Legal history books

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Law and Legal Consciousness in Medieval Scotland

Law and Legal Consciousness in Medieval Scotland

Author: Hector L. MacQueen
ISBN: 9789004512283
Format: Hardback
$517.44

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Justice After Mao: The Politics of Historical Truth in the People's Republic of China

Justice After Mao: The Politics of Historical Truth...

Author: Daniel Leese (University of Freiburg) ,  Amanda Shuman (University of Freiburg)
ISBN: 9781009261296
Format: Hardback
$258.75

How can a dictatorship cope with the legacy of atrocities committed in its own name? This cutting-edge volume addresses...  Read More >>

William Blake and the Visionary Law: Prophecy, Legislation and Constitution

William Blake and the Visionary Law: Prophecy, Legislation...

Author: Matthew Mauger
ISBN: 9783031377228
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book examines the difficult relationship between individual intellectual freedom and the legal structures which...  Read More >>

The Man from the Rio Grande: A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers Who Tracked Down Joaquin Murrieta

The Man from the Rio Grande: A Biography of Harry Love,...

Author: William B. Secrest
ISBN: 9780806192994
Format: Paperback
$65.87

For the first time the story of Harry Love is now told. Based upon years of research, digging deep into archives...  Read More >>

Valiant Judges, Iniquitous Law: Thirteen Stories of Heroes of the Law

Valiant Judges, Iniquitous Law: Thirteen Stories of...

Author: Hans Petter Graver
ISBN: 9781032497600
Format: Paperback
$77.99

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The Criminology of Carlo Morselli - Part II

The Criminology of Carlo Morselli - Part II

Author: David Décary-Hétu (University of Montréal, Canada) ,  Rémi Boivin (Université de Montréal, Canada)
ISBN: 9781032556727
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The second of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes a diversity of contributions...  Read More >>

Transitional Justice: The Legal Framework

Transitional Justice: The Legal Framework

Author: Gerhard Werle ,  Moritz Vormbaum
ISBN: 9783662651537
Format: Paperback
$145.17

The expression “transitional justice” emerged at the end of the Cold War, during the transition from dictatorships...  Read More >>

Valiant Judges, Iniquitous Law: Thirteen Stories of Heroes of the Law

Valiant Judges, Iniquitous Law: Thirteen Stories of...

Author: Hans Petter Graver
ISBN: 9781032497594
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is about heroes of law. It provides examples of when judges have exercised courage, moderation, wisdom,...  Read More >>

Barristers in Ireland: an evolving profession since 1921

Barristers in Ireland: an evolving profession since...

Author: Niamh Howlin
ISBN: 9781801510844
Format: Hardback
$129.38

This book is the first to examine the profession from the turbulent twenties until the Celtic Tiger years. Drawing...  Read More >>

From the Pope’s Hand to Indigenous Lands: Alexander VI in Spanish Imperialism

From the Pope’s Hand to Indigenous Lands: Alexander...

Author: Matthew Cavedon
ISBN: 9789004681422
Format: Paperback
$221.76

Was the Catholic Church responsible for Spanish imperialism? Activists say yes, the Church says no. This book examines...  Read More >>

The Ontario Bond Scandal of 1924 Re-Examined

The Ontario Bond Scandal of 1924 Re-Examined

Author: C Ian Kyer
ISBN: 9781552216996
Format: Paperback
$153.12

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Witnessing Stalin’s Justice: The United States and the Moscow Show Trials

Witnessing Stalin’s Justice: The United States and the...

Author: Kelly J. Evans (Eastern Washington University, USA) ,  Jeanie M. Welch (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
ISBN: 9781350338180
Format: Hardback
$170.00

"""A study of contemporary American reactions to the Moscow show trials of the 1930s and their impact on US-Soviet...  Read More >>

Shareholders and Stakeholders: The Unrealised Promise of Company Law Reform in Post-War Britain

Shareholders and Stakeholders: The Unrealised Promise...

Author: Joanne F Sonin (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
ISBN: 9781509966806
Format: Hardback
$170.00

"""A legal-historical examination of the treatment and perception of shareholders that occur alongside important...  Read More >>

Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East

Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East

Author: Sophie Démare-LaFont ,  Daniel E Fleming
ISBN: 9781628374841
Format: Paperback
$132.00

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Democracy, Aristocracy, Theocracy and the Rule of Law in the New England Colonies, 1620-1686

Democracy, Aristocracy, Theocracy and the Rule of Law...

Author: Lievin Kambamba Mboma
ISBN: 9781737338420
Format: Hardback
$102.93

This book explores the emergence of various governmental formations in early New England. Namely, pertinent data...  Read More >>

Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East

Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East

Author: Sophie Démare-LaFont ,  Daniel E Fleming
ISBN: 9781628374858
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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Demokratie zwischen Parlamentarisierung und Entparlamentarisierung: Eine Veröffentlichung aus dem Arbeitskreis für Rechtswissenschaft und Zeitgeschichte an der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz

Demokratie zwischen Parlamentarisierung und Entparlamentarisierung:...

Author: Pascale Cancik
ISBN: 9783161627088
Format: Hardback
$129.36

"Das Gelingen demokratischer Repräsentation wird immer wieder in Frage gestellt. Krisenrhetorik von innen und außen...  Read More >>

Jewish Communal Autonomy and Institutional Memory in Venetian Crete: a Study of Takkanot Kandiyah

Jewish Communal Autonomy and Institutional Memory in...

Author: Martin Borýsek
ISBN: 9789004542792
Format: Hardback
$377.52

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Legal Artifices: Ten Essays on Roman Law in the Present Tense

Legal Artifices: Ten Essays on Roman Law in the Present...

Author: Yan Thomas ,  Alain Pottage
ISBN: 9781474446686
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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Goldwater v. Carter: Foreign Policy, China, and the Resurgence of Executive Branch Primacy

Goldwater v. Carter: Foreign Policy, China, and the...

Author: Joshua E. Kastenberg
ISBN: 9780700635474
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Tells the story of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld President James Earl Carter’s unilateral decision to nullify...  Read More >>

Habeas Corpus in America: The Politics of Individual Rights

Habeas Corpus in America: The Politics of Individual...

Author: Justin J. Wert
ISBN: 9780700636020
Format: Paperback
$79.07

For most Americans, habeas corpus is the principal constitutional check on arbitrary government power, allowing...  Read More >>

The Criminals We Deserve: A Survey of Some Aspects of Crime in the Modern World

The Criminals We Deserve: A Survey of Some Aspects of...

Author: Henry T. F. Rhodes
ISBN: 9781032578026
Format: Hardback
$194.00

First published in 1937, The Criminals We Deserve asks what kind of criminals does our society deserve?  Read More >>

Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law

Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law

Author: Markus D Dubber (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of Toronto)
ISBN: 9780199673629
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This volume contributes to the emergence of a transnational canon of criminal law by critically engaging with formative...  Read More >>

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