Engines of Truth

Producing Veracity in the Victorian Courtroom

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Court Rules, History, Modern, 19th Century, British
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Author: Wendie Ellen Schneider ISBN: 9780300216554
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: January 28, 2016
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Wendie Ellen Schneider
ISBN: 9780300216554
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: January 28, 2016
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider’s examination of the Victorian courtroom charts this period of experimentation and how its innovations shaped contemporary trial procedure. Blending legal, social, and colonial history, she shines new light on cross-examination, the most enduring product of this time and the “greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.”
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During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider’s examination of the Victorian courtroom charts this period of experimentation and how its innovations shaped contemporary trial procedure. Blending legal, social, and colonial history, she shines new light on cross-examination, the most enduring product of this time and the “greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth.”

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