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This fine addition to Bartleby's collection of reference tools is
authoritative and comprehensive.
It covers ancient, medieval, and modern time (up to 2000) in over
20,000 entries.
Users may browse the outline or subject index or search for names,
words, and phrases.
The legal world is well-represented in this new edition. A search for
"judges" retrieved 38 entries, including:
- Iran, Dec. 27, 1936: A new law required all judges in the state
courts to receive modern legal training. Members of the religious
establishment were no longer to be admitted as judges without the
appropriate training.
- Guatemala, April 26, 1998: Human rights advocate and Catholic bishop
Juan José Gerardi was murdered. In a situation of rampant politically
motivated violence, the case remained unsolved. One year later, the
chief prosecutor and two judges resigned because of repeated death
threats.
- Sweden & Finland, 1770s: Torture abolished; illegitimate children's
status improved; and judges and officers reviewed—many removed from
office.
- England & Scotland, May, 1679: Habeas Corpus Act required judges to
issue any prisoner a writ of habeas corpus, directing the jailer to
produce the body of the prisoner and show cause for his imprisonment;
prisoners should be indicted in the first term of their imprisonment and
sentenced no later than the second term. Once found innocent, a prisoner
could not be retried for the same crime.
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