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Indlæser... Murder: The Biographyaf Kate Morgan
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. From its Anglo-Saxon origins the word 'murder' has a clear definition but legally it is not quite so straightforward. In this book an attempt is made to show how our present-day laws have come about using a series of landmark cases to illustrate. From cannibalism on the high seas to domestic violence via madness and neglect, this is a endlessly interesting story of the changing nature of our views on crime. This could have been a really dry tome but it is far from it. Despite the legalese of some parts the stories behind the cases are intriguing. Some are well known - Ruth Ellis etc - some less so but all are carefully chosen to engage. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW 'Fascinating' - Sunday Times 'Masterful' - Judith Flanders 'A page-turning read' - Prof. David Wilson Totally gripping and brilliantly told, Murder: The Biography is a gruesome and utterly captivating portrait of the legal history of murder. The stories and the people involved in the history of murder are stranger, darker and more compulsive than any crime fiction. There's Richard Parker, the cannibalized cabin boy whose death at the hands of his hungry crewmates led the Victorian courts to decisively outlaw a defence of necessity to murder. Dr Percy Bateman, the incompetent GP whose violent disregard for his patient changed the law on manslaughter. Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in England in the 1950s, played a crucial role in changes to the law around provocation in murder cases. And Archibald Kinloch, the deranged Scottish aristocrat whose fratricidal frenzy paved the way for the defence of diminished responsibility. These, and many more, are the people - victims, killers, lawyers and judges, who unwittingly shaped the history of that most grisly and storied of laws. Join lawyer and writer Kate Morgan on a dark and macabre journey as she explores the strange stories and mysterious cases that have contributed to UK murder law. The big corporate killers; the vengeful spouses; the sloppy doctors; the abused partners; the shoddy employers; each story a crime and each crime a precedent that has contributed to the law's dark, murky and, at times, shocking standing. No library descriptions found. |
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There was a focus on how certain trials may have had different outcomes if they had been held a few years later (or I suppose earlier in other cases). On the one hand, it’s uncomfortable to think that specific cases were disadvantaged by now outdated laws. On the other hand, at least we could say that the legal system does, to some extent, attempt to keep up with the times.