Legal history books

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""A study of the legal practice of New York State politician William Henry Seward, with emphasis on his adoption...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the history of the provision of legal aid and legal assistance to the poor in the nineteenth...  Read More >>

Recht halt jung. Recht macht alt. Diese plakativen Satze enthalten eine Annahme: Das Lebensalter ist Resultat einer...  Read More >>

Conflicts characterize the system of dependent labor under capitalism and regularly become visible in the form of...  Read More >>

"""The Abolition of Slavery the Right of the Government Under the War Power"" is a powerful and influential pamphlet...  Read More >>

In Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition, Talal Al-Azem argues for the existence of...  Read More >>

Almost every society has professional judges, but from ancient Athens to modern Asia, cultures have wanted ordinary...  Read More >>

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The Gulathing Law regulates relations between the social classes, the king and his officers, the clergy, and the...  Read More >>

This book rejuvenates not only the historical study of law but also the role of Law Schools by asking which stories...  Read More >>

This book explores the law relating to interception, investigatory powers, data retention and surveillance with...  Read More >>

Taking a historical and criminological approach, this book places fatal and non-fatal violence against parents in...  Read More >>

This handbook brings together 40 of the world’s leading scholars and rising stars who study international law from...  Read More >>

This book examines the view of women held by medieval common lawyers and legislators, and considers medieval women’s...  Read More >>

Ausgehend vom Beispiel Papst Benedikts XVI. wird der papstliche Amtsverzicht analysiert. Neben einer Untersuchung...  Read More >>

Obgleich die Beschaftigung mit der ratihabitio, der Genehmigung, auf eine lange Tradition in der Rechtswissenschaft...  Read More >>

Der Autor untersucht die historische Entwicklung der Eheverbote wegen Verwandtschaft, Schwagerschaft und Geschlechtsgemeinschaft...  Read More >>

Under Elizabeth I and the early Stuarts, London's four inns of court were both professional associations of practising...  Read More >>

This open access book explores the history of risk management in medieval and early modern European maritime business,...  Read More >>

The book deals with the question of extraordinary measures adopted in many countries in connection with the recent...  Read More >>

This book provides a lively and accessible account of Australia’s most prominent crimes and criminals of the nineteenth...  Read More >>

This book provides a lively and accessible account of Australia’s most prominent crimes and criminals of the nineteenth...  Read More >>

This book examines how Christian love can inform legal thought. It introduces love as a way to advance the emergent...  Read More >>

This volume is the first comprehensive study of the Polish history of law and Christianity written in English for...  Read More >>