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Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture.

Torture and the Law of Proof Europe and England

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/08/2006
    ISBN13: 9780226468945, 978-0226468945
    ISBN10: 0226468941
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture.

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