Legal history books

From the New York Times's Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue...  Read More >>

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From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations.  Read More >>

Das deutsche Versicherungsvertragsrecht ist ein Produkt der vorgesetzlichen Praxis - so lautet jedenfalls ein gangiges...  Read More >>

An updated edition of the classic study of capital punishment originally published 50 years ago, with a new introduction...  Read More >>

Tells the story of Medellin v. Texas, showing how the Court’s 2008 ruling grappled with the complex question of...  Read More >>

First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in...  Read More >>

Here, Nerys Patterson analyses the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining...  Read More >>

At some point, everyone living in the US has some type of interaction with the American judicial system. For most,...  Read More >>

At some point, everyone living in the US has some type of interaction with the American judicial system. For most,...  Read More >>

Dieses Buch erläutert die verfassungsmäßige Ausgestaltung der Gesetzgebungsverfahren im Kaiserreich, in der Weimarer...  Read More >>

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This book explores sexual violence and crime in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of intense social and...  Read More >>

Invisible Voices explores the intersection of criminology and history as a way of contextualizing the historical...  Read More >>

This book introduces readers to issues in legal, historical, and cultural interpretation by examining six well-known...  Read More >>

This edited collection presents an interesting and original series of essays on the roles of principle and pragmatism...  Read More >>

How was the Banking Union, the most advanced legal and institutional integration in the single market, created?...  Read More >>

Wer am Rechtsverkehr teilnehmen möchte, ohne dabei selbst in Erscheinung zu treten, kann sich eines Stellvertreters...  Read More >>

Gleichheit ist von zentraler Bedeutung bei der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit. Was Gleichheit bedeutet, wie Gleichheit...  Read More >>

Every law student and legal scholar uses Wesley Hohfeld's ideas whether they realize it or not. This collection...  Read More >>

Shows how the ideological standpoints of fictional texts, legal phenomena, and social media are central to understanding...  Read More >>

From the New York Times's Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue...  Read More >>

The book seeks to analyze the contribution to the development of Roman Law given by three lawyers active between...  Read More >>

Late medieval societies witnessed the emergence of a particular form of socio-legal practice and logic, focused...  Read More >>