caa a22 4500 445806184 CHVBK 20180317145157.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9291-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9291-8 Beirne Piers Department of Criminology, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, USA aut A note on the facticity of animal trials in early modern Britain; or, the curious prosecution of farmer Carter's dog for murder [Elektronische Daten] [Piers Beirne] For a century or so there has been a lively debate on the meaning of animal trials in early modern and medieval Europe. One unresolved issue in this debate is the geographical and jurisdictional incidence of animal trials, including their facticity in Britain. This essay explores some neglected evidence in this regard, namely, three British animal trials identified in E.P. Evans' (1906/1987) authoritative text The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/5(2011-06-01), 359-374 0925-4994 55:5<359 2011 55 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9291-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9291-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Beirne Piers Department of Criminology, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/5(2011-06-01), 359-374 0925-4994 55:5<359 2011 55 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer