Legal history books

This book examines the constitutional history of Transylvania, a region of Central Europe that has experienced a...  Read More >>

This collection of essays examines the ways in which poverty was conceptualised in the social, political, and religious...  Read More >>

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"Dieses Buch ist ein Muss f�r Fans der Gerechtigkeit und Effizienz im Staatswesen. Ehrf�rchtig blickte der kleine...  Read More >>

"In every corner of the world, from booming metropolises to isolated villages, the ideas of law and order serve...  Read More >>

""English philosopher John Stuart Mill's understanding of the freedom of speech has been increasingly adopted over...  Read More >>

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Explores the legal culture that informed the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 and its trials. Linda Myrsiades examines...  Read More >>

Translation of: Educaciâon jurâidica en Occidente: una historia cultural / Rogelio Pâerez Perdomo. Valencia: Tirant...  Read More >>

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This book systematically explores the historical development, connotation, characteristics and cultural resources...  Read More >>

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The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the...  Read More >>

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This book examines the origins and development of the right to privacy in Texas, beginning at a time when the state’s...  Read More >>

Arbitration and Mediation in Nineteenth-Century England rounds off Derek Roebuck's series on the history of English...  Read More >>

This first title in the ""Law, Literature & Culture"" series uses six legal disputes from the South Carolina courts...  Read More >>

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A searing chronicle of how racist violence became an ingrained facet of law enforcement in the United States. Too...  Read More >>

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Today, ""privileges"" as part of the political-social language are generally marked with a negative connotation,...  Read More >>

""This biography discusses Paul O'Dwyer, the brother of New York's last mayor of Irish descent, who in his own right...  Read More >>

Cesare Beccaria’s slim 1764 volume On Crimes and Punishments influenced policy developments worldwide and over decades,...  Read More >>

In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal indictment was sentenced to peine forte et dure...  Read More >>