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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... Dudley nor Stephens was in the Long Room . His deposition appears to exist no longer , and it is consequently impossible to be sure of its contents ; there is no satisfactory indirect evidence from newspapers or other sources . The ...
... Dudley and two other children , Winifred and Julian . Win- ifred was now 19 and married , as Mrs. Ludgate , her husband a tailor and the son of a sea captain from Kent ; Julian , who was to take over the business , was 17. Also ...
... Dudley , Charlotte , 294 Dudley , George , 21 Dudley , Imogene , 87 Dudley , Julian Tom , 27 , 298 Dudley , Phillipa Mary , 4 , 6 , 25 , 27-29 , 56 , 247 , 294 , 296-98 Dudley , Phillipa Serpel , 27 , 28 , 296 Dudley , Tom ( Thomas ) ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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