TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schneider, Wendie Ellen
AB  - During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider’s examination of the Victorian courtroom charts this period of experimentation and how its innovations shaped contemporary trial procedure. Blending legal, social, and colonial history, she shines new light on cross-examination, the most enduring product of this time and the “greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.” This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_604618
ID  - OAPEN ID: 604618
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030818809
KW  - history
KW  - Adultery
KW  - Barrister
KW  - Cross-examination
KW  - Defendant
KW  - Divorce
KW  - Divorce Court
KW  - Perjury
KW  - Proctor
KW  - Victorian era
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/08e6bb3b-37aa-4b69-b7fc-524b86e45435/604618.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32811
PB  - Yale University Press
PP  - New Haven
PY  - 2016
SN  - 9780300125665
TI  - Engines of Truthnull
ER  - 
