The Tolpuddle Martyrs : Injustice within the Law （2ND）

Evatt, Herbert Vere/ Robertson, Geoffrey (INT)

Sydney University Press（2009/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 74 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781920899493
• DDC分類 331.88130924

Full Description

The legend of the six rural labourers who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of the modern trade union movement. The labourers suffered no violence 'save the extreme and horrible violence of the law itself'. The true lesson from the story demonstrates that societies need guarantees to prevent 'injustice within the law'.

Contents

Introduction
Geoffrey Robertson
Original foreword
E.H. Burgmann
1. The importance of the case
2. Social and economic background
3. The politicians and trade unionism
4. Organisation and prosecution
5. 'The course of justice'
6. What the magistrates did
7. Part played by the juries
8. An account of the evidence
9. Were the convictions bad?
10 Opinions as to the legal position
11. Judge Williams and the sentences
12. Whigs and Tories in agreement
13. Treatment of the prisoners in Australia
14. The pardons
15. The Church's attitude
16. Consequences of the case
17. The lesson of martyrdom
Appendix 1: list of important dates
Appendix 2: about Doc Evatt
Appendix 3: acknowledgements
Notes
Index