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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... Parker as second mate ) , nine or ten able seamen , a steward , and a cook . It is somewhat surprising that Brooks preferred to join Dudley on the Mignonette , even if the wages were higher , in preference to a com- fortable and ...
... Parker families was a gardener , and old Ann Parker , probably a widow , had been a laundress . The rest were families of fishermen , and at the age of around 12 the sons followed the family tradition and became fishermen too . Richard ...
... Parker was likely to die first , and this was incorporated . The foreman also said that , in the jury's view , " they would have died if they had not had this body to feed on . " Baron Huddleston mendaciously steam- rollered in reply ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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