Legal history

A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions.

This book addresses the issue of the timing of transitional justice policies in countries that had negotiated transitions from authoritarianism to democracy.

Both the Victorian age and the late twentieth century are often characterised by contemporaries as times of apparent economic affluence and stability.

The Veterans Treatment Court Movement provides a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the burgeoning veteran's court movement from genesis through to operation, and concluding with comments on its societal relevance.

Racism has a long history and its devastating impacts continue to spark heated, moral and political debate and give rise to social movements and widespread protest.

Die Frühe Neuzeit zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass sich gesellschaftliches Leben in symbolischen Akten ereignete.

This book explores the legal and social consequences of growing up illegitimate in England and Wales.

A comparative analysis ''from below'' of attempts to constitutionalise socio-economic rights in Ireland from 1848 rebellions to present day protests.

Tracing the use of legal themes in the gothic novel, Bridget M.

The first comprehensive legal appraisal of tribunals convened across Asia to try war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Investigating the history of vagrants in colonial Australia and New Zealand, this book provides insights into the histories and identities of marginalised peoples in the British Pacific Empire.

The "e;Long Middle Ages"e; indicates a span of time extending from Antiquity, across the Middle Ages, to the Early Modern period.

]State trials reveal much about a nation's insecurities and shed light on important themes in political, constitutional, and legal history.

Few measures, if any, could claim to have had a greater impact on British society than the poor law.

Covering criminal justice history on a cross-national basis, this book surveys criminal justice in Western civilization and American life chronologically from ancient times to the present.

In the late nineteenth century, progressive reformers recoiled at the prospect of the justice system punishing children as adults.

Recovering the history of an often-ignored landmark Supreme Court case, William P.

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process.

This impressive volume is the first attempt to look at the intertwined histories of natural law and the laws of nature in early modern Europe.

The Virginia State Constitution examines constitutional amendments, court decisions, attorney general opinions, and legislative deliberations bearing on the development and interpretation of the Virginia Constitution.

This book carries out a comprehensive analysis of the Maria Luz incident, a truly significant episode in Japanese and world history, from a legal perspective.

Medical confidentiality has long been recognised as a core element of medical ethics, but its boundaries are under constant negotiation.

This book uses the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn to provide a new vision of the development of European comparative law that will challenge and inspire scholars in the field.

A novel interpretation of architecture, ugliness, and the social consequences of aesthetic judgmentWhen buildings are deemed ugly, what are the consequences?

Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida NonfictionAn insiders account of a wrongfulconviction and the fight to overturn it during the civil rights eraThisbook is an insiders account of the case of Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee,two Black men who were wrongfully charged and convicted of the murder of twowhite gas station attendants in Port St.

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.

Incarceration Without Conviction addresses an understudied fairness flaw in the criminal justice system.

This book explores how social and territorial boundaries have influenced the approaches and practices of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS).

This book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions.

State Trials, Volume I (first published in 1972) contains cases concerned with treason and the freedom of press gathered from the full edition of State Trials completed in 1826.

Puerto Rico has been an unincorporated territory of the United States for over a century.

In 1907 the Probation of Offenders Act introduced a system which allowed offenders to be rehabilitated at home under supervision, rather than being sent to prison.

The study of the Roman Empire has changed dramatically in the last century, with significant emphasis now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than a sole focus on the Roman imperial elites.

In this highly original and personal book, Ruben J.

This book presents findings from a process evaluation carried out at a problem-solving court located in England: Manchester Review Court.

This book contains the first academic translations of key legal texts from the Ayutthaya era (1351-1767), along with an essay on the role of law in Thai history.

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in anti-Muslim attacks.

Covers the momentous reforms in the British electoral system during the period from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to 1918 when women were given the vote.

Women's Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years shines new light on 33 legal landmarks, many forgotten today, that affected women in England and Wales between 1918 and 1939.

Long sentenced young people are a small but significant part of the juvenile prison population.

This book, based on a fresh understanding of Scottish governmental records rooted in extensive archival research, offers the first study of these important institutions in a period of revived royal authority.

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

Cultural Histories of Law, Media and Emotion: Public Justice explores how the legal history of long-eighteenth-century Britain has been transformed by the cultural turn, and especially the associated history of emotion.