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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... trial made on contemporaries in the eighteenth century, we have the words of the well‐known criminal barrister, John Adolphus, who described the excitement aroused by his first experience of it when attending court, I cannot describe ...
... trial made on contemporaries in the eighteenth century, we have the words of the well‐known criminal barrister, John Adolphus, who described the excitement aroused by his first experience of it when attending court, I cannot describe ...
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The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. LAWYER‐FREE. TRIALS. So well established today is the English adversary system of trial, with counsel at its centre, that it is hard to believe it is historically of fairly recent ...
The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. LAWYER‐FREE. TRIALS. So well established today is the English adversary system of trial, with counsel at its centre, that it is hard to believe it is historically of fairly recent ...
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The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. towards the prisoner who had been held in custody might surface in the courtroom. Moreover, whilst witnesses for the prosecution were bound over to appear at trial, the accused ...
The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. towards the prisoner who had been held in custody might surface in the courtroom. Moreover, whilst witnesses for the prosecution were bound over to appear at trial, the accused ...
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The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. Courts today do not appear to be greatly concerned with where their power in the courtroom comes from and academic lawyers cannot agree on how adversary trial arose. As Langbein ...
The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. Courts today do not appear to be greatly concerned with where their power in the courtroom comes from and academic lawyers cannot agree on how adversary trial arose. As Langbein ...
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The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. Erskine said of him that, 'he knows more of the real justice and policy of everything connected with the criminal law than any man I am acquainted with.'55 Above all, he may ...
The History and Origins of Adversary Trial John Hostettler. Erskine said of him that, 'he knows more of the real justice and policy of everything connected with the criminal law than any man I am acquainted with.'55 Above all, he may ...
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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