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The origins of adversary criminal trial

John H. Langbein 2005 © Oxford University Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780199287239 (paper)
  • 9780191024498 (ebook)
  • 9780199258888 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Legal
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

  • Stats

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations (page xvii)
  • List of Abbreviations (page xix)
  • Introduction (page 1)
    • A. Overview (page 2)
    • B. Criminal and Civil Justice (page 7)
  • 1. The Lawyer-Free Criminal Trial (page 10)
    • A. The Altercation (page 13)
    • B. The Rapidity of Trial (page 16)
    • C. The Rule against Defense Counsel (page 26)
    • D. The Marian Pretrial (page 40)
    • E. The "Accused Speaks" Trial (page 48)
    • F. The Plight of the Accused (page 61)
  • 2. The Treason Trials Act of 1696: The Advent of Defense Counsel (page 67)
    • A. The Treason Trials of the Later Stuarts (page 68)
    • B. The Critique of the Treason Trials (page 78)
    • C. The Provisions of the Act (page 86)
    • D. The Restriction to Treason (page 97)
    • E. Of Aristocrats and Paupers: Treason's Legacy for Adversary Criminal Justice (page 102)
  • 3. The Prosecutorial Origins of Defense Counsel (page 106)
    • A. Prosecution Lawyers (page 111)
    • B. Prosecution Perjury (page 148)
    • C. Making Forgery Felony (page 166)
    • D. Defense Counsel Enters the Felony Trial (page 167)
  • 4. The Law of Criminal Evidence (page 178)
    • A. The View from the Sessions Papers (page 180)
    • B. The Character Rule (page 190)
    • C. The Corroboration Rule (page 203)
    • D. The Confession Rule (page 218)
    • E. Unfinished Business: The Hearsay Rule (page 233)
    • F. Groping for the Lever: Excluding Evidence (page 247)
  • 5. From Altercation to Adversary Trial (page 252)
    • A. Latency (page 255)
    • B. Silencing the Accused (page 258)
    • C. Prosecution Counsel (page 284)
    • D. Defense Counsel (page 291)
    • E. Judicial Acquiescence (page 311)
    • F. Jury Trial (page 318)
    • G. The Truth Deficit (page 331)
  • Index (page 345)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
HJ 49.2 (June 2006): 638-640 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4091635
MLWR 66.6 (Nov. 2003): 940-944 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3699106
CALJ 63.2 (July 2004): 517-518 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4509117
ENHR 119.481 (Apr. 2004): 456-458 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3490252
LHR 27.1 (Spring 2009): 195-198 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27641653
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