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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... remained uninjured . There was no shelter whatsoever . On December 10 at 2:00 A.M. the schooner ran onto the shore at Well Cove , between Coal River and the Bay of Islands on the western shore of Newfoundland . The area was then unin ...
... remained . Holmes in particular behaved kindly and very courageously , going back on board the sinking ship to rescue the sick Isabella Edgar , who called out , " I am coming , Mother , I am coming . " Mrs. Edgar , together with her ...
... remained clinging to the masts and rigging and were soon reduced in number as men were swept off ; at last only four remained . They sheltered , if that is the word , in A LAWYER'S QUESTION 261.
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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