Legal history

This book provides the European structure of liability for failed contract negotiations through a comparative lens, with wider lessons for an international context.

LasSiete Partidas es un cuerpo normativo redactado en Castilla, durante el reinado de Alfonso X (1252-1284), también conocido como Alfonso el Sabio, con el objetivo de dar uniformidad jurídica al Reino.

Aren't you a lucky child?

This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages.

This book explores the political, legal, medical, and social battles that led to the widespread institutionalization of Californians with disabilities from the gold rush to the 1970s.

Silver Gavel Award, Honorable MentionScribes Merit AwardIn June 2001, there was a decidedly new look to the graduating class at Virginia Military Institute.

En diálogo crítico con el canon exegético de clave iusnaturalista dominante en la interpretación de la tragedia <>, se plantea este libro comprenderla en su contexto histórico-hermenéutico y literario, desde su inserción en el conjunto del teatro de Sófocles y de los otros poetas trágicos, para depurar el original de las adherencias espurias con que aquella tradición exegética lo ha recubierto y así poder elucidar el significado real de la presupuesta superioridad de las <> invocadas por Antígona contra la isonomía de la pólis, pues esta "cisura de Antígona" deja planteado el curso histórico-filosófico del iusnaturalismo.

The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas.

An in-depth look at the reversal of a wrongful conviction in a noteworthy example of the justice system seeking to correct mistakes of the pastIn 2019, Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams were released after almost 43 years in prison when murder charges against them were dismissed in the first exoneration brought about through a Conviction Integrity Review unit in Florida.

The shocking behind-the-scenes story of the trial of Britain's infamous serial killer-and how he almost got away with murder.

More has been said about the Hart-Fuller debate than can be considered healthy or productive even within the precious world of jurisprudential scholarship too much philosophising about how law has revelled in its own abstractness and narrowness.

More has been said about the Hart-Fuller debate than can be considered healthy or productive even within the precious world of jurisprudential scholarship too much philosophising about how law has revelled in its own abstractness and narrowness.

Comprehensive study of the early modern inns of court, based on original sources, now revised and updated with recent scholarship.

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In 1776, Thomas Paine declared the end of royal rule in the United States.

This book features essays by leading legal scholars on 'landmark' labour law cases from the mid-19th century to the present day.

This book features essays by leading legal scholars on 'landmark' labour law cases from the mid-19th century to the present day.

Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers.

La Constitución cubana de 1901 fue la primera del siglo XX.

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

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Comprehensive study of the early modern inns of court, based on original sources, now revised and updated with recent scholarship.

Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period.

Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period.

In Freedoms Anchor, famed legal commentator Judge Andrew P.

In the early twentieth century, the eugenics movement won many supporters with its promise that social ills such as venereal disease, alcoholism, and so-called feeble-mindedness, along with many other conditions, could be eliminated by selective human breeding and other measures.

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

In the wake of Brown v.

This book explores the historical foundations of holding public authorities accountable for their acts, and discusses how and why the idea that the state should or should not be held liable became established in three significant jurisdictions.

This book explores the historical foundations of holding public authorities accountable for their acts, and discusses how and why the idea that the state should or should not be held liable became established in three significant jurisdictions.

A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023A Waterstones Best True Crime BookNagyrev, Hungary, 1929.

Originally published in1988, Introducing Policework offered a new and concise overview of the controversial subject of policework at the time.

Originally published in1988, Introducing Policework offered a new and concise overview of the controversial subject of policework at the time.

Belles résidences, domestiques, voyages… la vie des dames de la bourgeoisie, au début du 20e siècle, n'avait rien à voir avec le quotidien des ménagères de milieu populaire.

Belles résidences, domestiques, voyages… la vie des dames de la bourgeoisie, au début du 20e siècle, n'avait rien à voir avec le quotidien des ménagères de milieu populaire.

Formed in 1825, the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is the second-oldest law society in common-law Canada, after the Law Society of Ontario.

Formed in 1825, the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is the second-oldest law society in common-law Canada, after the Law Society of Ontario.

The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century (1983) explores the impact of a changing society on the legal profession.

First published in 1990, The Politics of Redress is a product of and commentary on significant developments in critical criminology.

First published in 1990, The Politics of Redress is a product of and commentary on significant developments in critical criminology.

Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka (1987) examines Sri Lanka's justice system under British rule, and concentrates on two of its aspects: the effectiveness of the administration of law and order, and the relationship between crime and social change.

Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka (1987) examines Sri Lanka's justice system under British rule, and concentrates on two of its aspects: the effectiveness of the administration of law and order, and the relationship between crime and social change.

The duel, and the codes of honour that governed duelling, functioned for decades in many European and Latin American countries as a shadow legal system, regulating in practice what legislators felt free to say and what journalists felt free to write.

As the leading legal historian of his generation in Canada and professor at McGill University for over three decades, Blaine Baker (1952-2018) was known for his unique personality, teaching style, intellectual cosmopolitanism, and deep commitment to the place of Canadian legal history in the curriculum of law faculties.

In the early twentieth century, the eugenics movement won many supporters with its promise that social ills such as venereal disease, alcoholism, and so-called feeble-mindedness, along with many other conditions, could be eliminated by selective human breeding and other measures.

As the leading legal historian of his generation in Canada and professor at McGill University for over three decades, Blaine Baker (1952-2018) was known for his unique personality, teaching style, intellectual cosmopolitanism, and deep commitment to the place of Canadian legal history in the curriculum of law faculties.