Fighting for Justice: The History and Origins of Adversary TrialAdversary trial emerged in England only in the 18th century. Its origins and significance have tended to go unrecognised by judges, lawyers, jurists and researchers until relatively modern times when conflict has become a key social issue. |
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... Whig leaders, who became martyrs and inspired their followers to help trigger the Glorious Revolution of 1689 and subsequent changes in criminal procedure. THE. FIRST. BREACH. IN. THE. 'NO‐COUNSEL'. RULE. The Whig politicians and grandees, ...
... Whig leaders, who became martyrs and inspired their followers to help trigger the Glorious Revolution of 1689 and subsequent changes in criminal procedure. THE. FIRST. BREACH. IN. THE. 'NO‐COUNSEL'. RULE. The Whig politicians and grandees, ...
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... Whig martyr and one modern author described the trial as, 'one of the most unfair in a period abounding in judicial murders'.67 In the case of William Ireland, who was charged as being in the Popish Plot (1678‐81), the defendant made a ...
... Whig martyr and one modern author described the trial as, 'one of the most unfair in a period abounding in judicial murders'.67 In the case of William Ireland, who was charged as being in the Popish Plot (1678‐81), the defendant made a ...
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... Whig leaders who helped bring about the Glorious Revolution and the Treason Trials Act of 1696 which permitted counsel to act for prisoners accused of treason. This then was the position before the eighteenth century when, without ...
... Whig leaders who helped bring about the Glorious Revolution and the Treason Trials Act of 1696 which permitted counsel to act for prisoners accused of treason. This then was the position before the eighteenth century when, without ...
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... Whig leaders following the Popish Plot (1678‐81) and the Rye House Plot (1683). The outrage which resulted from the hounding to death and execution of such notables as Lords Shaftesbury and Algernon Sidney was a prime factor leading not ...
... Whig leaders following the Popish Plot (1678‐81) and the Rye House Plot (1683). The outrage which resulted from the hounding to death and execution of such notables as Lords Shaftesbury and Algernon Sidney was a prime factor leading not ...
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... Whigs to impeach, execute or send to the Tower a number of their leaders in the course of widespread judicial murder. Hearing that warrants were out for his arrest, Lord Shaftesbury, as the leading figure in organizing the Whig party ...
... Whigs to impeach, execute or send to the Tower a number of their leaders in the course of widespread judicial murder. Hearing that warrants were out for his arrest, Lord Shaftesbury, as the leading figure in organizing the Whig party ...
Contents
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4 Rights of the Individual | 50 |
5 Sir William Garrow | 59 |
6 Garrow at the Old Bailey 1 | 77 |
7 Garrow at the Old Bailey 2 | 96 |
8 Rules of Criminal Evidence | 116 |
10 Conclusion | 149 |
Glossary 1 Judicial and Historical Terms | 162 |
Glossary 2 Crimes Tried Frequently at the Old Bailey | 165 |
Bibliography | 167 |
Appendix | 172 |
Index | 174 |
Back cover
| 177 |
9 Counsel Finally Address the Jury | 135 |
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