John H. Langbein is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in four fields: trust and estate law, pension and employee benefit law, Anglo-American and European Legal History, and Modern Comparative Law.

• Introduction ; 1. The Lawyer-Free Criminal Trial ; 2. The Treason Trials Act of 1696: The Advent of Defense ; 3. The Prosecutorial Origins of Defense Counsel ; 4. The Law of Criminal Evidence ; 5. From Altercation to Adversary Trial

Review from previous edition "...an extraordinarily interesting book, based on deep research and advanced in a remarkably cogent fashion"

John H. Langbein is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in four fields: trust and estate law, pension and employee benefit law, Anglo-American and European Legal History, and Modern Comparative Law.

• Introduction ; 1. The Lawyer-Free Criminal Trial ; 2. The Treason Trials Act of 1696: The Advent of Defense ; 3. The Prosecutorial Origins of Defense Counsel ; 4. The Law of Criminal Evidence ; 5. From Altercation to Adversary Trial

Review from previous edition "...an extraordinarily interesting book, based on deep research and advanced in a remarkably cogent fashion"

John H. Langbein is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in four fields: trust and estate law, pension and employee benefit law, Anglo-American and European Legal History, and Modern Comparative Law.

• Introduction ; 1. The Lawyer-Free Criminal Trial ; 2. The Treason Trials Act of 1696: The Advent of Defense ; 3. The Prosecutorial Origins of Defense Counsel ; 4. The Law of Criminal Evidence ; 5. From Altercation to Adversary Trial

Review from previous edition "...an extraordinarily interesting book, based on deep research and advanced in a remarkably cogent fashion"