Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature
D. Graham Burnett investigates the nineteenth-century New York court case that put a whale on trial. Blending legal history with natural history, Trying Leviathan examines how the courtroom became a place to question classification, authority, and the boundaries of the natural order.
About This Book
D. Graham Burnett examines a nineteenth-century New York court case involving a whale.
The book connects legal proceedings with changing ideas about nature and classification.
Its subject sits at the intersection of legal history, natural history, and intellectual inquiry.
By focusing on an unusual trial, the book considers how institutions define and interpret the natural world.
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