Legal history
Results 1 - 20 of 403
Legal history
Paperback. Explores the evolution of constitutional doctrine as elaborated by the Supreme Court. Moving beyond the traditional "law versus politics" perspective, the authors draw on studies in American Political Development (APD) to present a complex view of the Court as both a legal and political entity. Editor(s): Kahn, Ronald; Kersch, Kenneth I. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614394
- ISBN
- 9780700614394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.17
€ 54.17
Paperback. Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955 Editor(s): Craven, Paul. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3J; HBJD1; LAZ; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469614731
- ISBN
- 9781469614731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.29
€ 73.29
Hardback. Focusing on the law books that colonial Virginians acquired, how they used them, and how they eventually produced a native-grown legal literature, this collection of essays explores important aspects of the law and intellectual culture of the commonwealth that reveal the origins of a distinctively Virginian legal literature. Editor(s): Billings, Warren M.; Tarter, Brent. Series: Early American Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 1 graph. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939391
- ISBN
- 9780813939391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback. The papers of Chief Justice Walter Clark of North Carolina cover some of the most explosive decades in American life. It was a period of great expansion, corruption, power aggregations of wealth, indifference to the general welfare, and a slow awakening of labour to a sense of its latent power. Originally published in 1950. Editor(s): Brooks, Aubrey Lee; Lefler, Hugh Talmage. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807868966
- ISBN
- 9780807868966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.96
€ 99.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Cockburn, J. S.; Green, Thomas A. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; LAZ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637440
- ISBN
- 9780691637440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.91
€ 206.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Cockburn, J. S.; Green, Thomas A. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; LAZ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609119
- ISBN
- 9780691609119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.86
€ 83.86
paperback. Editor(s): Conrad, H; Jahrreiss, H; Mikat, P; Mosler, H; Nipperdey, H C; Salzwedel, J. Num Pages: 985 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967
- Number of pages
- 985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642496196
- ISBN
- 9783642496196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.74
€ 75.74
Hardback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts and engages with recent treatments of this theme in known works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology. Editor(s): Dorsett, Shaunnagh; Hunter, Ian. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104556
- ISBN
- 9780230104556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Ernst, Professor of Roman Law and Private Law Wolfgang, Dr. (Universitat Zurich University of Zurich University of Zurich University of Zurich University of Zurich Universitat Zurich Universitat Zurich University of Zurich Universitat Zurich Universitat Zurich University of Zurich Universitat Zurich); Jakab, Eva. Num Pages: 242 pages, XI, 241 S. BIC Classification: GBC; HB; JF; JPB; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540244639
- ISBN
- 9783540244639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.98
€ 113.98
The Human Rights Revolution. An International History.
. Ed(S): Iriye, Akira; Goedde, Petra; Hitchco...
Paperback. This volume explores the place of human rights in history, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that these conflicts presented, with case studies focusing on the 1940s through the present. Editor(s): Iriye, Akira; Goedde, Petra; Hitchcock, William I. Series: Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change Over Time. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPVH; LAZ; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195333145
- ISBN
- 9780195333145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Hardback. This book provides a collaboration of leading historians of European law and philosophers of law and politics. It identifies and explains the practice of interpretation of law in the 18th century, and is a missing link to those working in related disciplines. Editor(s): Morigiwa, Yasutomo; Stolleis, Michael; Halperin, Jean-Louis. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 193 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; LAB; LAFR; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400715059
- ISBN
- 9789400715059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
hardcover. Offers both legal scholars and historians a much-needed framework for analysing the complex and fluid legal politics of empires. Editor(s): Ross, Richard J.; Benton, Lauren. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771167
- ISBN
- 9780814771167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.63
€ 96.63
Hardback. Editor(s): Schulze, Professor Reiner; Hoeren, Thomas. Num Pages: 659 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; LAZ; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 659
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540634997
- ISBN
- 9783540634997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.69
€ 253.69
Paperback. Examines the historical context and significance of the Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854. This title treats American political culture of the 1850s; American territorial history; the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and Frederick Douglass in the creation and implementation of the law; and, the comparative impact on Nebraskans and Kansans. Editor(s): Wunder, John R.; Ross, Joann M. Series: Law in the American West. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248229
- ISBN
- 9780803248229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.63
€ 36.63
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1033.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1929
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642525537
- ISBN
- 9783642525537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.21
€ 73.21
paperback. The common law is one of two major and successful systems of law developed in Western Europe, and in one form or another is now in force not only in the country of its origin but also in the United States and large parts of the British Commonwealth and former parts of the Empire. Num Pages: 692 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; LAFC; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780198255734
- ISBN
- 9780198255734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 211.08
€ 211.08
Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368125
- ISBN
- 9780674368125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. Ahmed El Shamsy's The Canonization of Islamic Law is a detailed history of the birth of classical Islamic law. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAFS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781107546073
- ISBN
- 9781107546073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.64
€ 32.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465065905
- ISBN
- 9780465065905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.45
€ 31.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Thomas Duppa who was Black Rod from 1683-1694 compiled The Commonplace Book for his own use. It sheds vital light not only on how the Lords was managed, and the daily routines, but also on the personalities of the period. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; JPH; JPP; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119085997
- ISBN
- 9781119085997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.60
€ 28.60