Legal history books

A groundbreaking history of fengshui's roles in public life and law during China's last imperial dynasty Today...  Read More >>

Offers an in-depth look at the reversal of a wrongful conviction in a noteworthy example of the justice system seeking...  Read More >>

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This book shows how interpretations of suicidal motives were guided by gendered expectations of behaviour, and that...  Read More >>

This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature....  Read More >>

This book adopts a historical perspective to highlight, and bring back into focus, the key features of the modern...  Read More >>

For over 30 years, first as a QC, then as a judge, and latterly as a visiting professor of law at Oxford, Stephen...  Read More >>

Racism has a long history and its devastating impacts continue to spark heated, moral and political debate and give...  Read More >>

Combining insights from comparative legal theory, jurisprudence and legal history, this collection examines the...  Read More >>

Written by leading experts in the field, this collection offers a critical and comparative analysis of the existing...  Read More >>

First published in 1981, Lawyers in Early Modern Europe and America aims to present a convenient conspectus on the...  Read More >>

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"An Encyclopedic Treatise on the St. Petersburg School Based on unprecedented use of archival sources in St. Petersburg...  Read More >>

Not just a method of crime control or individual punishment in Britain’s African territories, the death penalty...  Read More >>

Racism has a long history and its devastating impacts continue to spark heated, moral and political debate and give...  Read More >>

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Explores the land rush that took place in Vanuatu from 2001 to 2014 which resulted in over ten percent of all customary...  Read More >>

This book will be of interest to international lawyers, UN officials, policymakers, and scholars. It urges a critical...  Read More >>

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History as true crime, Murder in a Mill Town tells a story of sex, religion, and violence, delving into the nation's...  Read More >>

Policing Women examines for the first time the changing historical landscape of women’s experiences of their contact...  Read More >>

Combining philosophical and historical perspectives, this book focuses on the rise of a legal institution that has...  Read More >>

Policing Women examines for the first time the changing historical landscape of women’s experiences of their contact...  Read More >>