Legal history

Some of the most exciting and innovative legal scholarship has been driven by historical curiosity.

Can a constitutional democracy commit suicide?

Can a constitutional democracy commit suicide?

What are the connections between conceptions of rights found in English law and those found in bills of rights around the World?

What are the connections between conceptions of rights found in English law and those found in bills of rights around the World?

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was a distinguished judge and scholar.

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was a distinguished judge and scholar.

This book celebrates the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School.

Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is an annual forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive and original overview of one of the fundamental topics within international law.

This book celebrates the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive and original overview of one of the fundamental topics within international law.

This volume reconstructs the history of documentary practice in pharaonic Egypt from the early Old Kingdom to the major administrative changes imposed by the colonizing regimes of the Graeco-Roman period.

This book is concerned with the history of the idea of human rights.

This book is concerned with the history of the idea of human rights.

In ancient Athenian democracy there were one hundred and thirty-nine official demes, or recognized population centres, which formed the foundation of the political system introduced by Kleisthenes in 508/7 BC.

The later twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a pivotal period for the development of European government and governance.

The Early Middle Ages, which marked the end of the Roman Empire and the creation of the kingdoms of Western Europe, was a period central to the formation of modern Europe.

Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law presents essays in which scholars from various countries and legal systems engage critically with formative texts in criminal legal thought since Hobbes.

Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law presents essays in which scholars from various countries and legal systems engage critically with formative texts in criminal legal thought since Hobbes.

This volume explores the amnesty which ended the civil war at Athens in 403 BC.

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In the aftermath of the Second World War, the British military held 46 trials in Hong Kong in which 123 defendants, from Japan and Formosa (Taiwan), were tried for war crimes.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the British military held 46 trials in Hong Kong in which 123 defendants, from Japan and Formosa (Taiwan), were tried for war crimes.

This book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the twelve war crimes trials held in the American zone of occupation between 1946 and 1949, collectively known as the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMTs).

Germany has long been at the centre of European debates surrounding the modern role of national constitutional law and its relationship with EU law.

Germany has long been at the centre of European debates surrounding the modern role of national constitutional law and its relationship with EU law.

The history of ideas on rule of law for world order is a fascinating one, as revealed in this comparative study of both Eastern and Western traditions.

The history of ideas on rule of law for world order is a fascinating one, as revealed in this comparative study of both Eastern and Western traditions.

What is the relation between who a person is, and what he or she has?

Foundations of Public Law offers an account of the formation of the discipline of public law with a view to identifying its essential character, explaining its particular modes of operation, and specifying its unique task.

Foundations of Public Law offers an account of the formation of the discipline of public law with a view to identifying its essential character, explaining its particular modes of operation, and specifying its unique task.

In this volume, Mirko Canevaro studies the 'state' documents (laws and decrees) preserved in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus.

"e;Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.

"e;Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.

An International Bill of the Rights of Man, first published in 1945, is one of the seminal works on international human rights law.

An International Bill of the Rights of Man, first published in 1945, is one of the seminal works on international human rights law.

Shedding new light on the foundations of European competition law, this volume is a legal and historical study of the emerging law and its evolution through the 1980s.

Shedding new light on the foundations of European competition law, this volume is a legal and historical study of the emerging law and its evolution through the 1980s.

Imperial Justice explores the imperial control of judicial governance and the adjudication of colonial difference in British Africa.

Imperial Justice explores the imperial control of judicial governance and the adjudication of colonial difference in British Africa.

This book studies the evolution of the war prerogative in England from 1600-2012.

This book studies the evolution of the war prerogative in England from 1600-2012.

The essays presented in this volume challenge both theorists and citizens to confront grave injustices committed in the United States.

When the British Empire enacted copyright law for its colonies and called it colonial, or Imperial, copyright, it had its own interests in mind.

When the British Empire enacted copyright law for its colonies and called it colonial, or Imperial, copyright, it had its own interests in mind.

This concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations.

This concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues of international law.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues of international law.