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229 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226468945
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 15 August 2006
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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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229 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226468945
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 15 August 2006
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...
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Content Warnings