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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
      Published 15 August 2006
      ISBN-13 9780226468945
      978-0226468945
      ISBN-10 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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