Legal history books

This collection is the first to concentrate attention on the actual relationship that existed between the Irish...  Read More >>

Contributing an original dimension to the study of women in 16th-century England, this pioneering work examines...  Read More >>

Following the 100th anniversary of Pashukanis’ General Theory of Law and Marxism (1924), this volume aims to breathe...  Read More >>

A century after the publication of Evgeny Pashukanis’s pivotal book General Theory of Law and Marxism, this collection...  Read More >>

This book focuses on a key case study in the history of American territories, public works, transportation and the...  Read More >>

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A fascinating journey into life and law in late nineteenth-century Canada, Deadly Swindle tells the story of one...  Read More >>

This volume explores the effects of the Roman censorial mark (nota censoria) and the influence of censorial regulations...  Read More >>

A comprehensive analysis of Thomas Hobbes's theory of justice that newly clarifies the logic behind the philosopher's...  Read More >>

What really happened at Heenan Blaikie? This is the ultimate account of what went on behind the scenes of the largest...  Read More >>

This book highlights the broad scope and span of resistance as a contentious practice in the early modern Iberian...  Read More >>

Analyses how bankruptcy was litigated within the court to gain a more nuanced understanding of early modern bankruptcy....  Read More >>

Trials of Sovereignty offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century...  Read More >>

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Marxist Ideology and Soviet Criminal Law (1980) is about differences between theory and practice in the Soviet Union....  Read More >>

Soviet Russia Fights Crime (1934) examines the workings of the Soviet penal system in the pre-war years of the Soviet...  Read More >>

This book is the story of British consuls at the edge of the British and Chinese empires. By embracing local norms...  Read More >>

Down to the 19th century, Jews in Italy remained tied to their separate judicial institutions out of combined religious...  Read More >>

This book examines freedom and native based rights through a unique collective suit filed by hundreds of Afro descendant...  Read More >>

Taking on historical events in Latin America as its starting point, this book examines the migration of its inhabitants...  Read More >>

This book examines freedom and native based rights through a unique collective suit filed by hundreds of Afro descendant...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive study of Latin America's historical relationship with odious debt and explores...  Read More >>

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Taking on historical events in Latin America as its starting point, this book examines the migration of its inhabitants...  Read More >>

In der Tradition des civil law betont man unter Verweis auf den possessorischen Besitzschutz regelmäßig, dass Eigentum...  Read More >>