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Unreasonable doubt : circumstantial evidence and the art of judgment / Norma Thompson.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | KF224.B29 T48 2011 | Off-site |
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- 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
- Genre/Form
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
- History
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
- 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 (p. 211-219) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Two murders, one trial -- The trial -- Deliberation -- My literary jurors -- Final arguments.
- ISBN
- 9781589880726 (alk. paper)
- 1589880722 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011044544
- OCLC
- 709681208
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library