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Law makers, law breakers, and uncommon trials

Title
Law makers, law breakers, and uncommon trials / Robert Aitken and Marilyn Aitken.
Author
Aitken, Robert.
Publication
Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, 2007.

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Additional Authors
Aitken, Marilyn.
Description
xix, 422 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Trials > United States
  • Trials > Great Britain
  • Trials > Ireland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-395) and index.
Contents
The king who lost his head : the trial of Charles I -- James Wilson : an unknown American founder -- The 1798 Sedition Act : president's party prosecutes press -- Signed, sealed, but not delivered : Marbury v. Madison -- Justice Benjamin Curtis and Dred Scott -- The long, strange case of Dr. Samuel Mudd : the Lincoln assassination -- The unusual Judah P. Benjamin -- The life and death of George Wythe : "I am murdered" -- The trial of Levi Weeks : Hamilton and Burr for the defense -- Wild Bill Hickok : the two trials of Jack McCall -- Justice Stephen Field, Justice David Terry, and Sarah Althea Hill -- Mountain Meadows massacre -- A punctuation mark : Rex v. Casement -- The spelling game : Russell's cross-examination of Pigott -- Hans Frank : Hitler's lawyer -- The Ardeatine caves -- Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane -- Exodus : the trial -- Zigzag : the sinking of the USS Indianapolis -- Schumann v. Wieck : the battle for Clara -- Whistler v. Ruskin : a question of art -- Sir Edward Carson cross-examines Oscar Wilde -- United States of America against one book entitled Ulysses by James Joyce -- Pride and prejudice : the dark side of Henry Ford -- Rosa Parks : an American icon.
Call Number
JBD 13-177
ISBN
  • 9781590318805 (pbk.)
  • 1590318803 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007029819
OCLC
162126780
Author
Aitken, Robert.
Title
Law makers, law breakers, and uncommon trials / Robert Aitken and Marilyn Aitken.
Imprint
Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-395) and index.
Added Author
Aitken, Marilyn.
Research Call Number
JBD 13-177
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