Engines of Truth
During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider'...
Main Author: | Schneider, Wendie Ellen (auth) |
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Format: | eBook |
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New Haven
Yale University Press
2016
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