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A journal excerpt of the Law and History Review. This excerpt particularly focuses on Guilt in the law of theft in 1750-1800

Cornell defines actus reus as the act or omission that comprises the physical elements of a crime.

Gathering of multiple exhibits focused on murder and law

The author compares English law to Civil law in instances of a women's abilities in different circumstances. It also includes the author's objections to different laws.

The 1832 Act published in response to the growing demand for cadavers. "An Act for regulating Schools of Anatomy."

Pollen describes how vice and the destruction of marriage destroy kingdoms. He also includes the government's role in controlling these vices.

According to the London Science Museum, "Pierre Francois Lacenaire (1800-36) was a notorious French killer. He was executed by guillotine in March 1836. A plaster copy was made of his head after his death. This was collected by Dr Gachet (1828-1909),…

A plaster mold of the head of William Burke after his public execution in 1829 for the "anatomy murders." Burke was named by his accomplices as the head of the body-snatching, black-market trade that supplied the Edinburgh's medical school with…

The subject, Nero, has been hanged for his crimes. His body has been donated to anatomists for public dissections. A crowd gathers as surgeons take him apart. The dominating figure above oversees the spectacle, his role as chief surgeon or high judge…