The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12)

"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a historical record from the late 1800s that centers on the impeachment case against Warren Hastings, who used to be in charge of Bengal, and gives all the facts and legal talk from the trial. The account allows the reader to understand the legal and political effects of the impeachment, while also pondering the idea of justice within British Parliamentary rules. The work starts off by giving the background for the impeachment trial, with a report from the Committee of the House of Commons, who had to look at the Lords' Journals about the Hastings trial, and their discoveries point out the delays, problems, and confusing steps faced since the trial started in the 1780s. Burke points out important things like how long the trial took, how evidence was accepted, and the connection between the Lords and judges in legal procedures in order to set the stage for investigating justice in colonial rule and accountability in the British legal system.