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The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us

By: Douglas O. Linder, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Douglas O. Linder JD
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Summary

No understanding of the past is complete without an understanding of the legal battles and struggles that have done so much to shape it. Inside a survey of world history's greatest trials are the key insights to critical issues we still talk about today, including freedom of speech, the death penalty, religious freedom, and the meaning of equality.

Join Professor Linder for these 24 lectures that investigate important legal cases from around the world and across the centuries. From the trials of Socrates in ancient Athens and Thomas More in Henry VIII's England to the Nuremburg Trials in the wake of World War II and the media frenzy of the O. J. Simpson murder case, you'll discover what each of these trials has to teach us about ourselves and our civilization.

Professor Linder takes you back in time to revisit some of history's most famous trials from fresh perspectives that ground them in the evolution of human ideas of law and justice, including the Salem Witch Trials, and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. You'll also encounter less familiar (but equally important) legal battles, including medieval trials by ordeal and the Trial of Giordano Bruno, which would impact the later trial of Galileo.

For years, Professor Linder has studied the fascinating intersection between history and jurisprudence. Now he's crafted these lectures to share that fascination with you.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 The Teaching Company, LLC; 2017 The Great Courses (P)2017 The Great Courses

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Excellent, but title a little misleading

I found this hugely enjoyable - hence still offering four stars. Where many of the historical lecture series from the great courses concatenate as a single thematic narrative, one to the next, each lecture here is a self-contained story, insightfully told. My one and only gripe is how few of these trials take place outside of America. Sure, we begin with Socrates, and there's Bruno and Nuremburg, but one feels these are included only to warrant the title. The vast majority of these trials are American, and I suppose I was hoping to hear something of a more mixed, international flavour. Highly recommended nevertheless. Interesting, informative, and even shocking in places.

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Woefully underrepresented world

Although this claims to cover the great world trials, it is weighted heavily to American trials (around 50%). Considering that the civilised world (and its judicial systems) are considerably larger than America and also have been around for many several hundreds of years before the Americas even existed, it would have been nice to have the rest of the world’s trials more proportionately represented.

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Riveting and informative

Excellent narration covering trials in an interesting and thought provoking way.
One thing I’d change would Hebron have a higher proportion of non USA trials.

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Great Trials!

The narrator and content were fantastic, highly recommended for anyone interested in the state of our law systems

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Should have 2 volumes

Good summary of pivotal trails from History, but I often felt that the Prof could have gone into much more minutiae, but was limited by time, 30 mins on each trail. I don't feel it was a waste of time, as I wouldn't have learnt about these cases had if not been for this book. So my critique is, not enough time was spent on each Trial

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