Legal history books

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Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders' Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America

Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders' Union: Slavery,...

Author: Peter Radan
ISBN: 9780700635801
Format: Hardback
$118.67

Addresses two constitutional issues: first, whether the states in 1860 had a right to secede from the Union and...  Read More >>

To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment

To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and...

Author: Robert J. Cottrol ,  Brannon P. Denning
ISBN: 9780700635719
Format: Hardback
$145.07

Explores the remarkable and complex legal history of how the right to bear arms was widely accepted during the US’s...  Read More >>

Lady Justice: An Anatomy of Allegory

Lady Justice: An Anatomy of Allegory

Author: Val rie Hayaert
ISBN: 9781474487481
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Dismembering and remembering the sensual and spiritual body of Lady Justice in this wholly novel interpretation...  Read More >>

Thresholds of Accusation: Law and Colonial Order in Canada

Thresholds of Accusation: Law and Colonial Order in...

Author: George Pavlich (University of Alberta)
ISBN: 9781009334044
Format: Hardback
$245.81

This inter-disciplinary work re-examines the role that criminal accusation plays in the creation and maintenance...  Read More >>

When Dissents Matter: Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme Court Opinions

When Dissents Matter: Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme...

Author: Pamela C. Corley ,  Amy Steigerwalt
ISBN: 9780813950174
Format: Paperback
$85.80

Analysing the influence of past dissents on later Supreme Court majority opinions, this book presents the first...  Read More >>

A Chronicle of China’s Notary History (1902–1979)

A Chronicle of China’s Notary History (1902–1979)

Author: Yu Cai ,  Xin Fu
ISBN: 9789819916849
Format: Hardback
$646.85

This book seeks to trace the notarial history of China from 1902 to 1979. While working on this trailblazing effort,...  Read More >>

International Law in Europe, 700–1200

International Law in Europe, 700–1200

Author: Jenny Benham
ISBN: 9781526174499
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Was there international law in the Middle Ages? This book examines the extent to which such a system of rules was...  Read More >>

History of Ideas: Importance of the Legal Semantics

History of Ideas: Importance of the Legal Semantics...

Author: Maverick Ingram
ISBN: 9781647266240
Format: Hardback
$440.75

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Law's Documents: Authority, Materiality, Aesthetics

Law's Documents: Authority, Materiality, Aesthetics...

Author: Katherine Biber ,  Trish Luker
ISBN: 9781032162218
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Illuminating their breadth and diversity, this book presents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of legal...  Read More >>

When Dissents Matter: Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme Court Opinions

When Dissents Matter: Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme...

Author: Pamela C. Corley ,  Amy Steigerwalt
ISBN: 9780813950167
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Analysing the influence of past dissents on later Supreme Court majority opinions, this book presents the first...  Read More >>

Nicole Rafter

Nicole Rafter

Author: Chase Burton
ISBN: 9780367547400
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book is a critical summary and exegesis of the work of Nicole Rafter. It introduces Rafter’s key works and...  Read More >>

Democracy in International Law-Making: Principles from Persian Philosophy

Democracy in International Law-Making: Principles from...

Author: Salar Abbasi (Dr Salar Abbasi, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Faculdade de Direito-Research Center for the Future of Law, Portugal.)
ISBN: 9781032127842
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book provides a critique of current international law-making and draws on a set of principles from Persian...  Read More >>

State and Family in China

State and Family in China

Author: Yue Du (Cornell University, New York)
ISBN: 9781108978811
Format: Paperback
$59.49

State and Family in China examines the intersection of politics and intergenerational family relations in China...  Read More >>

New Histories of Gun Rights and Regulation: Essays on the Place of Guns in American Law and Society

New Histories of Gun Rights and Regulation: Essays on...

Author: Joseph Blocher (Duke Law School) ,  Associate Professor of Law Jacob D Charles (Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law)
ISBN: 9780197748473
Format: Hardback
$290.40

New Histories of Gun Rights and Regulations contributes to the vibrant debate on American firearms law amid a landmark...  Read More >>

The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics

The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics...

Author: Alexander Herman
ISBN: 9781509967179
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Offering new perspectives on the age-old Parthenon Marbles dispute, this book incorporates new legal and historical...  Read More >>

Reconciliation and Repair: Nomos LXV

Reconciliation and Repair: Nomos LXV

Author: Melissa Schwartzberg ,  Eric Beerbohm
ISBN: 9783756014767
Format: Hardback
$213.84

In the latest installment of the NOMOS series, a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars explore the erosion-and...  Read More >>

Studies in the History of Tax Law, Volume 11

Studies in the History of Tax Law, Volume 11

Author: Professor Peter Harris ,  Dr Dominic de Cogan
ISBN: 9781509963263
Format: Hardback
$260.00

This book is a continuation of the prestigious series which is drawn from the papers of the biennial Cambridge Tax...  Read More >>

The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics

The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics...

Author: Alexander Herman
ISBN: 9781509967186
Format: Hardback
$130.00

Offering new perspectives on the age-old Parthenon Marbles dispute, this book incorporates new legal and historical...  Read More >>

Can Legal Weed Win?: The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics

Can Legal Weed Win?: The Blunt Realities of Cannabis...

Author: Dr. Robin Goldstein ,  Prof. Daniel Sumner
ISBN: 9780520397378
Format: Paperback
$40.95

"Two economists take readers on a tour of the economics of legal and illegal weed, showing where cannabis regulation...  Read More >>

Archivio Di Babatha. Un'esperienza AI Confini Dell'impero Romano: Atti E Contratti (II Sec. D.C.)

Archivio Di Babatha. Un'esperienza AI Confini Dell'impero...

Author: Lucia Di Cintio
ISBN: 9788891332394
Format: Paperback
$456.72

The research examines several papyri bearing deeds or contracts dating back, for the most part, to the 2nd century...  Read More >>

The Education Acts of 1902 (England and Wales) and 1903 (London), with notes for the use of members of Councils and Committees

The Education Acts of 1902 (England and Wales) and 1903...

Author: G.R.S. Taylor
ISBN: 9780367266677
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume XII: New Essays in Women's History

Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume XII: New...

Author: Lori Chambers ,  Joan Sangster
ISBN: 9781487553906
Format: Hardback
$170.78

This collection investigates historical cases involving women and gender relations in order to uncover the power...  Read More >>

Institutions Judiciaires En Chine Antique

Institutions Judiciaires En Chine Antique

Author: Guangzhong Chen
ISBN: 9781487811280
Format: Hardback
$158.27

"Les institutions judiciaires é taient une partie importante du systè me juridique de la Chine ancienne. L'ancien...  Read More >>

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