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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... attempt to find bottom failed at 4:30 P.M .; from this failure it logically followed that the ship's charted position by dead reckoning was now at least 47 miles away from its actual position . The actual position probably lay south ...
... attempted to buy time , but the crew left him and then returned , saying they had already cast lots and that " the ... attempt to pickle the body . Three days later Campbell went mad and died ; fearing to contract madness from his body ...
... attempt to secure his release and became both an indefatigable litigant and a persistent petitioner for a pardon , though he could not always rely on professional help . In December 1886 an appeal was lodged , but this was dismissed for ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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