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The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial

John H. Langbein

Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History

A great contribution to literature on the history of crime, the history of the legal profession, and the history of eighteenth century London
Highly topical explanation of the origins of the adversary criminal procedure, at a time when the merits of this procedure are being seriously questioned
A detailed and innovative exploration of one of the most distinctive features of the Anglo-American legal system

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