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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... reason to congratulate himself , for he lived on for many years , becoming a well - known barge skipper , owner , and businessman . He died at the age of 92 in December 1962 , the last man alive who is known to have sailed on the ...
... reasons in writing and give them on Saturday next . Can you tell me what course you propose to invite us to take on ... reason why judgment ( i.e. , sentence ) of death should not be pronounced ; if he did raise an objection , he was ...
... reasons why modern critics have found the opinion , expressed in a style appropriate to a sermon , pompous . We no longer believe in a hortatory function of legal opinions . The other reason why the opinion fails to convince is that ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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