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Engines of truth : producing veracity in the Victorian courtroom /

During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schneider, Wendie Ellen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rise and fall of perjury prosecutions
  • The gentlemanly art of cross-examination
  • Perjury and prevarication in British India
  • The queen's proctor : an inquisitorial experiment
  • Adultery, sex offenses, and the Criminal Evidence Act of 1898.