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The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied a Critical Legal and Political Analysis
286 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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November 1, 2009
While providing an excellent overview of the trial of Louis Riel this book devolves into a repetitive exercise in the second half. The first half of the book was for me an excellent read that gave a good understanding of the mechanics of the trial system of the time, and real insight into how the system betrayed Riel and offered him no real chance at justice. The second half of the book beats you over the head with the same points made in the first half, and in most cases needlessly. I gave it two stars for the information and background that it does well.
June 27, 2010
Dense legal dissection of the Riel affair. Not light reading. Concludes quite convincingly that Riel was screwed.
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