Common law books

This third edition has been extensively revised, expanding and updating the content, and including many more case...  Read More >>

This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial...  Read More >>

This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial...  Read More >>

The common law world (the Commonwealth and United States) operates through statutes applied under a uniform system,...  Read More >>

Much more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and...  Read More >>

Are you sick and tired of the government interfering with your life? Have you had enough of being railroaded by...  Read More >>

In the two related works in this volume, Bentham offers a detailed critique of William Blackstone's Commentaries...  Read More >>

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Common Law Marriage presents a thorough legal history on the doctrine of common law marriage. Dr. Göran Lind analyzes...  Read More >>

William E. Nelson here proposes a new beginning in the study of colonial legal history. Examining all archival legal...  Read More >>

Offers an introduction to the English legal system that places the common law in its contemporary context. This...  Read More >>

In a series of vivid essays, this book discusses the judges, law books, and historical events that shaped the common...  Read More >>

Key components of the proposed theory are the rule of law, the market for institutions, the interaction thesis,...  Read More >>

Dismantling American Common Law provides new insights into the political implications and philosophical origins...  Read More >>

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A collection of lectures and papers written and delivered by Lord Woolf since 1986. A key theme in the papers is...  Read More >>

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Dismantling American Common Law provides new insights into the political implications and philosophical origins...  Read More >>

This book examines how judges in the top courts of nine common law countries develop the law by devising new principles...  Read More >>

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Global fresh water scarcity and empirical studies on the bad quality of water in Europe made the Community aware...  Read More >>

Details the principles underlying the law of negotiable instruments. This title also contains the text of the Bills...  Read More >>

Conservatism must re-examine its foundations and rediscover the idea of liberty as inheritance, or it will remain...  Read More >>

On the occasion of the recent bicentenary of the French Civil Code in 2004, this book reassesses the influence of...  Read More >>