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Curing Crime's avatar

This is marvelous! I think it provides an insightful overview that allows me to connect many of these cases before.

The nascent practices of defense lawyers would be interesting to look into further -- but that is another PhD project.

Remarkably interesting how these cases reveal wider aspects of Victorian society.

Enjoy the holidays

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Sophie Michell's avatar

That is DEFINITELY another PhD project! There's quite a lot of literature on the development of the adversarial trial in the late 18th/early 19th century, so it's quite likely that somebody already has!!

Thank you: you too!

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Christian Orlic's avatar

Thank you! This was super interesting and provided me with a framework to further understand future posts within Victorian England.

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