Legal history

Crime, Law and Justice in New Zealand examines the recent crime trends and the social, political, and legal changes in New Zealand from the end of the twentieth century to the present.

Carceral Space, Prisoners and Animals explores resonances across human and nonhuman carceral geographies.

Carceral Space, Prisoners and Animals explores resonances across human and nonhuman carceral geographies.

Britain's main imperial possessions in Asia were granted independence in the 1940s and 1950s and needed to craft constitutions for their new states.

Britain's main imperial possessions in Asia were granted independence in the 1940s and 1950s and needed to craft constitutions for their new states.

A Decent Provision is a narrative history of how and why Australia built a distinctive welfare regime in the period from the 1870s to 1949.

A Decent Provision is a narrative history of how and why Australia built a distinctive welfare regime in the period from the 1870s to 1949.

Athenian Law and Society focuses upon the intersection of law and society in classical Athens, in relation to topics like politics, class, ability, masculinity, femininity, gender studies, economics, citizenship, slavery, crime, and violence.

Athenian Law and Society focuses upon the intersection of law and society in classical Athens, in relation to topics like politics, class, ability, masculinity, femininity, gender studies, economics, citizenship, slavery, crime, and violence.

The debate about when the middle ages ended and the modern era began, has long been a staple of the historical literature.

The debate about when the middle ages ended and the modern era began, has long been a staple of the historical literature.

Towns are complicated places.

Towns are complicated places.

This is the first book devoted to the study of burgesses in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325).

This is the first book devoted to the study of burgesses in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325).

There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens.

There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens.

The interaction of faith and the community is a fundamental of modern society.

The interaction of faith and the community is a fundamental of modern society.

Enacted in 1860, the Indian Penal Code is the longest serving and one of the most influential criminal codes in the common law world.

Enacted in 1860, the Indian Penal Code is the longest serving and one of the most influential criminal codes in the common law world.

This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community.

This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community.

Judicial equity developed in England during the medieval period, providing an alternative access to justice for cases that the rigid structures of the common law could not accommodate.

Judicial equity developed in England during the medieval period, providing an alternative access to justice for cases that the rigid structures of the common law could not accommodate.

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states.

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states.

Frankfurt am Main, in common with other imperial German cities, enjoyed a large degree of legal autonomy during the early modern period, and produced a unique and rich body of criminal archives.

Frankfurt am Main, in common with other imperial German cities, enjoyed a large degree of legal autonomy during the early modern period, and produced a unique and rich body of criminal archives.

Modern criminal courts are characteristically the domain of lawyers, with trials conducted in an environment of formality and solemnity, where facts are found and legal rules are impartially applied to administer justice.

Modern criminal courts are characteristically the domain of lawyers, with trials conducted in an environment of formality and solemnity, where facts are found and legal rules are impartially applied to administer justice.

Over the course of the twentieth century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake.

Over the course of the twentieth century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake.

This book proposes a significant reassessment of the history of Iraq, documenting democratic experiences from ancient Mesopotamia through to the US occupation.

This book proposes a significant reassessment of the history of Iraq, documenting democratic experiences from ancient Mesopotamia through to the US occupation.

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

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

Questioning a literary history that, since Ian Watt's Rise of the Novel, has privileged the courtship plot, Kelly Hager proposes an equally powerful but overlooked narrative focusing on the failed marriage.

Questioning a literary history that, since Ian Watt's Rise of the Novel, has privileged the courtship plot, Kelly Hager proposes an equally powerful but overlooked narrative focusing on the failed marriage.

This unparalleled Companion provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to Islamic law to all with an interest in this increasingly relevant and developing field.

This unparalleled Companion provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to Islamic law to all with an interest in this increasingly relevant and developing field.

Elizabeth and James, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Bacon and Ellesmere, Perkins and Laud, Milton and Hobbes-this begins a list of early modern luminaries who write on 'equity'.

Elizabeth and James, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Bacon and Ellesmere, Perkins and Laud, Milton and Hobbes-this begins a list of early modern luminaries who write on 'equity'.

Drawing on politics, religion, law, literature, and philosophy, this interdisciplinary study is a sequel to Mark Fortier's bookThe Culture of Equity in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2006).

Drawing on politics, religion, law, literature, and philosophy, this interdisciplinary study is a sequel to Mark Fortier's bookThe Culture of Equity in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2006).

Human development is not simply about wealth and economic well-being, it is also dependent upon shared values that cherish the sanctity of human life.

Human development is not simply about wealth and economic well-being, it is also dependent upon shared values that cherish the sanctity of human life.

This book presents a comprehensive account of past and present efforts to introduce the jury system in Japan.

Highlights the severity of the Civil War''s psychological aftereffects for veterans of the Union army.

Reveals how people thought about, used, manipulated and resisted the law from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, focusing on everyday legal experiences.