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240 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226922614
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Language: English
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Publication date: 01 October 1977
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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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240 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226922614
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 01 October 1977
Description
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...