Product Description: This is the story of Bernard O'Mahoney's two crusades on behalf of, and then against, two sisters accused of murder. Michelle and Lisa Taylor were found guilty of killing Alison Shaughnessy, but released after an exhaustive campaign by O'Mahoney—who then came around to an opposite view of their innocence...read more

Product Description: Capt. William Kidd, reviled as a bloodthirsty pirate, was a Scottish-born minister’s son who may actually have been innocent of piracy but was certainly hanged for it. Based on official admiralty records, this fascinating volume offers an astonishing glimpse into the world of 17th-century piracy, the workings of the English judicial system, and the actual dialogue and day-to-day realities of a riveting murder trial...read more

Draws on contemporary accounts to describe the ordeal of three shipwreck survivors who resorted to cannibalism to survive while adrift at sea, but were arrested and tried for murder after their rescue

Product Description: Cannibalism and the Common Law is an enthralling classic of legal history. It tells the tragic story of the yacht Mignonette, which foundered on its way from England to Australia in 1884. The killing and eating of one of the crew, Richard Parker, led to the leading case in the defence of necessity, R...read more

A noted legal authority draws on the exhaustive records of the case to scrutinize the 1887 murder of pregnant Miriam Angel and the arrest and trial of a twenty-two-year-old immigrant Polish Jew

Describes the trial in 1884 of two young English sailors for the murder and cannibalism of a fellow shipmate

Product Description: The history and operation of the famous McNaughton Rules for determining the criminal responsibility of insane offenders.Also AvailableMadness to Mental Illness: A History of the Royal College of Psychiatrists - ISBN 1904671357Management for Psychiatrists, 3rd Edition - ISBN 1904671497RCPsych Publications is the publishing arm of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (based in London, United Kingdom), which has been promoting excellence in mental health care since 1841...read more