On Trial: From Adam & Eve to O.J. SimpsonLexington Books, 2004 - 499 pagini Beginning with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and ending with O.J. Simpson, author George Anastaplo offers an exploration of justice and the rule of law through well-known trials both ancient and modern, real and fictional. On Trial is a detailed and fascinating discussion of legal reason, moral judgment, political life, and the events that give them meaning. |
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Pagina ii
... what this man meant , but what those words would mean in the mouth of a normal speaker of English , using them in the circumstances in which they were used . --- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. On Trial From Adam & Eve to O. J. Simpson.
... what this man meant , but what those words would mean in the mouth of a normal speaker of English , using them in the circumstances in which they were used . --- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. On Trial From Adam & Eve to O. J. Simpson.
Pagina iv
... means , electronic , mechanical , photocopying , recording , or otherwise , without the prior permission of the publisher . British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging - in ...
... means , electronic , mechanical , photocopying , recording , or otherwise , without the prior permission of the publisher . British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging - in ...
Pagina xiv
... have heard that the truth can be deadly . Anastaplo could claim the authority of Nietz- sche to sustain the point that " the natural understanding sometimes may even be taken to suggest that there really is no meaning xiv Preface.
... have heard that the truth can be deadly . Anastaplo could claim the authority of Nietz- sche to sustain the point that " the natural understanding sometimes may even be taken to suggest that there really is no meaning xiv Preface.
Pagina xv
... meaning to the cosmos . " It is easy to see how speculation along these lines could be destructive of political life ... mean nothing more than that he sees the influence of reason on human life and political life as a salutary one ...
... meaning to the cosmos . " It is easy to see how speculation along these lines could be destructive of political life ... mean nothing more than that he sees the influence of reason on human life and political life as a salutary one ...
Pagina xvi
... mean when we refer to material properties , cli- mate , mortality , passions , mental capacities , and the like . It includes , as par- ticularly significant , that principle of constancy and change in things , a prin- ciple of order ...
... mean when we refer to material properties , cli- mate , mortality , passions , mental capacities , and the like . It includes , as par- ticularly significant , that principle of constancy and change in things , a prin- ciple of order ...
Cuprins
From Adam and Eve to Faustus | 5 |
1 B LUCIFER AND FAUSTUS | 21 |
Clytemnestra Electra and Orestes | 41 |
2B THE CHARACTER OF A MATRICIDE | 48 |
2C THE HUNTING OF ORESTES | 52 |
2D QUERIES ABOUT THE ORESTEIA | 61 |
Jonah and the Ninevites | 71 |
Oedipus Creon and Antigone | 83 |
Thomas More the King and the Pope | 253 |
John P Altgeld and the Haymarketers | 283 |
Notorious Defendants in Our Time | 297 |
12B JULIUS ROSENBERG ETHEL ROSENBERG AND MORTON SOBELL | 313 |
12C THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES | 327 |
12D DAVID T DELLINGER ET AL | 329 |
12E RICHARD M NIXON ET AL | 336 |
From Spiro T Agnew to O J Simpson | 381 |
4B SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE | 97 |
4C ANOUIHLS ANTIGONE | 100 |
Abraham and Kierkegaard | 111 |
Socrates of Athens | 135 |
6B XENOPHONS APOLOGY OF SOCRATES | 140 |
Jesus of Nazareth | 155 |
7B THE GOSPEL OF MARK | 172 |
Joan of Arc | 205 |
Shylock and Shakespeare | 231 |
Conclusion | 403 |
In re George Anastaplo | 407 |
Subversion Then and Now 1987 | 411 |
On Representing Oneself 2001 | 423 |
Chance and the Good Life 2001 | 433 |
Why Did You Do It? 2003 | 457 |
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Pagina 3 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.