On Trial From Adam & Eve to O. J. Simpson,9780739107805

On Trial From Adam & Eve to O. J. Simpson

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ISBN13: 9780739107805
ISBN10: 0739107801
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-06-07
Publisher(s): Lexington Books
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

George Anastaplo teaches at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and Dominican University.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Abner J. Mikva
Preface xiii
Introduction 1(4)
From Adam and Eve to Faustus
5(36)
Adam, Eve, and the Serpent
5(16)
Lucifer and Faustus
21(20)
Clytemnestra, Electra, and Orestes
41(30)
The Choruses in Aeschylus' Oresteia
41(7)
The Character of a Matricide
48(4)
The Hunting of Orestes
52(9)
Queries About the Oresteia
61(10)
Jonah and the Ninevites
71(12)
Oedipus, Creon, and Antigone
83(28)
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos
83(14)
Sophocles' Antigone
97(3)
Anouihl's Antigone
100(11)
Abraham and Kierkegaard
111(24)
Socrates of Athens
135(20)
Plato's Meno
135(5)
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
140(15)
Jesus of Nazareth
155(50)
The Gospel of Matthew
155(17)
The Gospel of Mark
172(33)
Joan of Arc
205(26)
Shylock and Shakespeare
231(22)
Thomas More, the King, and the Pope
253(30)
John P. Altgeld and the Haymarketers
283(14)
Notorious Defendants in Our Time
297(84)
Hermann Wilhelm Goering et al.
297(16)
Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, and Morton Sobell
313(14)
The Communist Party of the United States
327(2)
David T. Dellinger et al.
329(7)
Richard M. Nixon et al.
336(45)
From Spiro T. Agnew to O. J. Simpson
381(22)
Conclusion
403(4)
Appendixes: In re George Anastaplo
407(62)
A Subversion, Then and Now (1987)
411(12)
B On Representing Oneself (2001)
423(10)
C Chance and the Good Life (2001)
433(24)
D Why Did You Do It? (2003)
457(12)
Index 469(30)
About the Author 499

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