Legal history
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Legal history
Paperback. On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne Editor(s): Arnold, Morris S.; Green, Thomas A.; Scully, Sally A.; White, Stephen D. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807878149
- ISBN
- 9780807878149
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Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Although much of Kansas law reflects US law, the state court's arbitrary powers over labor-management conflicts, yellow dog contracts, civil rights, gender issues, and domestic relations set precedents that reverberated around the country. This work presents the history of a state through the use of its Supreme Court decisions as evidence. Series: Law in the American West. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248410
- ISBN
- 9780803248410
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Condition: New
€ 76.40
€ 76.40
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614394
- ISBN
- 9780700614394
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Condition: New
€ 54.17
€ 54.17
hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWXK; LAZ; LBBZ; LBHG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567352
- ISBN
- 9781137567352
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Condition: New
€ 133.68
€ 133.68
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
hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, 17, diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Southeast Asia Program Publications United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277392
- ISBN
- 9780877277392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.52
€ 162.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTR; JPH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 331.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277149
- ISBN
- 9780877277149
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Condition: New
€ 35.84
€ 35.84
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Hardback. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930787
- ISBN
- 9780813930787
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Condition: New
€ 60.55
€ 60.55
Hardback. Posits that legal history has become highly specialized, while mainstream political and social historians frequently ignore cases that figure prominently in the legal literature. The author makes a start at remedying the situation with a series of essays that reintegrate legal with political and social history. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928616
- ISBN
- 9780813928616
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Condition: New
€ 70.61
€ 70.61
Paperback. Ducktown Smoke: The Fight over One of the South's Greatest Environmental Disasters Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; LAZ; RNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629872
- ISBN
- 9781469629872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.76
€ 48.76
Paperback. Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908 Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469615394
- ISBN
- 9781469615394
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Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
Paperback. Catalonia's Advocates: Lawyers, Society, and Politics in Barcelona, 1759-1900 Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; 3JH; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469614779
- ISBN
- 9781469614779
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Condition: New
€ 54.73
€ 54.73
Hardcover. "An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher. Series: American Liberty & Justice. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 987.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726956
- ISBN
- 9780896726956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 44.66
€ 51.99
€ 44.66
Hardcover. On a horrific night in October 1975, Erwin Simants brutally murdered six members of the Henry Kellie family in tiny Sutherland, Nebraska. This title tells the story of the complex legal battles set in motion that tragic night on the western Nebraska plains. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTJ; LAZ; LNDC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726260
- ISBN
- 9780896726260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.27
€ 41.99
€ 35.27
Hardcover. In the Texas Republic, Spanish law came to be seen as more equitable than English common law in certain areas, especially womens rights, and some Spanish traditions were adopted into Texas law. This title explores the evolution of Castilian law during the Spanish Reconquest and how those laws came to the New World and Texas. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBBSX; LAZ; LNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725607
- ISBN
- 9780896725607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.04
€ 43.04
Hardcover. Reveals how, time and again, the judicial system of nineteenth-century Arizona denied Apaches justice. Through case studies of different murder trials, this title probes the federal and state governments treatment of Americas indigenous populations and the cultural clashes that left justice the greatest casualty. Num Pages: 223 pages, 8 b/w photos, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725546
- ISBN
- 9780896725546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.51
€ 29.99
€ 26.51
Hardcover. Those who will recall the Simpson trial as the legal extravaganza of its century might be surprised by striking parallels between it and the late-nineteenth century trial of the infamous Frank James. This title explores the trial of James. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896723986
- ISBN
- 9780896723986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early European legal systems and the society of the Middles Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes. Translator(s): Dennis, Andrew; Foote, P. G.; Perkins, Richard. Series: University of Manitoba Icelandic Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887556951
- ISBN
- 9780887556951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 42.87
€ 52.99
€ 42.87
Hardcover. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, English and American lawyers appealed to the ancient constitution as the cornerstone of liberty. The author demonstrates that this concept of an unchanging, ancient constitution, furnished English common lawyers and parliamentarians an argument with which to combat royal prerogative power. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803425
- ISBN
- 9780875803425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.06
€ 56.06
Hardcover. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933740
- ISBN
- 9780813933740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Hardcover. Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson had the most substantial direct experience with the issues surrounding intellectual property rights and their impact on creativity, invention, and innovation. This title discusses the lessons Jefferson's efforts offer us. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LAZ; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927718
- ISBN
- 9780813927718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.61
€ 40.61
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
Paperback. Examines how debates over slavery in the three decades before the Civil War employed legal language to "try" the case for slavery in the court of public opinion via popular print media. This title argues that American literature of the era cannot be fully understood without an appreciation for the slavery debate in the courts and in print. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; LAZ; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858127
- ISBN
- 9780807858127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.01
€ 52.01