Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history
Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch
Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale
The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism
Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman
Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports
Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault
Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon
Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers
The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution.