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Legal history
Hardcover. Beginning with the invention of writing, continuing with the mass production of identical copies of legal texts brought about by the printing press, and ending with a discussion of computers and the Internet, this title traces the journey of contracts, wills, statutes, judicial opinions, and other legal texts through the past and into the future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226803067
- ISBN
- 9780226803067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.01
€ 51.99
€ 40.01
Paperback. This book brings together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the house of commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512, relating to themes such as parliamentary elections, the payment of parliamentary wages, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest. Editor(s): Kleineke, Hannes. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLH; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180139
- ISBN
- 9781405180139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.80
€ 38.80
Hardback. Ranging from the founding era to Reconstruction, this book explores the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the little-known stories of five patriots and critics. It also shows how law and constitutionalism have powerfully shaped and been shaped by the experience of nationhood at key moments in American history. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023604
- ISBN
- 9780674023604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Hardback. The constitutional theorist Owen Fiss explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through a moving account of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. He tries to identify the unique qualities of mind and character that made these individuals so important to the institutions and principles they served. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971868
- ISBN
- 9780674971868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Hardback. A concise readable summary and guide to Plessy v. Fergusson (1896), one of the Supreme Court's most famous and controversial decisions--one that offered legal cover for the practice of segregation for nearly six decades. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618460
- ISBN
- 9780700618460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.37
€ 87.37
Paperback. A concise readable summary and guide to "Plessy v. Ferguson" (1896), one of the Supreme Court's most famous and controversial decisions--one that offered legal cover for the practice of segregation for nearly six decades. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618477
- ISBN
- 9780700618477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.18
€ 35.18
Hardcover. The Latin text of Magna Carta (the 1217 issue of Henry III) is reproduced, together with a modern translation and an introduction which traces the background to the making of the charter and its subsequent revisions through the centuries. It also explains how this text has become an enduring symbol of freedom in Britain and throughout the world. Editor(s): Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 100. .
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244522
- ISBN
- 9781851244522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.22
€ 8.22
hardcover. This book presents an empirically rigorous and theoretically sophisticated account of political trials. Editor(s): Meierhenrich, Jens; Pendas, Devin O. Num Pages: 430 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JPA; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107079465
- ISBN
- 9781107079465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.55€ 96.72
€ 122.55
€ 96.72
Hardback. Part of the "Portrait of a Patriot" series that presents the major papers of the Boston lawyer and patriot penman Josiah Quincy Jr (1744-1775). This volume introduces you to Quincy's "Legal Commonplace Book" which illustrates the systematic program of reading through which aspiring young lawyers learned their trade in colonial New England. Editor(s): Coquillette, Daniel R.; York, Neil Longley. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962073786
- ISBN
- 9780962073786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.52
€ 56.52
Hardback. Josiah Quincy Jr, Boston lawyer and patriot penman, had he lived longer could have been a leader of the new American Republic with a name familiar in most households. This work provides a biographical introduction, followed by Quincy's "Political Commonplace Book", in which the patriot noted down passages from his reading in politics and history. Editor(s): Coquillette, Daniel R.; York, Neil Longley. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962073793
- ISBN
- 9780962073793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.80
€ 54.80
Hardback. Helps you meet Quincy as a rising member of the Massachusetts bar and a member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence, making a tour of the southern colonies to assess the depth of commitment to the patriot cause there. This work shows how Quincy was dazzled by the opulence and sophistication of late-eighteenth-century Charleston society. Editor(s): Coquillette, Daniel R.; York, Neil Longley. Num Pages: 390 pages, 24 colour & b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979466205
- ISBN
- 9780979466205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.38
€ 55.38
Hardback. Some of the most unique and important of all early American law reports are those of Josiah Quincy Junior (1744-1775). This book presents Quincy's candid accounts of events great and small that shed light on life in the American colonies just before the Revolution. Editor(s): Coquillette, Daniel R.; York, Neil Longley. Num Pages: 434 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979466243
- ISBN
- 9780979466243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.10
€ 56.10
Hardback. Some of the most unique and important of all early American law reports are those of Josiah Quincy Junior (1744-1775). This book presents Quincy's candid accounts of events great and small that shed light on life in the American colonies just before the Revolution. Editor(s): Coquillette, Daniel R.; York, Neil Longley. Num Pages: 596 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts United States
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979466267
- ISBN
- 9780979466267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.25
€ 57.25
Paperback. Reassessing the relationship between English literature and law from More to Shakespeare and Webster, the author shows that where literary texts attend to jurisdiction, they dramatize how boundaries and limits are the very precondition of law's power. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061542
- ISBN
- 9780226061542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 324 pages, 27 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; LAZ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249841
- ISBN
- 9780226249841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
Hardback. Scholars in this collection show, after the demise of communism in Eastern Europe, property is again a major factor in shaping individual identity and in providing the political order and culture with a foundational institution. This volume analyzes both historical and contemporary forms of land ownership in Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Editor(s): Siegrist, Hannes; Muller, Dietmar. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; LAZ; LNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384618
- ISBN
- 9781782384618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.88
€ 170.88
Paperback. In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a 'colored' cabman. This title explains legal history, a day-by-day narrative of the trial itself, and analyses of the trial's place in the culture of the 1920s North. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859391
- ISBN
- 9780807859391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89
Hardback. Practitioners of private law opened the way toward Japan's legal modernity in ways the samurai and the state could not. Tracing law regimes from Edo to Meiji, Flaherty shows how the legal profession emerged as a force for change in modern Japan, founding private universities and political parties, and contributing to twentieth-century legal reform. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066779
- ISBN
- 9780674066779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.06
€ 44.99
€ 37.06
Hardcover. As frequent swing vote and centrist voice, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor helped shape many of the Supreme Court's landmark decisions and opinions under the leadership of William Rehnquist. This book describes how policy leadership was subdivided among these eminent jurists in a way that fostered an individualist conception of judicial power. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2008 No other Dates
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616107
- ISBN
- 9780700616107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Rangstreitigkeiten Im Verteilungsverfahren Nach Der Zivilprozessordnun...
Pappenheim, R H; Goldschmidt, J. Ed(S): Golds...
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Goldschmidt, James; Gerland, Heinrich; Hegler, August; Kohlrausch, Eduard; Nagler, Johannes. Series: Prozessrechtliche Abhandlungen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642983375
- ISBN
- 9783642983375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women s rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri s "Reasoning from Race" is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQG; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284302
- ISBN
- 9780674284302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.07
€ 35.99
€ 30.07
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1935
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 3
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642984563
- ISBN
- 9783642984563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
paperback. Editor(s): Kohlrausch, Eduard; Kaskel, Walter; Spiethoff, A. Series: Enzyklopadie Der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1929
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1929
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642982552
- ISBN
- 9783642982552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kohlrausch, Eduard; Kaskel, Walter; Spiethoff, A. Series: Enzyklopadie Der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642984099
- ISBN
- 9783642984099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.09
€ 68.09