Torture and the Law of Proof by John H. Langbein

Torture and the Law of Proof

John H. Langbein

240 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

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In Torture and the Law of Proof John H. Langbein explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times until well into the eighteenth century. Drawing...

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