Court Affairs: Trials of the Past
11 hrs. 59 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexey Kuznetsov
Author
Alexey Kuznetsov
Narrator
Anton Kondakov
Narrator
Anton Kondakov
Description
People have always been interested in investigating crimes and punishing criminals. It’s hard to say what’s more here: curiosity, a craving for Justice, or the subconscious (and sometimes even conscious!) interest in Evil. In any case, the search for the perfect way to determine guilt or innocence—and proportionate punishment—has been going on for thousands of years.
Among the book’s characters are famous people—Socrates, Giordano Bruno, Abraham Lincoln, Leo Tolstoy—as well as ordinary mortals—Russian peasants, English sailors, Italian immigrants. One thing remains unchanged: the courtroom hall, strict judges, trembling defendants.
Let’s try to follow some twists of this extraordinarily difficult path:
• think about the shortcomings of the most democratic Athenian court in the world,
• assess the ambiguity of introducing an inquisitorial process,
• critically examine the political persecutions of the early modern period,
• be surprised by some courtroom curiosities,
• sympathize with some accused people who became victims of blatant injustice.
“Any of us can end up before a judge. And to know how to defend yourself, watch how the great ones did it. And how often it didn’t work out for them.”
Aleksei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of “Echo of Moscow”
A book based on the program “Not So” on “Eхо of Moscow”
Among the book’s characters are famous people—Socrates, Giordano Bruno, Abraham Lincoln, Leo Tolstoy—as well as ordinary mortals—Russian peasants, English sailors, Italian immigrants. One thing remains unchanged: the courtroom hall, strict judges, trembling defendants.
Let’s try to follow some twists of this extraordinarily difficult path:
• think about the shortcomings of the most democratic Athenian court in the world,
• assess the ambiguity of introducing an inquisitorial process,
• critically examine the political persecutions of the early modern period,
• be surprised by some courtroom curiosities,
• sympathize with some accused people who became victims of blatant injustice.
“Any of us can end up before a judge. And to know how to defend yourself, watch how the great ones did it. And how often it didn’t work out for them.”
Aleksei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of “Echo of Moscow”
A book based on the program “Not So” on “Eхо of Moscow”
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