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Paperback. The Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in English history and one of the British Library's greatest treasures. This work explores the context in which Magna Carta was issued to discover what it really meant to its creators and how it came to be an iconic historical document. This updated edition includes full colour illustrations. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 6. Weight in Grams: 202. Manuscripts and Myths. 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. The Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in English history and one of the British Library's greatest treasures. This work explores the context in which Magna Carta was issued to discover what it really meant to its creators and how it came to be an iconic historical document. This updated edition includes full colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; LAZ; LND. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 6. Weight: 198.
- Publisher
- British Library
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712358330
- ISBN
- 9780712358330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.94
€ 16.94
Paperback. Exploding myths that every serial killer is a 'monster', the author draws attention to Mary Ann Cotton's charms, allure, capability, skill and ambition - all of which she used to remain undetected while committing up to 21 murders. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Waterside Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904380917
- ISBN
- 9781904380917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.60
€ 27.60
Paperback. The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The second volume addresses central topics of land and property law, known as 'the rights of things'. Editor(s): Stern, Simon. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 345 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199601004
- ISBN
- 9780199601004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Paperback. The compelling story of the army chaplain who was sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, raising questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, redemption and the essence of humanity. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; JPHL; JWXK; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281074822
- ISBN
- 9780281074822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.70
€ 19.99
€ 15.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 1690 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2148.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1690
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865977525
- ISBN
- 9780865977525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.15
€ 35.99
€ 29.15
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. In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Mathematicians Schneps and Colmez tell the story of 10 trials, from the Dreyfus Affair to the Amanda Knox murder trial, in which mathematical arguments were used--and disastrously misused--as evidence. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNF; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465032921
- ISBN
- 9780465032921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.31
€ 32.99
€ 22.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509906369
- ISBN
- 9781509906369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.96€ 53.45
€ 57.96
€ 53.45
Paperback. Combining the work of eminent and emerging scholars this interdisciplinary book sheds new light on a legal classic and its continued influence. Editor(s): Prest, Wilfrid. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; LAZ; LN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849466424
- ISBN
- 9781849466424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.19
€ 38.99
€ 33.19
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
Paperback. The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The third volume focuses on civil remedies, and courts and procedure, including equity. Editor(s): Gallanis, Thomas. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199601011
- ISBN
- 9780199601011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Hardcover. Offers a collection of essays on legal history from the career of John W Cairns. This title deals with broad themes in Legal History, such as the development of Scots Law, essays on Roman law and miscellaneous essays on the literary and philosophical traditions within law. Editor(s): Reid, Elspeth. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LAFR; LAZ; LN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 241 x 45. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748682133
- ISBN
- 9780748682133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.71€ 116.90
€ 121.71
€ 116.90
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849468572
- ISBN
- 9781849468572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.87€ 154.04
€ 173.87
€ 154.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849466684
- ISBN
- 9781849466684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.92€ 103.75
€ 115.92
€ 103.75
Hardback. In the first book to trace the Russian state's citizenship policy throughout its history, Lohr argues that to understand the citizenship dilemmas Russia faces today, we must return to the less xenophobic and isolationist pre-Stalin period--before the drive toward autarky after 1914 eventually sealed the state off from Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPA; LAZ; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066342
- ISBN
- 9780674066342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.29€ 68.00
€ 75.29
€ 68.00
hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the four penitentials composed in Old English. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 247 pages, 3 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107083417
- ISBN
- 9781107083417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
hardcover. Presents a series of distinct sociological inquiries into the formation of contemporary European law and society. Editor(s): Madsen, Mikael Rask; Thornhill, Chris. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; LAM; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107044050
- ISBN
- 9781107044050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.81
€ 131.81
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
Hardback. This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; DSGS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137572868
- ISBN
- 9781137572868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
hardcover. A comprehensive history of martial law, outlining how it was a vital component of England's domestic and imperial legal order. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBLH; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107092877
- ISBN
- 9781107092877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
Hardback. Series: Children's Well-being: Indicators and Research. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JPSN1; LAZ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319187839
- ISBN
- 9783319187839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Paperback. Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908906106
- ISBN
- 9781908906106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.10
€ 15.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Series: Psychology and the Law. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479814183
- ISBN
- 9781479814183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.90
€ 46.99
€ 41.90
Hardcover. The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of the title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 page section. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Publisher
- Waterside Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904380757
- ISBN
- 9781904380757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.75€ 62.16
€ 63.75
€ 62.16