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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... involved one Superintendent Bourne , the officer commanding Fal- mouth's own borough police force of three constables . The task had already consumed some four hours - a delay not explicable by the short distances involved ; clearly ...
... involved trade in yacht chandlery , a growing trade , for Sydney was developing as a yachting center . It may well be that Mrs. Pettigrew was widowed and elderly and needed assistance . The Dudleys emigrated in 1885 ; their ship was the ...
... involved Falmouth men is that Captain Dan Parker , master of the Falmouth ocean - going tug Turmoil , was related to the Parker family of Itchen Ferry , though his relation to Richard must have been very distant . Dan Parker died in ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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