Legal history books

Unveils the history of this system of extraterritoriality. Based on original research through archives and hundreds...  Read More >>

Free speech and freedom of the press were often suppressed amid the social turbulence of the Progressive Era and...  Read More >>

Law Professor Ronald D.Rotunda has breathed new life into Beveridge's...  Read More >>

French legal developments are traced through various periods.  Read More >>

Re-examines the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, how the actions of fugitive slaves changed the face of the abolitionist...  Read More >>

Based on chilling and revelatory new archival documents from the Ukrainian secret police archives, Stalinist Perpetrators...  Read More >>

Re-examines the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, how the actions of fugitive slaves changed the face of the abolitionist...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

In L'Amour juriste, Etienne Forcadel uses an audaciously innovative form of autofiction to narrativize not only...  Read More >>

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing...  Read More >>

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Operation Greylord is the definitive account of the largest corruption bust ever in the history of the United States,...  Read More >>

Lea C. Faissner widmet sich der Gerichtsverwaltung der ordentlichen Gerichte in Frankreich. In den Mittelpunkt rückt...  Read More >>

Recounts the forgotten early development of the federal income tax in the United States. Topics covered range from...  Read More >>

In 12 Denk-Stucken prasentiert Marie-Theres Tinnefeld Raume der Landschaft und des Gartens als wirkmachtige Uberlebensraume...  Read More >>

In 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest...  Read More >>

In ruling after ruling, the three most important pre–Civil War justices—Marshall, Taney, and Story—upheld slavery....  Read More >>

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"Den modernen Leser dürfte die These, dass der Code civil germanisches Recht sein soll, überraschen. Nichtsdestotrotz...  Read More >>

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The Case That Shook India by Prashant Bhushan recounts the landmark Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain case that led to...  Read More >>