Is a Whale a Fish? an Accurate Report of the Case of James Maurice Against Samuel Judd, Tried in the Mayor's Court of the City of New-york, on the 30t

Publisher Marketing: Full Title: "Is a Whale a Fish? An Accurate Report of the Case of James Maurice against Samuel Judd, Tried in The Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, on the 30th and 31st of December, 1818"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryNew-York: Printed and Published by C. S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich-Street. 1819 Contributor Bio:  Sampson, William William Sampson was working as a marketing consultant in Riyadh at the time of his arrest. He holds a Ph. D. in biochemistry and an MBA from Edinburgh University. The British Court of Appeal recently awarded Sampson and his fellow detainees the landmark right to sue their torturers in Saudi Arabia. "From the Hardcover edition."