Cannibalism and Common Law: A Victorian Yachting TragedyBloomsbury Academic, 1994 - 353 páginas Cannibalism and the Common Law is an enthralling classic of legal history. It tells the tragic story of the yacht Mignonette, which foundered on its way from England to Australia in 1884. The killing and eating of one of the crew, Richard Parker, led to the leading case in the defence of necessity, R. v. Dudley and Stephens. It resulted in their being convicted and sentenced to death, a sentence subsequently commuted. In this tour de force Brian Simpson sets the legal proceedings in their broadest historical context, providing a detailed account of the events and characters involved and of life at sea in the time of sail. Cannibalism and the Common Law is a demonstration that legal history can be written in human terms and can be compulsive reading. This brilliant and fascinating book, a marvelous example of eareful historical detection, and first-class legal history, written by a master. |
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... Board of Trade and take steps to bring those involved to justice . But the sailors , certainly did expect to be allowed to leave for home , and at 12:00 M. Dudley telegraphed his wife : " Am here , and as well as can be expected ; hope ...
... Board was never set up under that name , the substance of the recommendation was eventually carried into effect by the Mercantile Marine Act of 1850 , which made the Board of Trade responsible for the merchant marine . For the first ...
... Board of Trade , suggesting the men simply be left in Singapore . By cable on June 16 , Singapore revealed that the men had left almost a month earlier . The Colonial Office now set about the task of passing this embarrassing and ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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