We learned of the publication of
a new open access book on the history of criminal law.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Every student of criminal law
knows for a fact that the Poulterers' Case (1611) launched modern criminal
conspiracy. This decision laid the first stone of the principle that an
agreement to commit a crime is also a crime. However, besides what the law
reports say, little is known about the facts of the case. This edition of the
testimonies collected by the Star Chamber intends to fill this gap.
Additionally, an introductory study will discuss how these facts shed new light
on the reasons that were mustered in support of the decision. It will also
argue that modern conspiracy was not a creation of the courts but rather of the
nineteenth-century scholars who turned the Poulterers' Case into a landmark
case.
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