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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... known of any weakness . This explanation tallies with two curious pieces of oral evidence . In 1935 or 1936 , a young apprentice shipwright , Mr. Vernon Cole , was planking a yacht in the company of an old man of around 73 , one Dick ...
... known , the Indians became friendly . It was mid - December 1873 , and Chief Ouray , together with his second wife , Chipeta ( " White Singing Bird " ) , was well known as a conscientious if perhaps misled peace maker and a particularly ...
... known what they were doing at all or had not known that what they did was " wrong . " Dudley's statement and Stephens's deposition before the receiver of wrecks ruled out the former claim , and the fact that Dudley had admitted to ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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