Jurisprudence & general issues
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Jurisprudence & general issues
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
Hardcover. This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional democracy - judicial independence, from an international comparative perspective. It concludes by comparing many regimes from across the world. Editor(s): Russell, Peter H.; O'Brien, David M. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV; LAB; LAM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920153
- ISBN
- 9780813920153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.64
€ 106.64
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
Hardcover. Are judges' decisions more likely to be based on personal inclinations or legal authority? This title acknowledges that decision makers' attitudes - or, more precisely, their preference for policy outcomes - can play a significant role in judicial decisions. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 figures, 25 tables. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928296
- ISBN
- 9780813928296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
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
Paperback. Part of the "Women's Biography Series", this book shows how Sandra Day O'Connor became the Court's most important vote on such issues as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, the role of religion in society, and the election of a president. It depicts how she juggled marriage, a career in law and politics, three sons, and breast cancer. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; LAT; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826332189
- ISBN
- 9780826332189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.92
€ 39.92
Hardcover. The Law Department was one of two departments that opened for classes in the fall of 1874 in the newly-founded Vanderbilt University. Based on interviews and archival research in personal papers, reports, Board of Trust and faculty meeting minutes, this book presents the history of the school. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b&w photos, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JNM; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 939.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515827
- ISBN
- 9780826515827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99
€ 49.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; LAT; LNFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826519115
- ISBN
- 9780826519115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.69
€ 54.69
paperback. Can the law promote moral values even in pluralistic societies such as the United States? Drawing upon important federal legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, this title argues that it can. It also argues that the law rightly promotes the values of autonomy and solidarity. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019324
- ISBN
- 9781589019324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.58
€ 72.58
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
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.
- Format
- 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. 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.
- Format
- 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. Jim Gober was not simply a witness to early Texas Panhandle, New Mexico and Oklahoma history; he was involved in it up to his neck. Suitable for readers and historians who love the real West, this book presents a narrative of cattle empires, of goodness and harshness, loyalty, family and politics. It defines the wages of life. Editor(s): Price, B.Byron. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGA; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724501
- ISBN
- 9780896724501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.95
€ 19.99
€ 19.95
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. 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. 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. "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
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.73
€ 54.73
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
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.
- Format
- 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