On Trial From Adam & Eve to O. J. Simpson

Beginning with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and ending with O.J. Simpson, author George Anastaplo offers an exploration of justice and the rule of law through well-known trials both ancient and modern, real and fictional. On Trial is a detailed and fascinating discussion of legal reason, moral judgment, political life, and the events that give them meaning.

George Anastaplo teaches at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and Dominican University.

Foreword

ix

Abner J. Mikva

Preface

xiii

Introduction

1

(4)

From Adam and Eve to Faustus

5

(36)

Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

5

(16)

Lucifer and Faustus

21

(20)

Clytemnestra, Electra, and Orestes

41

(30)

The Choruses in Aeschylus' Oresteia

41

(7)

The Character of a Matricide

48

(4)

The Hunting of Orestes

52

(9)

Queries About the Oresteia

61

(10)

Jonah and the Ninevites

71

(12)

Oedipus, Creon, and Antigone

83

(28)

Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos

83

(14)

Sophocles' Antigone

97

(3)

Anouihl's Antigone

100

(11)

Abraham and Kierkegaard

111

(24)

Socrates of Athens

135

(20)

Plato's Meno

135

(5)

Xenophon's Apology of Socrates

140

(15)

Jesus of Nazareth

155

(50)

The Gospel of Matthew

155

(17)

The Gospel of Mark

172

(33)

Joan of Arc

205

(26)

Shylock and Shakespeare

231

(22)

Thomas More, the King, and the Pope

253

(30)

John P. Altgeld and the Haymarketers

283

(14)

Notorious Defendants in Our Time

297

(84)

Hermann Wilhelm Goering et al.

297

(16)

Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, and Morton Sobell

313

(14)

The Communist Party of the United States

327

(2)

David T. Dellinger et al.

329

(7)

Richard M. Nixon et al.

336

(45)

From Spiro T. Agnew to O. J. Simpson

381

(22)

Conclusion

403

(4)

Appendixes: In re George Anastaplo

407

(62)

A Subversion, Then and Now (1987)

411

(12)

B On Representing Oneself (2001)

423

(10)

C Chance and the Good Life (2001)

433

(24)

D Why Did You Do It? (2003)

457

(12)

Index

469

(30)

About the Author

499

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On Trial From Adam & Eve to O. J. Simpson

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