Advocacy and the Making of the Adversarial Criminal Trial 1800-1865

David J. A. Cairns

Oxford University Press, 1999

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This book is concerned with the evolution of the modern criminal trial. It discusses the dynamics of the transformation that occurred during the first half of the nineteenth century and, in particular, the role of the Prisoners' Counsel Act 1836. This is the first scholarly work to analyse the practice of advocacy.

ISBN-13
9780198262848
ISBN-10
0198262841
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1999
Publication date
1999-01-07
Pages
230
Dimensions
242x161x19
Weight
502