The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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World History Courses Political Science Courses Social Impact Courses

Course Description

Overview

Join an award-winning law professor for an investigation into the great legal battles that shaped the course of world history.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: The Trial of Socrates
02: The Trial of Gaius Verres
03: Three Medieval Trials
04: The Trial of Sir Thomas More
05: The Trial of Giordano Bruno
06: The Salem Witchcraft Trials
07: The Boston Massacre Trials
08: The Aaron Burr Conspiracy Trial
09: The Amistad Trials
10: The Dakota Conflict Trials
11: The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial
12: The Trial of Louis Riel
13: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
14: The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp
15: The Leopold and Loeb Trial
16: The Scopes Monkey Trial
17: The Trials of the "Scottsboro Boys"
18: The Nuremberg Trials
19: The Alger Hiss Trial
20: The Rivonia (Nelson Mandela) Trial
21: The Mississippi Burning Trial
22: The Trial of the Chicago Eight
23: The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial
24: The O. J. Simpson Trial

Taught by

Douglas O. Linder

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