Legal history

First published in 1997, this volume provides the reader from a common law background with an introduction to the Legal System and basic private law institutions of contemporary Italy.

Prepared by Patrick J.

When is it fair to hold young people criminally responsible?

Im April 2019 wird Jan Hallebeek emeritiert.

Examines the relationships between intellectual property law, international exhibitions, advertising practices and the press during the ''long nineteenth century''.

Of late, historians have been realising that South Asia and Europe have more in common than a particular strand in the historiography on "e;the rise of the West"e; would have us believe.

In times in which global governance in its various forms, such as human rights, international trade law, and development projects, is increasingly promoted by transnational economic actors and international institutions that seem to be detached from democratic processes of legitimation, the question of the relationship between international law and empire is as topical as ever.

'It's a rollicking tale that brings to life the antic atmosphere of America in the 'Me' Decade' Wall Street Journal'A madcap chase.

Imprisoned by the Past: Warren McCleskey and the American Death Penalty connects the history of the American death penalty to the case of Warren McCleskey.

Steinberg''s field-defining work shows how Boccaccio''s Decameron reveals unexpected connections between the contemporary emergence of literary realism and legal inquisition in early modern Europe.

HLA Hart's The Concept of Law is one of the most influential works of philosophy of the twentieth century, redefining the field of legal philosophy and introducing generations of students to philosophical reflection on the nature of law.

This book presents a broad overview of succession law, encompassing aspects of family law, testamentary law and legal history.

This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people's stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews.

When Edwin Sutherland introduced the concept of white-collar crime, he referred to the respectable businessmen of his day who had, in the course of their occupations, violated the law whenever it was advantageous to do so.

This handbook provides a broad overview of left-wing extremism and its associated key issues and themes.

Originally published in 1950 and as a third edition in 1967, this volume traces the evolution of the English nation - the amalgamation of differing races and the unification of warring tribal princedoms into one monarchy under the stress of competition for power, the disciplinary influence of Christianity, the stimulus of foreign invasion, the compression of conquest, the centralisation of government, the standardisation of institutions, the interchange of trade, and the triumph of one common tongue in the rivalry of languages and dialects.

The first book to address the way that the broad and inclusive subject of legal history is researched and written.

Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice.

The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon's greatest spheres of influence.

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was a distinguished judge and scholar.

This book contributes to and broadens the field of Border Criminology, by bringing together a collection of chapters from leading scholars engaged in cross-national and comparative conversations on bordered penality and crimmigration practices, with a specific focus on research conducted in places that may be considered peripheral and semi-peripheral jurisdictions.

First published in 1987, this book discusses white-collar or commercial crime which has grown to be a major issue in our society today.

Winner of the 2008 British Society of Criminology Book PrizeSex offenders, particularly those who offend against children, feature prominently in contemporary law and order debates.

The second of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes a diversity of contributions that study the social inter-dependence of criminal phenomena.

A practical guide that helps churches identify their strengths and weaknesses and discover what action to take in order to develop the health of their church.

In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, Brian McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.

Cannabis has never been a more controversial substance in Britain.

Although she came to be known as merely that girl with the dirty books, Dollree Mapp was a poor but proud black woman who defied a predominantly white police force by challenging the legality of its search-and-seizure methods.

Sykes' The Society of Captives has stood as a classic of modern penology for nearly 60 years.

Topics such as military tribunals, same-sex marriage, informative privacy, reproductive rights, affirmative action, and states' rights fill the landscape of contemporary legal debate and media discussion, and they all fall under the umbrella of the Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution.

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

Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution.

This edited collection presents an interesting and original series of essays on the roles of principle and pragmatism in Roman private law.

This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the early twenty-first century in England and Wales.

The Political Economy of Plea Bargaining provides the political, economic, and cultural context for understanding the evolution of plea bargaining as a juridical technology implemented to ensure the efficient administration of violations of criminal law.

Jurists, historians and theologians from five faiths and three continents examine the importance of Magna Carta''s religious foundations.

Condemned to Die is a book about life under sentence of death in American prisons.

In eighteenth-century England, the law surrounding vagrancy was complicated, and practice stood in complex relationship to law.

An easy to follow guide and referencer which contains all the technical information needed in sexual offences cases.

Illiberal democracies are not quasi-authoritarian but plebiscitarian regimes.