Andrew Knapp

The Newgate Calendar; Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters Who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Andrew Knapp

Publisher Marketing: Full Title: "The Newgate Calendar; Comprising Interesting Memoirs of The Most Notorious Characters Who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on The Laws of England Since The Commencement of The Eighteenth Century; With Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confes"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryLondon: J. Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. 1824 Contributor Bio:  Knapp, Andrew Andrew Knapp is Professor of French Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Reading, UK.