The Law of the Constitution elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law, and the binding force of unwritten conventions.
As always during its long history, English common law, upon which American law is based, has had to defend itself against the challenge of civil law's clarity and traditions.
Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time magazine as "e;one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes,"e; Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil rights and has won hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of abuse.
The only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence attorneyThe only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence lawyer and with a new foreword by Denis Goldberg, accused alongside Mandela and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format.
Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format.
The law had as much influence on our ancestors as it does on us today, and it occupies an extraordinary range of individuals, from eminent judges and barristers to clerks and minor officials.
For decades, a great number of Americans saw Alger Hiss as an innocent victim of McCarthyism--a distinguished diplomat railroaded by an ambitious Richard Nixon.
For decades, a great number of Americans saw Alger Hiss as an innocent victim of McCarthyism--a distinguished diplomat railroaded by an ambitious Richard Nixon.
A harrowing and heartbreaking account of survival and legal system failure, this book recounts a personal story of sexual assault and the lifetime impact it made on the victim and her family.
Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights documents an important shift in state level policy to make clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced all people.