Project Gutenberg 2006-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 98 Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Reading ease score: 59.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume primarily focuses on the impeachment trial of Warren Hastings, the former Governor-General of Bengal, detailing the proceedings and legal arguments involved. The text offers insight into the legal and political ramifications of the impeachment, reflecting on the nature of justice in the context of British Parliamentary proceedings. The beginning portion of the work lays the foundational context for the impeachment trial, starting with a report from the Committee of the House of Commons. This committee was tasked with inspecting the Lords' Journals regarding the trial of Hastings, and their findings are meant to illuminate the delays, challenges, and procedural intricacies encountered since the trial's inception in the late 1780s. Burke outlines key issues such as the duration of the trial, the admission of evidence, and the relationship between the Lords and judges regarding legal proceedings. By emphasizing the evolution of legal processes and the importance of preserving parliamentary privileges, Burke sets the stage for a deeper exploration of justice as it pertains to colonial governance and accountability within the British legal framework. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Political science -- Early works to 1800 DA Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics 856994 856999 2024-10-08T06:50:36.635494 2023-09-08T08:42:02.975603 text/html text/html 874603 2006-04-20T15:08:44 text/html 297814 2006-04-20T15:08:44 text/html application/zip 395484 2024-10-08T06:50:51.014424 application/epub+zip 407463 2024-10-08T06:50:41.947468 application/epub+zip 366339 2024-10-08T06:50:39.862500 application/epub+zip 825800 2024-10-08T06:50:57.433405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 752083 2024-10-08T06:50:49.121416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668717 2022-09-08T15:19:09.945913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 776585 776317 2024-10-08T06:50:35.170536 2023-09-08T08:42:01.885561 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 776387 2006-04-20T15:08:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 265389 2006-04-20T15:08:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 776412 2006-04-20T15:08:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 265762 2006-04-20T15:08:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21682 2024-10-08T06:50:57.577362 application/rdf+xml 23485 2024-10-08T06:50:40.448468 image/jpeg 4584 2024-10-08T06:50:40.158467 image/jpeg 391945 2024-10-08T06:50:36.705486 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia