Legal history books

Anger was the engine of justice in the ancient Greek world. It drove quests for vengeance which resulted in a variety...  Read More >>

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This book presents the collection of brocards known as Perpendiculum, produced in Northern France c.1170, offering...  Read More >>

Das Buch hat zum Ziel, das Vorkommen der Burgherrschaft in Deutschland aufzuzeigen und dabei die innere Struktur...  Read More >>

With more than forty years in practice, including fourteen years on the federal bench, and informed by hundreds...  Read More >>

Saskia Lettmaier explores what is arguably the greatest transformation to have occurred within the Western law of...  Read More >>

Buddhism in Court is the first English language study of the legal interaction between Buddhism and the state in...  Read More >>

This book addresses historical issues of colonialism and race, which influenced the formation of multicultural society...  Read More >>

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

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This book addresses recent changes in Central and Eastern Europe in order to critically consider the impact of illiberal...  Read More >>

Centering on cases of sexual violence, this open access book illuminates the contested introduction of British and...  Read More >>

Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a ‘stranger’ to English law...  Read More >>

While few people might know where Solgohachia is, the murders there in 1915 put it on the map, almost destroyed...  Read More >>

More has been said about the Hart-Fuller debate than can be considered healthy or productive even within the precious...  Read More >>

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In this deeply researched and powerfully written exposé, Mike Steve Collins pulls back the curtain on the networks...  Read More >>

In this collection of linked essays analysing economic, social, and institutional structures, James Howard-Johnston...  Read More >>

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal...  Read More >>

A synthesis of legal, political, and social history to show how the post-founding generations were forced to rethink...  Read More >>

This book explores the distinction between private and public aspects in competition law and focuses on how the...  Read More >>

Law and the Restoration: Law and Latter-day Saint History is a profound exploration of the intricate legal history...  Read More >>

Ada Maria Kuskowski traces the impact of writing, language, learned ideas and court practices on the development...  Read More >>

This fascinating study analyzes the evolution of libel law in Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, in the crucible of...  Read More >>

The Dreadful Word describes how the criminalization, prosecution, and punishment of speech offenses in eighteenth-century...  Read More >>