Legal history

The stereotype of the "e;gold digger"e; has had a fascinating trajectory in twentieth-century America, from tales of greedy flapper-era chorus girls to tabloid coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and her octogenarian tycoon husband.

A compelling examination of interposition as a constitutional tool that states use to monitor the federal government and organize resistance.

This volume aims to balance the traditional literature available on medieval feuding with an exploration of other aspects of vengeance and culture in the Middle Ages.

The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in-depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation.

Das Ziel, Verurteilte wieder in die Gesellschaft einzugliedern, ist so alt wie der moderne Strafvollzug selbst.

The punitive prison currently dominates the practice of Anglo-American criminal justice, stigmatising its victims as perpetual 'offenders' and failing to change a majority of them for the better.

This 2007 text charts the history of the shifting relations between law and literature, from the Renaissance to contemporary culture.

This book draws international attention to the autonomy of the child accompanying incarcerated mothers, and those they leave behind in the community, despite being dependent on the convicted caregiver.

This book examines the development of the concept of intellectual property in the United States during the nineteenth century.

From its earliest days the Law Society of Upper Canada adhered to the traditions of English legal practice and education.

This book investigates how defendants are assessed by criminal justice decisionmakers, such as judges, lawyers, probation officers, parole board members and those involved in restorative justice.

First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business.

Winner: Bancroft PrizeWinner: Henry Adams PrizeWinner: Ohio History Association Book PrizeIn time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process of amending the US Constitution.

This book offers a scholarly and lively introduction to comparative criminal justice.

Das Lehrbuch bietet grundlegende Orientierung in der Verfassungs- oder Verwaltungsgeschichte: über die Quellen, die vorhandene Forschungsliteratur und die besonderen methodischen Fragen.

Punishment in the Community: The Future of Criminal Justice challenges the widely held assumption that punishment through imprisonment is central to the criminal justice system.

Examines the origins of English insurance, focusing on the first English insurance code and its proximity to continental mercantile practice.

The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies presents the enduring debates and emerging challenges in crime and justice studies from an international and multi-disciplinary perspective.

Over the last few years intensive community programmes for both young and adult offenders have become established in the UK as an important new component of penal policy - the ISSP (Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme) for persistent and serious young offenders, and the ICCP (Intensive Control and Change Programme) for adult offenders.

While much fundamental research in the recent past has been devoted to the criminal jury in England to 1800,there has been little work on the nineteenth century, and on the civil jury .

The criminal legal system defines and authoritatively enacts the boundaries of permissible and impermissible behaviour, with a focus on that which is prohibited or transgressive.

Gamboa's World examines the changing legal landscape of eighteenth-century Mexico through the lens of the jurist Francisco Xavier de Gamboa (1717-1794).

Renowned legal historian Lawrence Friedman presents an accessible and authoritative history of American law from the colonial era to the present day.

When the United States entered World War II, Italian nationals living in this country were declared enemy aliens and faced with legal restrictions.

One of the greatest of all English common lawyers,Lord Atkin it was who asked the question in Donoghue v.

By focusing on law, this book offers new insights into the history of religious liberty in colonial America.

According to the traditional understanding of American constitutional law, the Revolution produced a new conception of the constitution as a set of restrictions on the power of the state rather than a mere description of governmental roles.

Studying Roman Law is an introductory guide aimed at sixth-formers, students and those with a general interest wishing to obtain a basic overview of Roman private law during the first three centuries of the Common Era.

This book systematically defends an account of the institution of legal punishment that draws on both retributive and crime-prevention thinking.

To what extent can an animal constitute a 'juridical species'?

Seventeenth-century England was a country obsessed with property rights.

This essential reference volume provides up to date guidance for all PCCs in the preparation and scrutiny of their annual financial statements and reports.

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to probation.

Hohe Verbandsgeldbußen statt VerfallIm Wirtschaftsstrafrecht, insbesondere im Bereich der Korruptions- und Wettbewerbsdelikte sowie der Vermögensermittlungen, werden zunehmend Ordnungswidrigkeitenverfahren zur Verhängung einer Verbandsgeldbuße (Unternehmensgeldbuße) geführt.

This collection investigates the conflictual relationship between the Islamic world and Western civilization, looking at its history as key to understanding its present.

Sentencing Policy and Social Justice argues that the promotion of social justice should become a key objective of sentencing policy, advancing the argument that the legitimacy of sentencing ultimately depends upon the strength of the relationship between social morality and penal ideology.

The Liber legis Scaniae: The Latin Text with Introduction, Translation and Commentaries forms the second volume of The Danish Medieval Laws and is dedicated to the Latin text based on the Danish medieval Law of Scania.

Corrections officials faced with rising populations and shrinking budgets have increasingly welcomed "e;faith-based"e; providers offering services at no cost to help meet the needs of inmates.

Providing a historical analysis of the impact of criminology on the rationale of punishment and the sentencing systems in Europe and the US between the 1870s and the 1930s, Reinventing Punishment: A Comparative History of Criminology and Penology in the 19th and 20th Century investigates and contrasts the rise of the principles of individualisation of punishment, social defence, preventive justice, and indeterminate sentencing.

In 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and its allies, thereby planting the seed from which would spring one of the world's most successful and stable democracies.

Domestic violence does not discriminate and is prevalent throughout the word regardless of race, age or socio-economic status.

Many legal scholars believe that judges should not be "e;activists.

Investigating a wide range of problems in the development of English law, this collection of original essays honors the contributions of Samuel D.

This landmark study is the result of a three year project by the Mission and Public Affairs Division of the Archbishops' Council to 'develop a new, better, narrative of mission' for the church.