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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... Falmouth's rise from merely local to international importance began in the seventeenth century . In 1688 it became a packet boat port : from Falmouth small , fast , armed sailing vessels of around 200 tons ' burden carried mails and ...
... Falmouth . " Shortly afterward , the unhappy man received wholly inconsistent instructions — from Basinghall Street to detain the men , from the Board of Trade to take no action . From the Home Office , virtually closed for the weekend ...
... Falmouth , and Southampton , the story of the Mignonette still survives in tradition , especially in the families of those connected with it . In Tollesbury , the link is preserved through the Frost family , particularly through ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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