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Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law: Courting Judicial Mayhem, Texas Style Hardcover - 2009
by Neal, Bill/ Bakken, Gordon Morris (Foreward By)
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Details
- Title Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law: Courting Judicial Mayhem, Texas Style
- Author Neal, Bill/ Bakken, Gordon Morris (Foreward By)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 356
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas Tech Univ Pr, Lubbock, Texas
- Date 2009
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-0896726622
- ISBN 9780896726628 / 0896726622
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Library of Congress subjects Trials (Murder) - Texas, Sex crimes - Texas
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009015357
- Dewey Decimal Code 345.764
From the publisher
From the jacket flap
Illicit sex is the catalyst in all the Texas murder trials recounted in Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law. In each account the victim, at least in the perception of the defendant, had committed some sexual misconduct. In every case the defendant opened fire with premeditated intent to kill. And in all the resulting trials, the defense relied at least in part on unwritten law.
Bill Neal explores the imaginative machinations of defense lawyers who extricated obviously guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis upon which to peg a defense. Typically defense attorneys outmaneuvered prosecutors and judges, whose efforts to rein in excesses met with little success. These courtroom triumphs and underlying strategies are remarkable to lawyers, historians, and laypersons alike.
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2009, Page 183