{"product_id":"the-strange-case-of-alger-hiss-first-edition-1953-controversial-legal-critique-of-the-hiss-chambers-case","title":"The Strange Case of Alger Hiss. FIRST EDITION 1953. (controversial, legal critique of the Hiss-Chambers case.)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Strange Case of Alger Hiss By The Earl Jowitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher:\u003cbr\u003eLondon, Hodder And Stoughton, 1953, first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood hardback, no jacket, binding firm, cloth boards are rubbed, marked and faded, titles have faded from spine, no inscriptions, foxing to first and last few pages, pages very good some tanning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a critical analysis of the famous espionage trial by William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, a former British Lord High Chancellor. Jowitt examined the evidence with a detached, legal approach, ultimately arguing that the case against Hiss was not sufficient to warrant conviction by British standards.\u003cbr\u003e It features a detailed legal review, including appendices and photographs, arguing that the evidence did not prove Hiss was a Soviet agent, contrary to the American verdict.\u003cbr\u003eThe book remains a significant, albeit controversial, legal critique of the Hiss-Chambers case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575609659639,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_6266_0bde63c5-ff1f-4413-93e4-f8e3587c380a.jpg?v=1773434430","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-au\/products\/the-strange-case-of-alger-hiss-first-edition-1953-controversial-legal-critique-of-the-hiss-chambers-case","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}