John H Langbein: 2 books
Torture and the Law of Proof
Europe and England in the Ancien Régime
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
In Torture and the Law of Proof John H. Langbein explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times until well into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, Langbein's...
by John H. Langbein
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
The adversary system of trial, the defining feature of the Anglo-American legal procedure, developed late in English legal history. For centuries defendants were forbidden to have legal counsel, and lawyers seldom appeared for the prosecution either. Trial was meant to be an occasion for the defendant...