Legal history books

‘The law of libel is the instrument of censorship by which dignity—too often pseudo-dignity—is to be upheld.’ That...  Read More >>

State Trials, Volume I (first published in 1972) contains cases concerned with treason and the freedom of press...  Read More >>

State Trials, Volume II (first published in 1972) contains cases concerned with witchcraft, the scandals of the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1939, The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715–1716, comprises an early diary and a few related notes...  Read More >>

First published in 1934, International Narcotics Control is concerned with dangerous drugs solely as a subject of...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1922, Juvenile Delinquency was written while the author was Director of the Ohio Bureau...  Read More >>

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The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable...  Read More >>

The book examines the extent to which English law facilitated trade before it was possible to create corporations...  Read More >>

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable...  Read More >>

This book critically analyzes the state-based regime of international law, eliciting its colonial and decolonial...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Law argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law,...  Read More >>

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the study of the rule of law across law, humanities, and social...  Read More >>

Tells the story of “segregation scholarships” awarded by states in the US South to Black students seeking graduate...  Read More >>

Tells the story of “segregation scholarships” awarded by states in the US South to Black students seeking graduate...  Read More >>

Focusing on the 'long eighteenth century' this collection of essays charts the transition of British legal proceedings...  Read More >>

Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major...  Read More >>

Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major...  Read More >>

From the seventeenth-century various colonial administrations all consciously measured their laws against that of...  Read More >>

Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study...  Read More >>

Exploring the history and theories of political thought of international relations in the seventeenth century, this...  Read More >>

Disputes, discord and reconciliation were fundamental parts of the fabric of communal living in early modern Europe....  Read More >>

Exploring the crime of witchcraft in early modern England, this book focuses on legal questions of proof. As a capital...  Read More >>

This study tackles the difficult yet crucial subject of the place of conscience in the development of English law,...  Read More >>