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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Page viii
... 411 B On Representing Oneself ( 2001 ) 423 C Chance and the Good Life ( 2001 ) 433 D Why Did You Do It ? ( 2003 ) 457 Index 469 About the Author 499 Foreword To say that George Anastaplo has eclectic interests is viii Contents.
... 411 B On Representing Oneself ( 2001 ) 423 C Chance and the Good Life ( 2001 ) 433 D Why Did You Do It ? ( 2003 ) 457 Index 469 About the Author 499 Foreword To say that George Anastaplo has eclectic interests is viii Contents.
Page ix
... interests is to state the obvious . One need only look at the table of contents for this book to become aware of his fascination with everything . But it is not only the diversity of his interests that make him unusual . It is the way ...
... interests is to state the obvious . One need only look at the table of contents for this book to become aware of his fascination with everything . But it is not only the diversity of his interests that make him unusual . It is the way ...
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... interests that he has indulged in his career . Briefs have page limits , oral argu- ments have time limits , and those ... interest in what's going on . If you really are interested , then why would you want to place artificial limits on ...
... interests that he has indulged in his career . Briefs have page limits , oral argu- ments have time limits , and those ... interest in what's going on . If you really are interested , then why would you want to place artificial limits on ...
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... interests channeled and cabined . There would be a one - hour field trip to the museum and a thirty - minute exposure to the public library . There is more flexibility in scheduling and a more leisurely budgeting of time in the smaller ...
... interests channeled and cabined . There would be a one - hour field trip to the museum and a thirty - minute exposure to the public library . There is more flexibility in scheduling and a more leisurely budgeting of time in the smaller ...
Page xiii
... interest us , stories that are , for the most part , quite familiar.3 The collection in this volume of exercises in disciplined reading and prudential judgment offers not the last word but ( it is hoped ) a reliable first word ( as well ...
... interest us , stories that are , for the most part , quite familiar.3 The collection in this volume of exercises in disciplined reading and prudential judgment offers not the last word but ( it is hoped ) a reliable first word ( as well ...
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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