “reasonable.” Today, the old rule of reasonable doubt survives, but it has been turned to different purposes. The result is confusion for jurors, and a serious moral challenge for our system of justice.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300116004
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
To be convicted of a crime in the United States, a person must be proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” But what is reasonable doubt? Even sophisticated legal experts find this fundamental doctrine difficult to explain. In this accessible book, James Q. Whitman digs deep into the history of the law and discovers that we have lost sight of the original purpose of “reasonable doubt.” It was not originally a legal rule at all, he shows, but a theological one. The rule as we understand it today is intended to protect the accused. But Whitman traces its history back through centuries of Christian theology and common-law history to reveal that the original concern was to protect the souls of jurors. In Christian tradition, a person who experienced doubt yet convicted an innocent defendant was guilty of a mortal sin. Jurors fearful for their own souls were reassured that they were safe, as long as their doubts were not “reasonable.” Today, the old rule of reasonable doubt survives, but it has been turned to different purposes. The result is confusion for jurors, and a serious moral challenge for our system of justice.
The Fraud of Feminism
Author: Ernest Belfort Bax
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Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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By denying the existence of women's oppression and claiming that women have historically been in privileged social positions, the author attacks and ridicules feminism.
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Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
By denying the existence of women's oppression and claiming that women have historically been in privileged social positions, the author attacks and ridicules feminism.
Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays
A General View of the Criminal Law of England
Author: James Fitzjames Stephen
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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A Simplified Coptic Dictionary (Sahidic Dialect)
Author: Joaquim Azevedo
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Category : Sahidic dialect
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Category : Sahidic dialect
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Medical Jurisprudence for India
Author: Isidore Bernadotte Lyon
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Russell on Crime
Author: William Oldnall Russell
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
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