Legal history

This book investigates the origins, impact, and outcome of the Elizabethan obsession with fraudulent conveyancing, the part of debtor-creditor law that determines when a court can void a transfer of assets.

Bringing together the most seminal articles written by leading international experts, this volume discusses all aspects of freedom of the press.

Bringing together the most seminal articles written by leading international experts, this volume discusses all aspects of freedom of the press.

The history of infanticide from the 16th through to the late 20th century is the subject of this volume.

The history of infanticide from the 16th through to the late 20th century is the subject of this volume.

This work offers, firstly, a fresh historical, philosophical and cultural interpretation of the relation between the eighteenth-century discourse of sensibility, the sublime, and the theory and practice of eighteenth-century law.

This work offers, firstly, a fresh historical, philosophical and cultural interpretation of the relation between the eighteenth-century discourse of sensibility, the sublime, and the theory and practice of eighteenth-century law.

Most English legal texts before 1600, and many from the seventeenth century are written in law French, a dialect which differs considerably both from current French and from old Norman French.

Most English legal texts before 1600, and many from the seventeenth century are written in law French, a dialect which differs considerably both from current French and from old Norman French.

Murder in the Tower consists of fifteen chapters, each giving an account of a different 17th-century criminal trial.

Murder in the Tower consists of fifteen chapters, each giving an account of a different 17th-century criminal trial.

Over the last thirty years, historical studies of building types have become something of a growth area.

Over the last thirty years, historical studies of building types have become something of a growth area.

This book explores the emergence and growth of state responsibility for safer and healthier working practices in British mining and the responses of labour and industry to expanding regulation and control.

This book explores the emergence and growth of state responsibility for safer and healthier working practices in British mining and the responses of labour and industry to expanding regulation and control.

English dress in the second half of the sixteenth century has been studied in depth, yet remarkably little has been written on the earlier years, or indeed on male clothing for the whole century.

English dress in the second half of the sixteenth century has been studied in depth, yet remarkably little has been written on the earlier years, or indeed on male clothing for the whole century.

'No one of Shakespeare's plays is harder to characterize', said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida.

'No one of Shakespeare's plays is harder to characterize', said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida.

This study of Burchard's 'Decretum', a popular book of Catholic canon law compiled just after the year 1000, sheds new light on the development of law and theology long before the Gregorian Reform, normally considered as a watershed in the history of the Latin Church.

This study of Burchard's 'Decretum', a popular book of Catholic canon law compiled just after the year 1000, sheds new light on the development of law and theology long before the Gregorian Reform, normally considered as a watershed in the history of the Latin Church.

Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both textual and pictorial terms in works produced and circulated in medieval French manuscripts and early printed books.

Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both textual and pictorial terms in works produced and circulated in medieval French manuscripts and early printed books.

The essays selected for this volume reflect the many paths followed to develop a new, more robust methodology (idMAPPING) for investigating privacy.

The essays selected for this volume reflect the many paths followed to develop a new, more robust methodology (idMAPPING) for investigating privacy.

Roman law forms an important part of the intellectual background of many legal systems currently in force in continental Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world.

Roman law forms an important part of the intellectual background of many legal systems currently in force in continental Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world.

The relationship between Islamic law and society is an important issue in Iran under the Islamic Republic.

The relationship between Islamic law and society is an important issue in Iran under the Islamic Republic.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2003.

In the wake of Brown v.

Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world, beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present day.

Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world, beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present day.

This title, first published in 1985, examines the evolution of the laws relating to debt and credit during the industrial revolution.

This title, first published in 1985, examines the evolution of the laws relating to debt and credit during the industrial revolution.

Research on law's relationship with time has flourished over the past decade.

Research on law's relationship with time has flourished over the past decade.

The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law, one of the classic subjects of medieval history.

The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law, one of the classic subjects of medieval history.

This book will expand students knowledge and understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years.

This book will expand students knowledge and understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years.

Forensic Narratives in Athenian Courts breaks new ground by exploring different aspects of forensic storytelling in Athenian legal speeches and the ways in which forensic narratives reflect normative concerns and legal issues.

Forensic Narratives in Athenian Courts breaks new ground by exploring different aspects of forensic storytelling in Athenian legal speeches and the ways in which forensic narratives reflect normative concerns and legal issues.

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Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia.

Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia.

This collection makes available rare sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa.

This collection makes available rare sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa.