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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... reasons for prying into a person's beliefs . He could not see what relevance the questions had to his fitness to be a member of the bar . The 1950s were not an enlightened period in our political society , and the courts would not ...
... reasons for prying into a person's beliefs . He could not see what relevance the questions had to his fitness to be a member of the bar . The 1950s were not an enlightened period in our political society , and the courts would not ...
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... reason been good for man ? " This is Anastaplo's question , but , of course , it is also [ Friedrich ] Nietzsche's . Nietzsche's answer is complicated by the fact that truth often ( always ? ) destroys the limited or closed horizon that ...
... reason been good for man ? " This is Anastaplo's question , but , of course , it is also [ Friedrich ] Nietzsche's . Nietzsche's answer is complicated by the fact that truth often ( always ? ) destroys the limited or closed horizon that ...
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... reason and enlightenment , albeit perhaps only moderate enlightenment , have been good for man and for political life , even though he notes that reason makes some men . Oedipus or Socrates , vulnerable . Reason is both a moderating ...
... reason and enlightenment , albeit perhaps only moderate enlightenment , have been good for man and for political life , even though he notes that reason makes some men . Oedipus or Socrates , vulnerable . Reason is both a moderating ...
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... reason in politics without fostering the utopian expectations that have played havoc with both our theory and our practice over the last two centuries and longer . To point the way to a more prudent course is no small achievement.26 ...
... reason in politics without fostering the utopian expectations that have played havoc with both our theory and our practice over the last two centuries and longer . To point the way to a more prudent course is no small achievement.26 ...
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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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