The Newgate Calendar Improved; being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters, Who have been convicted of Offences Against the Laws of England, ... Century; and Continued to the Present Time

ISBN: 1274716284

Author: Wilkinson, George Theodore

Condition: New

Full Title:The Newgate Calendar Improved; being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters, Who have been convicted of Offences Against the Laws of England, During the Seventeenth Century; and Continued to the Present TimeDescription: The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial.Trials provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryLondon: Printed for Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster-Row, 1836.