Famous Cases - Nine Trials That Changed the Law (Paperback)

Every lawyer knows of Woolmington v. Director of Public Prosecutions, the ruling which established the 'Golden thread of English law' whereby the burden of proof lies with the prosecutor in a criminal trial. But who was Woolmington and how many people know that he escaped the death penalty at the eleventh hour, or that he was in fact twice tried for murder? 'Lords give man back his life' as the Western Gazette put it. In the civil law, how and why did a Mrs. Donoghue come to be drinking a bottle of ginger beer containing the remnants of a snail, an event which would determine that 'the categories of negligence are never closed'? And how did the tranquil market town of Wednesbury become shorthand for 'unreasonableness'? In Famous Cases: Nine Trials that Changed the Law the authors have painstakingly assembled the less well-known background to a selection of leading cases. From Mareva (synonymous with a type of injunction) to Lord Denning's classic ruling in the High Trees House case (the turning point for equitable estoppel) to that of the former Chilean head of state General Pinochet (in which the House of Lords heard the facts a second time) the authors offer a refreshing perspective to whet the appetite of newcomers, students and seasoned practitioners alike. The book has an authoritative introduction describing 'The Origins of the Common Law' and is enhanced by key extracts from the law reports reproduced courtesy of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales and the Butterworths Division of Reed Elsevier (UK) Ltd - making it not just an absorbing read but an important work of reference for every legal library and collection.

General

Imprint:	Waterside Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Brian Block • John Hostettler
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-1-872870-34-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-872870-34-1
Barcode:	9781872870342

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