Legal history

The Complete American Constitutionalism is designed to be the comprehensive treatment and source for debates on the American constitutional experience.

The Complete American Constitutionalism is designed to be the comprehensive treatment and source for debates on the American constitutional experience.

American States of Nature transforms our understanding of the American Revolution and the early makings of the Constitution.

Federal Ground depicts the haphazard and unplanned growth of federal authority in the Northwest and Southwest Territories, the first U.

Federal Ground depicts the haphazard and unplanned growth of federal authority in the Northwest and Southwest Territories, the first U.

Is the world facing a serious threat to the protection of constitutional democracy?

The colonies that comprised pre-revolutionary America had thirteen legal systems and governments.

The colonies that comprised pre-revolutionary America had thirteen legal systems and governments.

The Puritan Cosmopolis traces a sense of kinship that emerged from within the larger realm of Puritan law and literature in late seventeenth-century New England.

The Sit Room brings you inside the secretive Situation Room of the White House, the most important deliberative room in the world, during the early 1990s when the author was one of the policymakers who framed the Clinton Administration's policy towards the bloody Balkans War.

The Sit Room brings you inside the secretive Situation Room of the White House, the most important deliberative room in the world, during the early 1990s when the author was one of the policymakers who framed the Clinton Administration's policy towards the bloody Balkans War.

Habeas Corpus in Wartime unearths and presents a comprehensive account of the legal and political history of habeas corpus in wartime in the Anglo-American legal tradition.

In the Civil War, the United States and the Confederate States of America engaged in combat to defend distinct legal regimes and the social order they embodied and protected.

In the Civil War, the United States and the Confederate States of America engaged in combat to defend distinct legal regimes and the social order they embodied and protected.

The eminent legal historian William E.

The eminent legal historian William E.

A study of the Supreme Court tenure of the only US president to serve as chief justice provides a unique perspective on 1920s America.

The Supreme Court's 1919 decision in Schenck vs.

The Supreme Court's 1919 decision in Schenck vs.

2019 marks the 200th anniversary of one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in American history: McCulloch v.

2019 marks the 200th anniversary of one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in American history: McCulloch v.

Though widely regarded as a founder of the modern field of psychology and law, German-American psychologist Hugo Munsterberg's now century-old ideas and research approaches continue to thrive.

Though widely regarded as a founder of the modern field of psychology and law, German-American psychologist Hugo Munsterberg's now century-old ideas and research approaches continue to thrive.

How does materiality matter to legal scholarship?

How does materiality matter to legal scholarship?

How can the European Union create laws that are uniform in a multitude of languages?

How can the European Union create laws that are uniform in a multitude of languages?

The First Bilateral Investment Treaties is the first and only history of the U.

The First Bilateral Investment Treaties is the first and only history of the U.

The Law of Nations and the United States Constitution offers a new lens through which anyone interested in constitutional governance in the United States should analyze the role and status of customary international law in U.

The Law of Nations and the United States Constitution offers a new lens through which anyone interested in constitutional governance in the United States should analyze the role and status of customary international law in U.

The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution provides an ideal first stop for Canadians and non-Canadians seeking a clear, concise, and authoritative account of Canadian constitutional law.

The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution provides an ideal first stop for Canadians and non-Canadians seeking a clear, concise, and authoritative account of Canadian constitutional law.

Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the country.

Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the country.

Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a "e;populist"e; champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers.

Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a "e;populist"e; champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers.

For much of the twentieth century, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officials recognized that the US-Mexico border region was different.

For much of the twentieth century, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officials recognized that the US-Mexico border region was different.

In The Wyoming State Constitution, Robert B.

In The Wyoming State Constitution, Robert B.

Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of "e;public"e; and "e;private.

Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of "e;public"e; and "e;private.

The Puritan Cosmopolis traces a sense of kinship that emerged from within the larger realm of Puritan law and literature in late seventeenth-century New England.

For decades, the public company has played a dominant role in the American economy.

For decades, the public company has played a dominant role in the American economy.

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This is a history of the Enlightenment--the rights-oriented, formalist, secularizing, freedom-inspired eighteenth-century movement that defined modern Western law.

This is a history of the Enlightenment--the rights-oriented, formalist, secularizing, freedom-inspired eighteenth-century movement that defined modern Western law.

The European Court of Human Rights has long held unparalleled sway over questions of human rights violations across continental Europe, Britain, and beyond.