On Trial: From Adam & Eve to O.J. SimpsonBeginning with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and ending with O.J. Simpson, author George Anastaplo offers an exploration of justice and the rule of law through well-known trials both ancient and modern, real and fictional. On Trial is a detailed and fascinating discussion of legal reason, moral judgment, political life, and the events that give them meaning. |
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... nature above history . Nature is the standard by which Anasta- plo intends to judge and to be judged . 13 Our political scientist continues his generous introduction to On Trial with these observations : The connections [ among freedom , ...
... nature above history . Nature is the standard by which Anasta- plo intends to judge and to be judged . 13 Our political scientist continues his generous introduction to On Trial with these observations : The connections [ among freedom , ...
Page xvi
... nature for guidance in what follows in this book , to be reminded of that understanding of nature recorded in the preface to my 2002 collection of seven introductions to non - Western thought : " Nature is not simply that which we often ...
... nature for guidance in what follows in this book , to be reminded of that understanding of nature recorded in the preface to my 2002 collection of seven introductions to non - Western thought : " Nature is not simply that which we often ...
Page xvii
... Natural Right and History book . See , on these teachers . George Anastaplo , " Leo Strauss at the University of ... Natures of Things , " 15 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 181 ( 1984 ) . See , also Malcolm P. Sharp ...
... Natural Right and History book . See , on these teachers . George Anastaplo , " Leo Strauss at the University of ... Natures of Things , " 15 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 181 ( 1984 ) . See , also Malcolm P. Sharp ...
Page xviii
... Nature , and Community , " p . 16. Here , as usually elsewhere in this book , references and notes in the quotations are omitted . See , on what is " cen- tral to each essay , " preface , note 5 . 14. Colmo , " Freedom , Nature , and ...
... Nature , and Community , " p . 16. Here , as usually elsewhere in this book , references and notes in the quotations are omitted . See , on what is " cen- tral to each essay , " preface , note 5 . 14. Colmo , " Freedom , Nature , and ...
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... Nature , and Community , " p . 180. See , on Friedrich Niet- zsche . Anastaplo , The American Moralist , p . 616 : Anastaplo . But Not Philosophy , p . 387 . The Enlightenment can look rather good when one considers some manifestations ...
... Nature , and Community , " p . 180. See , on Friedrich Niet- zsche . Anastaplo , The American Moralist , p . 616 : Anastaplo . But Not Philosophy , p . 387 . The Enlightenment can look rather good when one considers some manifestations ...
Contents
From Adam and Eve to Faustus | 5 |
1 B LUCIFER AND FAUSTUS | 21 |
Clytemnestra Electra and Orestes | 41 |
2B THE CHARACTER OF A MATRICIDE | 48 |
2C THE HUNTING OF ORESTES | 52 |
2D QUERIES ABOUT THE ORESTEIA | 61 |
Jonah and the Ninevites | 71 |
Oedipus Creon and Antigone | 83 |
Thomas More the King and the Pope | 253 |
John P Altgeld and the Haymarketers | 283 |
Notorious Defendants in Our Time | 297 |
12B JULIUS ROSENBERG ETHEL ROSENBERG AND MORTON SOBELL | 313 |
12C THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES | 327 |
12D DAVID T DELLINGER ET AL | 329 |
12E RICHARD M NIXON ET AL | 336 |
From Spiro T Agnew to O J Simpson | 381 |
4B SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE | 97 |
4C ANOUIHLS ANTIGONE | 100 |
Abraham and Kierkegaard | 111 |
Socrates of Athens | 135 |
6B XENOPHONS APOLOGY OF SOCRATES | 140 |
Jesus of Nazareth | 155 |
7B THE GOSPEL OF MARK | 172 |
Joan of Arc | 205 |
Shylock and Shakespeare | 231 |
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