On Trial: From Adam & Eve to O.J. SimpsonLexington Books, 2004 - 499 pages Beginning with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and ending with O.J. Simpson, author George Anastaplo offers an exploration of justice and the rule of law through well-known trials both ancient and modern, real and fictional. On Trial is a detailed and fascinating discussion of legal reason, moral judgment, political life, and the events that give them meaning. |
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... Thomas More , the King , and the Pope 253 11 John P. Altgeld and the Haymarketers 283 12 Notorious Defendants in Our Time 297 12 - A . Hermann Wilhelm Goering et al . 297 12 - B . Julius Rosenberg , Ethel Rosenberg , and Morton Sobell ...
... Thomas More , the King , and the Pope 253 11 John P. Altgeld and the Haymarketers 283 12 Notorious Defendants in Our Time 297 12 - A . Hermann Wilhelm Goering et al . 297 12 - B . Julius Rosenberg , Ethel Rosenberg , and Morton Sobell ...
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... Thomas Jefferson's " perpetu- ally active and inquisitive mind . " This is his twelfth book — everything from Lincoln to Shakespeare to the Constitution to Homer to the classics of non - Western thought . The subjects are not only in ...
... Thomas Jefferson's " perpetu- ally active and inquisitive mind . " This is his twelfth book — everything from Lincoln to Shakespeare to the Constitution to Homer to the classics of non - Western thought . The subjects are not only in ...
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... Thomas J. Pauloski and William E. Meyer Jr. Sherman Lewis , of the Loyola Law Library , has been of con- siderable help for many years now . Introduction Having thus briefly spoken of the Naturall Kingdome of XX Preface.
... Thomas J. Pauloski and William E. Meyer Jr. Sherman Lewis , of the Loyola Law Library , has been of con- siderable help for many years now . Introduction Having thus briefly spoken of the Naturall Kingdome of XX Preface.
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... Thomas Hobbes 1 The cases and controversies I happen to discuss here include some that I have dealt with elsewhere.2 Students of literature and of politics should rec- ognize in this book plots and issues that have long challenged the ...
... Thomas Hobbes 1 The cases and controversies I happen to discuss here include some that I have dealt with elsewhere.2 Students of literature and of politics should rec- ognize in this book plots and issues that have long challenged the ...
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... Thomas Hobbes , Leviathan , chap . 31 ( 1651 ) . See conclusion , note 3 . The reader is urged , as with my other publications , to begin by reading the text of this book without reference to its notes , except for the note at the ...
... Thomas Hobbes , Leviathan , chap . 31 ( 1651 ) . See conclusion , note 3 . The reader is urged , as with my other publications , to begin by reading the text of this book without reference to its notes , except for the note at the ...
Contents
From Adam and Eve to Faustus | 5 |
1 B LUCIFER AND FAUSTUS | 21 |
Clytemnestra Electra and Orestes | 41 |
2B THE CHARACTER OF A MATRICIDE | 48 |
2C THE HUNTING OF ORESTES | 52 |
2D QUERIES ABOUT THE ORESTEIA | 61 |
Jonah and the Ninevites | 71 |
Oedipus Creon and Antigone | 83 |
Thomas More the King and the Pope | 253 |
John P Altgeld and the Haymarketers | 283 |
Notorious Defendants in Our Time | 297 |
12B JULIUS ROSENBERG ETHEL ROSENBERG AND MORTON SOBELL | 313 |
12C THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES | 327 |
12D DAVID T DELLINGER ET AL | 329 |
12E RICHARD M NIXON ET AL | 336 |
From Spiro T Agnew to O J Simpson | 381 |
4B SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE | 97 |
4C ANOUIHLS ANTIGONE | 100 |
Abraham and Kierkegaard | 111 |
Socrates of Athens | 135 |
6B XENOPHONS APOLOGY OF SOCRATES | 140 |
Jesus of Nazareth | 155 |
7B THE GOSPEL OF MARK | 172 |
Joan of Arc | 205 |
Shylock and Shakespeare | 231 |
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