St. Jerome’s University and the University of Waterloo
WORKSHOP
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Come
and
enjoy
cheese
and
pastries,
relaxed
conversation,
and
a
discussion
of
crime
in
medieval
England.
WHEN:
Thursday,
17
January
2019,
4:30-6:00pm
WHERE:
St.
Jerome's
University,
SJ2-1002
Reception:
4:30
Lecture:
following
the
reception
WHO:
Prof.
Elizabeth
Kamali
Kamali’s
talk
will
explore
the
role
of
mens
rea,
broadly
defined,
as
a
factor
in
jury
assessments
of
guilt
and
innocence
from
the
early
13th
through
the
14th
century,
the
first
two
centuries
of
the
English
criminal
trial
jury.
Drawing
upon
evidence
from
the
plea
rolls,
but
also
relying
heavily
upon
non-legal
textual
sources
such
as
popular
literature
and
guides
for
confessors,
Kamali
argues
that
issues
of
mind
were
central
to
jurors’
determinations
of
whether
a
particular
defendant
should
be
convicted,
pardoned,
or
acquitted
outright.
Elizabeth
Kamali
is
Assistant
Professor
of
Law
at
Harvard
Law
School,
where
she
teaches
criminal
law
and
English
legal
history.
Professor
Kamali’s
research
focuses
on
the
medieval
English
common
law
and
the
history
of
criminal
law,
with
a
particular
interest
in
the
early
criminal
trial
jury.
Location Information
290 Westmount Road North
SJ2 - 1002
Waterloo, ON, CA N2L 3G3
