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Unreasonable doubt : circumstantial evidence and the art of judgment
- Title
- Unreasonable doubt : circumstantial evidence and the art of judgment / Norma Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Norma, 1959-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 12-1000 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 233 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "A murder trial ends in a hung jury because of the reasonable doubt of a few jurors who, faced with circumstantial evidence, refuse to judge the accused. Thompson confronts this evasion of judgment through the reexamination of the works of Faulkner, Austen, Tocqueville, Plato, and Aristotle"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published with subtitle: Circumstantial evidence and an ordinary murder in New Haven. Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Two murders, one trial -- The trial -- Deliberation -- My literary jurors -- Final arguments.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-1000
- ISBN
- 9781589880726 (alk. paper)
- 1589880722 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011044544
- OCLC
- YBP 2011044544
- Author
- Thompson, Norma, 1959-
- Title
- Unreasonable doubt : circumstantial evidence and the art of judgment / Norma Thompson.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2011.
- Edition
- 1st Paul Dry Books ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-1000