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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... July 7 , it veered to the southeast and continued to blow strongly from that direction , though moderating on July 13. Probably it was then that Dudley put the bottom boards up at the stern to catch the wind , ensuring that the dinghy ...
... July 16 or 17 , was just after the last of the turtle had been eaten . According to Brooks , Richard heard this conversation and did not then join in it ; another version claims that Richard said that he would not participate in drawing ...
... July 28 , Captain Gorman was reminded of the earlier voyage by Catherine O'Brien , and on July 30 he took proceedings against her in the Limerick magistrates court . According to the only extended account , “ Captain Gorman said he had ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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