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An updated and expanded revision of a popular book published in 1981, American Political Trials examines the role of politicized criminal trials and impeachments in U.S. history from the early colonial era to the late 20th century. Each chapter focuses on a trial representative of a particular era in the American past. The emphasis is on cases that resulted from political persecution, but the book also shows how defendants have exploited the judicial process to advance their political objectives. All of the chapters appearing in the earlier book have been updated. In addition, the volume includes new chapters on the 1637 trial of Anne Hutchinson and the 1989 trial of Lt. Col. Oliver North for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal. The book also includes an updated bibliographical essay.

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Author:   Michal R. Belknap
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Volume:   No. 152
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.669kg
ISBN:  

9780313286872

ISBN 10:   0313286876
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   28 February 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Political Trials in the American Past by Michal R. Belknap 'To Bee Rooted Out of Her Station': The Ordeal of Anne Hutchinson by Sandra F. VanBurkleo Politics, the Press, and the Law: The Trial of John Peter Zenger by Paul Finkelman Political Choice-Political Justice: The Case of the Pennsylvania Loyalists by Steven R. Boyd The Impeachment of Samuel Chase by Richard Ellis The Treason Trial of Castner Hanway by Paul Finkelman The Indianapolis Treason Trials and Ex Parte Milligan by Frank L. Klement The Pullman Strike Cases: Debs, Darrow, and the Labor Injunction by Daniel Novak Political Justice during the Red Scare: The Trial of Benjamin Gitlow by Harold Josephson The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice by Charles H. Martin United States v. McWilliams: The Roosevelt Administration and the Far Right by Leo P. Ribuffo Cold War in the Courtroom: The Foley Square Communist Trial by Michal R. Belknap The Chicago Conspiracy Case by James W. Ely, Jr. The Iran-Contra Affair and the Trial of Oliver North by Michael Mayer Bibliographical Essay Index

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MICHAL R. BELKNAP is Professor of Law at California Western School of Law and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. The author of Cold War Political Justice and Federal Law and Southern Order, his most recent book is To Improve the Administration of Justice: A History of the American Judicature Society.

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