Legal History

This engaging and accessible book focuses on high-profile criminal trials and examines the strategy of the lawyers, the reasons for conviction or acquittal, as well as the social importance of these famous cases.

‘This book is a sustained and penetrating application of the linguistic and social philosophy of John Searle to legal theory. Convincingly affirming the insufficiently explored interest of Searle’s work in this regard, questions, includi...

‘An original, unique and fundamental contribution to the widespread debate on the very idea of an international system for protecting human rights that directly affects the European Court of Human Rights, “the conscience of Europe”. In r...