Legal history

Ziegler documents a shift to debates on policy costs and benefits that deepened polarization on abortion in this first legal history of the period.

Explains impeachment from its English roots through 250 years of American constitutional experience, including the case against President Trump.

Explains impeachment from its English roots through 250 years of American constitutional experience, including the case against President Trump.

Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.

Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.

In this book, Eldar Haber describes how copyright has become over-criminalized.

In this book, Eldar Haber describes how copyright has become over-criminalized.

This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession''s constitutionality was debated.

This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession''s constitutionality was debated.

Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction adopts a groundbreaking approach in its delivery of key principles.

Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction adopts a groundbreaking approach in its delivery of key principles.

A critical catalogue of how lawyers use history - as authority, as evocation of lost golden ages, as a nightmare to escape and as progress towards enlightenment.

A critical catalogue of how lawyers use history - as authority, as evocation of lost golden ages, as a nightmare to escape and as progress towards enlightenment.

Great Christian Jurists in English History comprises biographical portraits of leading jurists and judges assessing the influence of their Christianity.

Great Christian Jurists in English History comprises biographical portraits of leading jurists and judges assessing the influence of their Christianity.

This book examines how European imperial powers imagined imperial space, constructing sovereignty in ways that merged geographic discourse with law.

This book examines how European imperial powers imagined imperial space, constructing sovereignty in ways that merged geographic discourse with law.

This historical introduction to the civil law tradition considers the political and cultural context of Europe''s legal history.

This historical introduction to the civil law tradition considers the political and cultural context of Europe''s legal history.

This book is an account of the tension between the need for order and the desire for freedom during the tense years of the Weimar Republic.

This book assembles critical contributions on the work of TRS Allan, the Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence and Public Law at the University of Cambridge, whose leading work in legal and constitutional theory spans almost 45 years.

Travers explores how Mughal political and legal culture shaped and was reshaped by the British colonial state in Bengal.

Travers explores how Mughal political and legal culture shaped and was reshaped by the British colonial state in Bengal.

The Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Greece delves into the evolution of legal frameworks and societal attitudes that shaped the concept of crime and criminal law in Greek civilization.

An insightful analysis of the rise of forensic medicine in modern France and doctors'' authority in the legal arena.

An insightful analysis of the rise of forensic medicine in modern France and doctors'' authority in the legal arena.

A fascinating study of how elite white men in eighteenth-century Massachusetts incorporated the ethos of politeness into the law of criminal speech.

A fascinating study of how elite white men in eighteenth-century Massachusetts incorporated the ethos of politeness into the law of criminal speech.

Explores how family property was inherited, managed and shared legally and its central role in Renaissance Italy.

Explores how family property was inherited, managed and shared legally and its central role in Renaissance Italy.

Explores the emergence and contestation of State responsibility for rebels in the context of the decolonisation of Latin America.

Explores the emergence and contestation of State responsibility for rebels in the context of the decolonisation of Latin America.

A fascinating comparative history of the legal arguments and strategies used to regulate expression in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia.

A critical history of European sovereignty and property rights as the foundation of the international order in 1300–1870.

A critical history of European sovereignty and property rights as the foundation of the international order in 1300–1870.

A fascinating comparative history of the legal arguments and strategies used to regulate expression in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia.

A comprehensive study of the US Supreme Court that explores the transformation of constitutional law from 1930 to 1941.

A comprehensive study of the US Supreme Court that explores the transformation of constitutional law from 1930 to 1941.

A rich study exploring the use of detention without trial to facilitate imperial expansion of the British African Empire.

A rich study exploring the use of detention without trial to facilitate imperial expansion of the British African Empire.

Analyses marriage law''s development since 1836—its complexity, failures to respond to societal change, and constraints on different beliefs.

Criminal Law: Historical, Ethical, and Moral Foundations, 3rd edition, blends legal and moral reasoning in the examination of crimes and explores the history relating to jurisprudence and roots of criminal law.

Criminal Law: Historical, Ethical, and Moral Foundations, 3rd edition, blends legal and moral reasoning in the examination of crimes and explores the history relating to jurisprudence and roots of criminal law.

This volume is the first comprehensive study of the Polish history of law and Christianity written in English for a global audience.

This volume is the first comprehensive study of the Polish history of law and Christianity written in English for a global audience.

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for the protection of their members and the community.

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for the protection of their members and the community.

This volume analyzes the trial of Bahadur Shah, a watershed moment in the 19th-century colonial history of India.

This volume analyzes the trial of Bahadur Shah, a watershed moment in the 19th-century colonial history of India.

The Development of British Immigration Law (1986) examines the policies and laws of immigration law in the UK.