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The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens

Elizabeth Tanaka

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens is one of those cases that almost every law student reads in their first month of law school.  

After you read the decision, you can learn more about the case from this article: Cannibalism at sea: the starving Victorian sailors who ate a cabin boy.

Then consider the following questions:

What would you do if you were Dudley and Stephens?

If you were on the jury?

If you were the Lord Chief Justice?

If you were the Queen?

What would you consider justice if you were Parker?

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