1. The Mignonette case
Sketch of English bark Mignonette by Tom Dudley ( )
The real Lifeboat

2. Cause célèbre in Victorian Britain
Law vs. Aimed to outlaw the custom of survival cannibalism folloving a shipwreck and its justification on the basis of a Custom of Sea
Public Opinon
sympathetic to castaways

3. Preparation for the trial
Prosecution – prepare arguments for conviction
Defence counsel – prepare arguments for acquittal
Judges – discuss the possible types of punishment for Dudley, Stephens and Brooks

4. Performing the trial
Prosecution and Defence counsel give speeches and submit their arguments
Judges bring the verdict (guilty/not guilty) and the sentence

5. Precedent in human rights
R v Dudley and Stephens (1884) is a leading English criminal case which established a precedent, throughout the common law world, that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder.