On Trial: From Adam & Eve to O.J. SimpsonLexington Books, 2004 - 499 páginas Beginning with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and ending with O.J. Simpson, author George Anastaplo offers an exploration of justice and the rule of law through well-known trials both ancient and modern, real and fictional. On Trial is a detailed and fascinating discussion of legal reason, moral judgment, political life, and the events that give them meaning. |
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... matters , ancient and modern , historical and fictional . These are introductions that academic specialists should also find useful here and there , and not only because of the notes in which some of the relevant scholarly literature is ...
... matters , ancient and modern , historical and fictional . These are introductions that academic specialists should also find useful here and there , and not only because of the notes in which some of the relevant scholarly literature is ...
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... matters reviewed are arranged in a plausible chronological order . Of course , the order in which these accounts are read need not be that which I have provided . 5. I have not attempted to " update " the literature drawn upon in the ...
... matters reviewed are arranged in a plausible chronological order . Of course , the order in which these accounts are read need not be that which I have provided . 5. I have not attempted to " update " the literature drawn upon in the ...
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... matters that are addressed in law school courses in law and literature , in jurisprudence ( or philosophy of law ) , in criminal law , in evidence , in civil procedure , in constitutional law , and in legal history . Simplifications of ...
... matters that are addressed in law school courses in law and literature , in jurisprudence ( or philosophy of law ) , in criminal law , in evidence , in civil procedure , in constitutional law , and in legal history . Simplifications of ...
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... matter at hand . ( The original inde- pendence of each discussion accounts for some overlapping between parts of this book ... matters by getting what guidance one can from the best thinking avail- able in the greatest works of the mind ...
... matter at hand . ( The original inde- pendence of each discussion accounts for some overlapping between parts of this book ... matters by getting what guidance one can from the best thinking avail- able in the greatest works of the mind ...
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... matters . The trilogy itself , staged for citizen - spectators , contributes , as the courts do , to making justice visible . No wonder Aeschylus wanted to tell this story in the theatre . Mera Flaumenhaft , " Seeing Justice Done ...
... matters . The trilogy itself , staged for citizen - spectators , contributes , as the courts do , to making justice visible . No wonder Aeschylus wanted to tell this story in the theatre . Mera Flaumenhaft , " Seeing Justice Done ...
Contenido
From Adam and Eve to Faustus | 5 |
1 B LUCIFER AND FAUSTUS | 21 |
Clytemnestra Electra and Orestes | 41 |
2B THE CHARACTER OF A MATRICIDE | 48 |
2C THE HUNTING OF ORESTES | 52 |
2D QUERIES ABOUT THE ORESTEIA | 61 |
Jonah and the Ninevites | 71 |
Oedipus Creon and Antigone | 83 |
Thomas More the King and the Pope | 253 |
John P Altgeld and the Haymarketers | 283 |
Notorious Defendants in Our Time | 297 |
12B JULIUS ROSENBERG ETHEL ROSENBERG AND MORTON SOBELL | 313 |
12C THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES | 327 |
12D DAVID T DELLINGER ET AL | 329 |
12E RICHARD M NIXON ET AL | 336 |
From Spiro T Agnew to O J Simpson | 381 |
4B SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE | 97 |
4C ANOUIHLS ANTIGONE | 100 |
Abraham and Kierkegaard | 111 |
Socrates of Athens | 135 |
6B XENOPHONS APOLOGY OF SOCRATES | 140 |
Jesus of Nazareth | 155 |
7B THE GOSPEL OF MARK | 172 |
Joan of Arc | 205 |
Shylock and Shakespeare | 231 |
Conclusion | 403 |
In re George Anastaplo | 407 |
Subversion Then and Now 1987 | 411 |
On Representing Oneself 2001 | 423 |
Chance and the Good Life 2001 | 433 |
Why Did You Do It? 2003 | 457 |
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About the Author | |
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