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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Where courtrooms and communities meet
  • Inside the courtroom
  • The punishing of Aaron Burr
  • John Brown : defendant on the loose
  • Mary Surratt on the altar of national identity
  • Traitors in name only : the Haymarket defendants
  • Killing the Rosenbergs
  • The trial in television America
  • Seeing justice done.