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dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Wendie Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-31 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-03 13:21:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:19:25Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:19:25Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier604618
dc.identifierOCN: 1030818809en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32811
dc.description.abstractDuring 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal historyen_US
dc.subject.otherhistory
dc.subject.otherAdultery
dc.subject.otherBarrister
dc.subject.otherCross-examination
dc.subject.otherDefendant
dc.subject.otherDivorce
dc.subject.otherDivorce Court
dc.subject.otherPerjury
dc.subject.otherProctor
dc.subject.otherVictorian era
dc.titleEngines of Truth
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_604618
oapen.relation.isPublishedByc659c18b-223e-46c9-952d-3e6aa9f19cc6
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9780300125665
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.pages280
oapen.place.publicationNew Haven
oapen.grant.number103442
oapen.grant.programKU Round 2
oapen.redirect649990
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Adultery - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery; Barrister - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrister; Cross-examination - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-examination; Defendant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defendant; Divorce - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce; Divorce Court - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_Court; Perjury - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perjury; Proctor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctor; Victorian era - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era
oapen.identifier.ocn1030818809


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