Legal history

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.

The intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the 'Maguire Seven' wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA.

This edition does not include illustrations.

Raging Heart is so revealing that the book itself became part of the actual O.

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.

Lesley Molseed was eleven when she was killed in 1975.

"Los textos que hoy publicamos son dos ponencias que preparamos para el anuncio y la entrega del Premio Tang que recibiera Dejusticia en 2020.

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.

An urgent and necessary polemic on the government's assault on our fundamental freedoms and the proliferation of Human Rights.

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.

An in-depth look at the lives of illegitimate children and their parents in England in the later Middle Ages.

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.

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.

Law has played a central role in American history.

Law has played a central role in American history.

Develops a theory of the modern state based on trust, drawing on Law, History and Social Science.

Law is an institution that has evolved and flourished throughout its six-thousand-year history.

Travel to the land of the pharaohs and mummies.

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.

Loopy legislation, crazy crimes and punishments - based on the TV series Beyond Belief!

Read about the Industrial Revolution and how that societal shift has affected millions of lives.

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.

Aren't you a lucky child?

This reference book is all about the troubled times in the western world with all those deaths, diseases and dark times.

Enter the world of Modern History and meet the people who braved the open seas in search of new lands and adventures.

Why should your child take the time to study ancient history when it's long gone and done?

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How did the United States of America become a powerful nation?

Over the last two decades, the "e;new international order"e; of 1919 has grown into an expansive new area of research across multiple disciplines.

'Roland's compelling account is highly readable.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.

For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors' own version of the events at Cliveden is told.

Jump back in time with the help of this highly educational book.

Do you know who Barry Obama is?

Did you know that aside from being the longest river in the world, the Nile is also very important in the History of Egypt?

As Fathers of Nations, presidents have a huge role in the socio-economic progress of countries.

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'Justine' was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.