Legal history books

This book brings together 18 contributions by authors from different legal systems and backgrounds. They address...  Read More >>

A Casebook on the Roman Law of Contracts introduces students to the rich and influential body of Roman law concerning...  Read More >>

Intention in Talmudic Law: Between Thought and Deed offers a comprehensive history of intention in rabbinic classical...  Read More >>

This monograph examines the Royal Commissions on Patent (1864) and Copyright (1878) by exploring the people, procedures,...  Read More >>

Explores the history and legacy of Wong Kim Ark and the 1898 Supreme Court case that bears his name, which established...  Read More >>

In the first comprehensive account of the Supreme Court’s race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian...  Read More >>

This book challenges traditional theories of constitution-making to advance an alternative view of constitutions...  Read More >>

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The aim of the present volume is to analyse the genesis of modern life insurance by focusing on one specific purpose...  Read More >>

The essay discusses one of the challenges to the methodology of the law – a new wave of naturalistic approaches....  Read More >>

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King Alfred's domboc ('book of laws'), the most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period, combines translated...  Read More >>

A history of the founding of the American Constitution and its ever-shifting meaning, from the document's most respected...  Read More >>

The Treatise on Law is a collection of essays by Saint Thomas Aquinas, drawn primarily from his most significant...  Read More >>

This book examines the way homosexuality snaked through expert discourse in Soviet courts, prisons, science and...  Read More >>

In the mid-twentieth century, gay life flourished in American cities even as the state repression of queer communities...  Read More >>

This volume is the first in the SIR series dedicated to the work of Domitius Ulpianus, the most widely used jurist...  Read More >>

This collection includes cases addressing the institution of slavery from the official court reporters for the Mississippi...  Read More >>

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Der Band behandelt die Entstehung der polnischen Verfassung vom 3. Mai 1791. Der Autor untersucht hierzu verschiedener...  Read More >>

A fascinating account of the life of one of the most famous women of the Victorian era.  Read More >>

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This book uses the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn to provide a new vision of the development of European comparative...  Read More >>

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