Legal history books

Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age, on par with such generation-defining judges as...  Read More >>

Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age, on par with such generation-defining judges as...  Read More >>

Der wissenschaftliche Direktor der Kommission fur Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1914, Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages by Fritz Kern is one of the most important studies...  Read More >>

"History is a record of past events. It is a systematic account of people and events. History must be accurate....  Read More >>

This book analyses the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe from 4 perspectives: first, the temporal...  Read More >>

This collection of essays honours Rosemary Auchmuty, Professor of Law at the University of Reading, UK. She has...  Read More >>

The fifth volume in a series which charts the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day, written by a leading...  Read More >>

"Beyond the Finish Line: The Oscar Pistorius Story"" delves into the gripping and complex narrative of Oscar Pistorius,...  Read More >>

"Today the United States considers immigration a federal matter. Yet, despite America's reputation as a ""nation...  Read More >>

"Today the United States considers immigration a federal matter. Yet, despite America's reputation as a ""nation...  Read More >>

Offers an in-depth look at the reversal of a wrongful conviction in a noteworthy example of the justice system seeking...  Read More >>

Offers an in-depth look at the reversal of a wrongful conviction in a noteworthy example of the justice system seeking...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking history of fengshui’s roles in public life and law during China’s last imperial dynasty Today...  Read More >>

This book studies how law and legal thought affected and transformed territories and the lives of the peoples who...  Read More >>

"Das 1989 vorhergesagte ""Ende der Geschichte"" ist noch nicht das Ende der Geschichte: Die liberale Demokratie...  Read More >>

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

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Combining insights from comparative legal theory, jurisprudence and legal history, this collection examines the...  Read More >>

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This book shows how interpretations of suicidal motives were guided by gendered expectations of behaviour, and that...  Read More >>

This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature....  Read More >>

This book adopts a historical perspective to highlight, and bring back into focus, the key features of the modern...  Read More >>

Written by leading experts in the field, this collection offers a critical and comparative analysis of the existing...  Read More >>

For over 30 years, first as a QC, then as a judge, and latterly as a visiting professor of law at Oxford, Stephen...  Read More >>