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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... Southampton in 1883 show the master receiving £ 15 a month ; the first , second , and third mates £ 10 , £ 8 , and £ 6 , respectively ; and able seamen £ 3.10s . It must by now have been clear to Stephens that although he could find ...
... Southampton Times , particularly directed to helping Edwin Stephens and his five children , who also received help from the Cape of Good Hope Masonic Lodge , of which he was a member . The subscribers to these appeals included prominent ...
... Southampton , Hampshire The Southampton Master Mariners Association , Southampton , Hampshire The Southern Evening Echo , Southampton , Hampshire The State Archives of Hamburg , Hamburg , West Germany The Stavanger Maritime Museum ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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