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The trial in American life /
In a bravura performance that ranges from Aaron Burr to O.J. Simpson, Robert A. Ferguson traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. His interdisciplinary investigation carries him from courtroom transcripts to newspaper accounts,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a bravura performance that ranges from Aaron Burr to O.J. Simpson, Robert A. Ferguson traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. His interdisciplinary investigation carries him from courtroom transcripts to newspaper accounts, and on to the work of such imaginative writers as Emerson, Thoreau, William Dean Howells, and E.L. Doctorow. Ferguson shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about themselves. Burnin. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 400 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-392) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226243283 0226243281 1282426419 9781282426412 9786612426414 6612426411 |