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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... body , threw the clothes overboard , and at once cut out heart and liver , which they ate . Then Brooks took over the steering for the next two or three hours . It was presumably during this period that the body was dismembered , using ...
... body , which lasted but a very little while . The Captain [ Captain Barron ] saw they were casting lots a second ... body . Three days later Campbell went mad and died ; fearing to contract madness from his body , the others threw it ...
... body of one Alfred Packer . Since no man knows where his soul may be , this spot will do as well as any other for the observance of this Holy and Divine Ritual . And we beseech thee , O Heavenly Father , to spread the ample mantle of ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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