Bodies of evidence : medicine and the politics of the English inquest, 1830-1826
Burney, Ian A.1999
Book
Burney offers an important reinterpretation of the role of the scientific expert in the modern democratic state. At the core of this study lies the coroner's inquest - the ancient tribunal in English law to account for cases of unexplained death.
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Imprint:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Wantage : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 1999.
Collation:
176p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780801862403 (hbk)
Dewey class:
614.10941R363.25609Bu(000)
Local class:
614.6L
Language:
English
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BRN:
1956677