Download or read book Advocacy and the Making of the Adversarial Criminal Trial, 1800-1865 written by David John Adams Cairns and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1998 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the 19th century, the criminal trial changed beyond recognition to attain its modern adversarial form. This book discusses the dynamics of this transformation and, in particular, the role of the Prisoners' Counsel Act 1836.