Legal history

A fundamental reassessment of the contribution of patenting to British industrialisation during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Adopting a global approach, Fitzmaurice analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth century.

Sir John Baker''s writings touch on most aspects of English legal history, especially the legal profession and its learning.

Sir John Baker''s writings touch on most aspects of English legal history, especially the legal profession and its learning.

This book explains why most Americans lack constitutional rights on the job and can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all.

This book deals with the most fundamental problem in criminal law, the way in which free will and determinism relate to criminal responsibility.

This book explains why most Americans lack constitutional rights on the job and can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all.

This book deals with the most fundamental problem in criminal law, the way in which free will and determinism relate to criminal responsibility.

This is the first book-length study of the four penitentials composed in Old English.

This book details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States.

This is the first book-length study of the four penitentials composed in Old English.

This book details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States.

This book introduces and discusses Roman criminal law in its social and historical setting.

The perception of the immigrant as criminal or deviant has a long history in the United States, with many groups (e.

Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections, Sixth Edition, offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting corrections in the United States-prisons and jails, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sexual assault offender laws.

Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections, Sixth Edition, offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting corrections in the United States-prisons and jails, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sexual assault offender laws.

Relying on a multidisciplinary framework of inquiry and critical perspective, this edited volume addresses the unique experiences of Black males within various stages of contact in the criminal justice system.

Relying on a multidisciplinary framework of inquiry and critical perspective, this edited volume addresses the unique experiences of Black males within various stages of contact in the criminal justice system.

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers.

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers.

The author and acclaimed historian of this book, originally published in 1926, was a strong advocate for the use of original source documents in the study of history, maintaining that applying historical criticism to documents, and balancing one document against another was a process of 'the highest educational value'.

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to elections and political representation from the Court's beginnings to 2001, including the 2001 decision in Cook v.

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to elections and political representation from the Court's beginnings to 2001, including the 2001 decision in Cook v.

First published in 1991, this book - through the examination of ancient Greek literary, philosophical and legal texts - analyses how the Athenian torture of slaves emerged from and reinforced the concept of truth as something hidden in the human body.

First published in 1991, this book - through the examination of ancient Greek literary, philosophical and legal texts - analyses how the Athenian torture of slaves emerged from and reinforced the concept of truth as something hidden in the human body.

First published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain.

First published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain.

First published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain.

First published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain.

At Easter of 1916 an armed insurrection, launched by paramilitary republicans, took place in Ireland.

At Easter of 1916 an armed insurrection, launched by paramilitary republicans, took place in Ireland.

In 2015 the College of Policing published its Leadership Review with specific reference to the type of leadership required to ensure that the next generation of Chief Constables and their management approach will be fit for purpose.

In 2015 the College of Policing published its Leadership Review with specific reference to the type of leadership required to ensure that the next generation of Chief Constables and their management approach will be fit for purpose.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to probation.

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to probation.

The book covers the period from 1812, when the Tron Riot in Edinburgh dramatically drew attention to the 'lamentable extent of juvenile depravity', up to 1872, when the Education Act (Scotland) inaugurated a system of universal schooling.

The book covers the period from 1812, when the Tron Riot in Edinburgh dramatically drew attention to the 'lamentable extent of juvenile depravity', up to 1872, when the Education Act (Scotland) inaugurated a system of universal schooling.

In the context of our increasingly global legal order, Pierre Legendre's God in the Mirror reconsiders the place of law within the division of existing bodies of knowledge.

In the context of our increasingly global legal order, Pierre Legendre's God in the Mirror reconsiders the place of law within the division of existing bodies of knowledge.

Grounded in Critical Race Theory (CRT), Black Men in Law School refutes the claim that when African American law students are "e;mismatched"e; with more selective law schools, the result is lower levels of achievement and success.

Grounded in Critical Race Theory (CRT), Black Men in Law School refutes the claim that when African American law students are "e;mismatched"e; with more selective law schools, the result is lower levels of achievement and success.

Presents a series of distinct sociological inquiries into the formation of contemporary European law and society.

Presents a series of distinct sociological inquiries into the formation of contemporary European law and society.

This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, an ethno-religious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma.

Neil Duxbury combines analytical legal philosophy and legal history to explore the concept of legislation.

This study of Edward I''s governance radically re-evaluates his motivations and achievements, presenting an entirely new interpretation of his reign.

An important and wide-ranging collection of legal texts from ancient Egypt in translation with full elucidation by experts.

Neil Duxbury combines analytical legal philosophy and legal history to explore the concept of legislation.