The Poulterers' Case (1611): A Landmark in the History of Criminal Conspiracy

• Main Author: Saucedo Maqueda, Víctor Manuel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Figuerola Institute of Social Science History 2021
• Series: Historia del Derecho
• Subjects: Jurisprudence; Codification; Criminal law; Jurisprudencia; Ciencia jurídica; Criminal Conspiracy; Historia jurídica; Attempt; Derecho penal; Legal history; Delito de conspiración; Codificación; Tentativa; Scholarly law
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Every student of criminal law knows for a fact that the Poulterers' Case (1611) launched modern criminal conspiracy. This decision laid the first stone of the principle that an agreement to commit a crime is also a crime. However, besides what the law reports say, little is known about the fact...