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Legal history

Hardcover. In The Arc of Due Process in American Constitutional Law, Sullivan and Massaro identify the historical underpinnings of due process while describing the evolution of the American due process doctrine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199990801
ISBN
9780199990801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.31

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

Paperback. How did the US judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges once vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law, constitutionalism, and liberal democracy? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226100609
ISBN
9780226100609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. The author looks to history for the roots of these problems - and solutions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725874
ISBN
9780674725874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.08

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

Paperback. 18th-century Edinburgh owed much to the men who worked in the Court of Session as members of the unique institution known as the College of Justice. This study investigates the important role of College members in the cultural and economic flowering of Scotland as a whole, and Edinburgh in particular. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 225 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694679
ISBN
9780748694679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.85

Hardcover.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645770
ISBN
9780748645770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.46
€ 99.72

Paperback. The Company-State offers a political and intellectual history of the English East India Company in the century before its acquisition of territorial power. It argues the Company was no mere merchant, but a form of early modern, colonial state and sovereign that laid the foundations for the British Empire in India. Num Pages: 316 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTQ; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199930364
ISBN
9780199930364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.84

paperback. This book provides an engaging and distinctive treatment for anyone seeking to understand the significance and interpretation of the Constitution. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780521759182
ISBN
9780521759182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.09

Hardback. Argues that the United States Constitution does not protect a fundamental right to parent. Based on a rigorous reconsideration of the historical record, the author challenges the notion, held by academics and the general public alike, that parental rights have a long-standing legal pedigree. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND; LNMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191899
ISBN
9780300191899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.93
€ 47.93

Hardback. This book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of Western Europe. Editor(s): Cairns, John W.; du Plessis, Paul. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; LAFR; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638970
ISBN
9780748638970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.21
€ 105.07

Hardcover. The seminal history of Title VII of the civil Rights Act of 1964, workplace equality, and how Griggs v. Duke Power led to its interpretation and enforcement. Editor(s): Wasby, Stephen L, PH.D. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNDC; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619535
ISBN
9780700619535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.22

Paperback. Until the nineteenth century, the Russian legal system was subject to an administrative hierarchy headed by the tsar, and the courts were expected to enforce, not interpret the law. This title traces the first professional class of legal experts who emerged during the reign of Nicholas I (1826-56). Num Pages: 358 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226907758
ISBN
9780226907758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.21

Paperback. A republication of this seminal work from 1941. Written by a German jurist during his time working within the Nazi judicial system of the 1930s, this book addresses the ways in which the Nazi regime changed the legal structures of Germany, providing a detailed analysis that remains relevant to international and public law today. Translator(s): Shills, E. A. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAZ; LB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716204
ISBN
9780198716204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20

Hardback. Intended for professional jurists, court administrators, and scholars concerned with lay adjudication or East German legal institutions, this book provides an account of the social courts of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It looks at the history of the social courts and their success with the government and the citizens of East Germany. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275975647
ISBN
9780275975647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.07
€ 77.34

Paperback. Aron Zysow's 1984 PhD dissertation, 'The Economy of Certainty,' remains the most important treatment of Islamic legal theory in Western scholarship. It continues to be widely read and cited, and is published here in full with updated references, further reflections by the author, and with the addition of a nine-page Foreword by Robert Gleave. Series: Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: LAFS; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Lockwood Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937040093
ISBN
9781937040093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardback. John Compton shows how evangelicals, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Their early-1800s crusade to destroy property that made immorality possible challenged founding-era legal protections of slavery, lotteries, and liquor sales and opened the door to progressivism. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726796
ISBN
9780674726796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.12
€ 51.07

Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136042
ISBN
9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.73
€ 41.17

Paperback. The Federalist Papers comprise eighty-five essays written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution of the United States in 1787-8. Written by key players in the American Revolution, they made a case for a new, united nation. They are the most important work of political thought to have come out of America. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805928
ISBN
9780192805928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Hardback. Carlos A. Ball argues that as progressives fight the First Amendment claims of religious conservatives and other LGBT opponents, they should take care not to forget the crucial role the First Amendment played in the early decades of the movement, and not to erode the safeguards of liberty that allowed LGBT rights to exist in the first place. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674972193
ISBN
9780674972193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.03

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