Legal history books

Bonds of Empire reveals how English law facilitated the expansion of slavery in British America. Moving beyond...  Read More >>

A new addition to an ongoing project to publish the early-modern Exchequer manuscript law reports. This edition...  Read More >>

"Step into the ancient world of Mesopotamia, where the echoes of justice reverberate through the sands of time....  Read More >>

Die Wiedereinsetzung einer Person unter 25 Jahren war ein zentraler Pfeiler des Schutzes von Minderjahrigen im romischen...  Read More >>

This book examines the rapid development and expansion of agencies and governmental power to monitor and control...  Read More >>

Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick return to the primary sources on the origin, drafting and adoption of the Fourteenth...  Read More >>

This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history and the early modern period...  Read More >>

Das vorklassische römische Testament diente überindividuellen Zwecken. Es sollte die Überleitung des Verantwortungsbereichs...  Read More >>

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By reinterpreting German law and politics between the Peace of Westphalia and the French Revolution, this book demonstrates...  Read More >>

The Rights of Indians and Tribes explains Federal Indian Law in a conversational manner, yet is highly authoritative,...  Read More >>

This book is the first comprehensive history and analysis of legal fictions in the common law. It examines their...  Read More >>

This book describes in a near-encyclopedic fashion the development of statutory health insurance from its introduction...  Read More >>

In der Geschichte von Staat und Kirche in Deutschland hat wohl kaum ein Dokument so viele Kontroversen ausgelost...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book delves into the lived experiences and collective wisdom of Indigenous communities impacted...  Read More >>

"Schon im antiken Rom wurden Vertrage durch Nebenabreden modifiziert, so auch durch die ""in diem addictio"". Durch...  Read More >>

This book tells the untold story of the Married Women’s Association. Unlike more conventional histories of family...  Read More >>

A fierce and galvanizing reminder that resistance is everywhere in the fight for abortion and reproductive justice...  Read More >>

"Inside a drug war so screwy that people don't know what's illegal--until it's too late. Bizarro is a page-turning...  Read More >>

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Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early...  Read More >>

A one-of-a-kind bibliography on the history of legal research and developments in Albanian territories throughout...  Read More >>

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Studies the interaction of law and social change in American history. Tort law—civil law made by judges, not legislators—is...  Read More >>

This book examines the division of power in the Ancient Greek city-states of the Classical and Hellenistic periods,...  Read More >>