Legal history books

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A Casebook on the Roman Law of Contracts introduces students to the rich and influential body of Roman law concerning...  Read More >>

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This monograph examines the Royal Commissions on Patent (1864) and Copyright (1878) by exploring the people, procedures,...  Read More >>

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Explores the history and legacy of Wong Kim Ark and the 1898 Supreme Court case that bears his name, which established...  Read More >>

In the first comprehensive account of the Supreme Court’s race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian...  Read More >>

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The aim of the present volume is to analyse the genesis of modern life insurance by focusing on one specific purpose...  Read More >>

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This history of English commercial law draws on archival research. It gives the lawyer and law student background...  Read More >>

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The Treatise on Law is a collection of essays by Saint Thomas Aquinas, drawn primarily from his most significant...  Read More >>

This book examines the way homosexuality snaked through expert discourse in Soviet courts, prisons, science and...  Read More >>

In the mid-twentieth century, gay life flourished in American cities even as the state repression of queer communities...  Read More >>

This volume is the first in the SIR series dedicated to the work of Domitius Ulpianus, the most widely used jurist...  Read More >>

This collection includes cases addressing the institution of slavery from the official court reporters for the Mississippi...  Read More >>

A fascinating account of the life of one of the most famous women of the Victorian era.  Read More >>

Drawing on legal and sociological history, this book traces how intellectual property emerged as part of the modern...  Read More >>

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