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Thomas More´s Trial by Jury: A Procedural and Legal Review with a Collection of Documents
Henry Ansgar Kelly (Ed.)
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This book challenges the recently established consensus that the trial was a carefully prepared and executed judicial process in which the judges were amenable to reasonable arguments. Thomas More's treason trial in 1535 is one of history's most famous court cases, yet never before have all the major documents been collected, translated, and analyzed by a team of legal and Tudor scholars. This edition serves asan important sourcebook and concludes with a 'docudrama' reconstructing the course of the trial based on these documents. Legal experts H. A. Kelly and R. H. Helmholz take different approaches to ... Read more
This book challenges the recently established consensus that the trial was a carefully prepared and executed judicial process in which the judges were amenable to reasonable arguments. Thomas More's treason trial in 1535 is one of history's most famous court cases, yet never before have all the major documents been collected, translated, and analyzed by a team of legal and Tudor scholars. This edition serves asan important sourcebook and concludes with a 'docudrama' reconstructing the course of the trial based on these documents. Legal experts H. A. Kelly and R. H. Helmholz take different approaches to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838739
SKU
V9781843838739
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Reviews for Thomas More´s Trial by Jury: A Procedural and Legal Review with a Collection of Documents
A valuable reference tool-all the more so as it includes twenty major documents, many otherwise not easily available and all translated into English, and a comprehensive bibliography.. [E]ssential reading for anyone interested in Thomas More's trial about which much remains controversial.
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[A] clever and innovative volume. ... The essays are meticulously researched and legal jargon never gets ... Read more
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[A] clever and innovative volume. ... The essays are meticulously researched and legal jargon never gets ... Read more