Legal history

This book analyses the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe from 4 perspectives: first, the temporal transformation, i.

This textbook provides clear, reliable, and comprehensive insights into key topics in comparative law and legal history.

This book is a continuation of the prestigious series which is drawn from the papers of the biennial Cambridge Tax Law History Conference.

This book examines the difficult relationship between individual intellectual freedom and the legal structures which govern human societies in William Blake's works, showing that this tension carries a political urgency that has not yet been recognised by scholars in the field.

Explores the programs and policies dependent parents navigated when their own financial resources did not provide adequate support.

This book examines the difficult relationship between individual intellectual freedom and the legal structures which govern human societies in William Blake's works, showing that this tension carries a political urgency that has not yet been recognised by scholars in the field.

This book is a continuation of the prestigious series which is drawn from the papers of the biennial Cambridge Tax Law History Conference.

Explores the programs and policies dependent parents navigated when their own financial resources did not provide adequate support.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the early twenty-first century in England and Wales.

For over a century, many have struggled to turn the Constitution's prime goal "e;to establish Justice"e; into reality for Americans who cannot afford lawyers through civil legal aid.

The fourth edition of this acclaimed textbook addresses the developments in English contract law since the last edition, including the impact of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union, and new case law on the role of good faith, the doctrine of consideration, rectification of written contracts for mistake, economic duress, illegality, contractual interpretation, and damages for breach of contract.

First published in 1937, The Criminals We Deserve asks what kind of criminals does our society deserve?

First published in 1937, The Criminals We Deserve asks what kind of criminals does our society deserve?

Draws from a wealth of primary sources to outline how classical Roman property law was reinvented by liberal nineteenth-century jurists.

Shows how lordship and state formation affected local authority in the transition between medieval and early modern England.

Draws from a wealth of primary sources to outline how classical Roman property law was reinvented by liberal nineteenth-century jurists.

Dispelling common myths and misunderstandings, this book provides a fascinating and historically accurate portrayal of the 1858 Almanac Trial that establishes both Lincoln's character and his considerable abilities as a trial lawyer.

The rule of law, or Rechtsstaatsprinzip, is one of Germany's oldest constitutional principles and forms part of Germany's constitutional self-understanding.

Desde el siglo XVI, momento en que dieron comienzo los viajes pesquero- comerciales de guipuzcoanos y vizcainos a las costas de Terranova para ocuparse en la pesca del bacalao y en la caza de la ballena, naturalistas, historiadores, economistas, linguistas y arqueologos, entre otros colectivos, se han ocupado de las navegaciones vascas al litoral atlantico canadiense.

El divorcio eclesiástico fue la vía legalmente institucionalizada en Chile para resolver los conflictos conyugales hasta 1884.

Esta obra aborda la emergencia de un problema nacido al calor de la revolución que llevó a la independencia: ¿qué es derecho?

Aren't you a lucky child?

This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages.

This book explores the political, legal, medical, and social battles that led to the widespread institutionalization of Californians with disabilities from the gold rush to the 1970s.

This 2006 book draws on contemporary legal thinking to present a model of the legal system of classical Athens.

En diálogo crítico con el canon exegético de clave iusnaturalista dominante en la interpretación de la tragedia <>, se plantea este libro comprenderla en su contexto histórico-hermenéutico y literario, desde su inserción en el conjunto del teatro de Sófocles y de los otros poetas trágicos, para depurar el original de las adherencias espurias con que aquella tradición exegética lo ha recubierto y así poder elucidar el significado real de la presupuesta superioridad de las <> invocadas por Antígona contra la isonomía de la pólis, pues esta "cisura de Antígona" deja planteado el curso histórico-filosófico del iusnaturalismo.

Originally published in 1951, The British Police describes the different types of police force, the powers and functions of local police authorities, the ways in which control from the centre is exercised, and the effect of the Local Government Boundary Commission's proposals on police areas at the time.

Originally published in 1951, The British Police describes the different types of police force, the powers and functions of local police authorities, the ways in which control from the centre is exercised, and the effect of the Local Government Boundary Commission's proposals on police areas at the time.

This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire, uniting separate historiographies on poverty, childhood, global expansion, forced migration, bound labor, and law.

This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire, uniting separate historiographies on poverty, childhood, global expansion, forced migration, bound labor, and law.

The shocking behind-the-scenes story of the trial of Britain's infamous serial killer-and how he almost got away with murder.

Comprehensive study of the early modern inns of court, based on original sources, now revised and updated with recent scholarship.

Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives.

Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives.

The "e;Long Middle Ages"e; indicates a span of time extending from Antiquity, across the Middle Ages, to the Early Modern period.

Comprehensive study of the early modern inns of court, based on original sources, now revised and updated with recent scholarship.

A compelling examination of interposition as a constitutional tool that states use to monitor the federal government and organize resistance.

Originally published in 1990, Comparative Policing Issues was the first introductory text to consider key issues in the policing of modern societies from an international, comparative perspective.

This book examines treasure law and practice from the rise of the new science of archaeology in the early Victorian period to the present day.