Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1984. Glossy card covers, pp 251, index. Ink name at front, front cover a bit curled at fore margin, else fine. Benjamin Martin examines the events of three sensational criminal cases to reveal that the willful mangling of justice that occurred in the Dreyfus trial was far from rare in the Third Republic France. He finds, in fact, that justice in the Belle Epoque was hypocritical in the extreme, with the outcome of trials easily tainted by the power and influence of politics, money, and illicit sex."; Octavo 080712494x