Legal history books

Wolfgang P. Müller tells the story of how abortion came to be criminalized in the West. As he shows, criminalization...  Read More >>

This book offers a historical presentation of how international criminal law has evolved from a national setting...  Read More >>

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This collection brings together a range of original essays by international experts in the field to explore questions...  Read More >>

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The growth in England and Britain's merchant marine from the medieval period onwards meant that an increasing number...  Read More >>

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Female Crime, first published in 1987, surveys the major schools of criminology in order to explore the images of...  Read More >>

The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas. Arranged by counties, this book documents...  Read More >>

Focusing on property law as reflected in cases of disputed wills, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into...  Read More >>

Over the course of the twentieth century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival...  Read More >>

The Company Law Amendment of 11 June 1870 eliminated the requirement for a state license in accordance with the...  Read More >>

In Minor Marriage in Early Islamic Law, Carolyn Baugh offers an in-depth exploration of 8th-13th century legal sources...  Read More >>

Spyros Troianos' renowned source history of Byzantine law is now being published for the first time in a German...  Read More >>

In einer Vielzahl von Verfügungen von Todes wegen kommt der Wunsch zum Ausdruck, einzelne Gegenstände bestimmten...  Read More >>

"Alternativität spielt im Bürgerlichen Recht eine besondere Rolle. Im Gesetz findet sich die Wahlschuld (obligatio...  Read More >>

This thoughtful and readable biography offers an updated and balanced appraisal of Warren’s leading social justice...  Read More >>

Das Band 10 der Schriftenreihe zur Genossenschaftsgeschichte ist ein Kooperationsprojekt zwischen der Gesellschaft...  Read More >>

Language shapes and reflects how we think about the world. It engages and intrigues us. Our everyday use of language...  Read More >>

A lavishly illustrated history of policing in Northern Ireland.  Read More >>

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In Making Manslaughter, Susanne Pohl-Zucker analyses the production and application of legal categories and procedures...  Read More >>

"The present volume comprises various essays that examine the writing down and transmission of laws and legal collections...  Read More >>

"Mit dem Tod des nach Amerika emigrierten Romanisten Ernst Levy im September 1968 fand eine Epoche der Heidelberger...  Read More >>