Intolerance

Divided Societies on Trial
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-85490-025-1
Verlag: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 984 g

Most of us are intolerant of something, whether it is our neighbour’s dog, his politics or the colour of his skin, but we may not always recognize our lack of tolerance. By making extensive use of surviving court documentation from famous - and not so famous - trials, Brian Harris is able to explore several issues that have given rise to deep-rooted divisions within Western society, such as slavery, religion and homosexuality. The result is a highly readable narrative, which often challenges traditional interpretations of the cases concerned, punctuated throughout by the author’s pertinent insights into the personalities, events and legal processes of the day.

The cases include the ‘witches’ of Salem whose tragic story was plundered by Arthur Miller in his play, The Crucible, the execution of a seventy-year-old woman for giving shelter to a man on the run from England’s last rebellion, the prosecution of a schoolteacher for teaching evolution, the persecution of Oscar Wilde and the prosecution of Penguin Books for publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Intolerance: Divided Societies on Trial provides an engaging and thought-provoking account of man’s intolerance to man through the ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Brian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Triumph of Credulity: The Trial of the Salem Witches, 1692
London Burning: The Trial of Lord George Gordon, 1780
The Monkey Trial: The Trial of John Scopes, 1925
The Bloody Assizes: The Trial of Dame Alice Lisle, 1685
The Chatterley Affair: The Trial of Penguin Books, 1960
Feasting with Panthers: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, 1895
Revolt at Harpers Ferry: The Trial of John Brown, 1859
The End of a Revolutionary: The Trial of Georges-Jacques Danton, 1794
Sources
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Harris, Brian
Brian Harris OBE, QC is a distinguished writer, as well as a consultant on regulatory and disciplinary matters. Previous books include Injustice: State Trials from Socrates to Nuremberg (Sutton Publishing, 2006) and The Literature of the Law (Blackstone, 1998)