Legal history

Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself.

Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself.

For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States.

For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States.

Among the best-known and most esteemed people known from antiquity is the Babylonian king Hammurabi.

Among the best-known and most esteemed people known from antiquity is the Babylonian king Hammurabi.

In 1907, William Jennings Bryan described the proposed constitution for Oklahoma as "e;The best constitution in the United States today.

In 1907, William Jennings Bryan described the proposed constitution for Oklahoma as "e;The best constitution in the United States today.

It can be said that western literature begins with a war story, the Iliad; and that this is true too of many non-Western literary traditions, such as the Mahabharata.

It can be said that western literature begins with a war story, the Iliad; and that this is true too of many non-Western literary traditions, such as the Mahabharata.

This book discusses the revolutionary broadening of concepts of freedom of press and freedom of speech in Great Britain and in America in the late eighteenth century, in the period that produced state declarations of rights and then the First Amendment and Fox's Libel Act.

This book discusses the revolutionary broadening of concepts of freedom of press and freedom of speech in Great Britain and in America in the late eighteenth century, in the period that produced state declarations of rights and then the First Amendment and Fox's Libel Act.

Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism is an in-depth study of Justice Antonin Scalia's jurisprudence, his work on the Supreme Court, and his significance in the history of American constitutionalism.

Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism is an in-depth study of Justice Antonin Scalia's jurisprudence, his work on the Supreme Court, and his significance in the history of American constitutionalism.

Although less than fifty words long, the meaning of the seemingly simple Eleventh Amendment has troubled the Supreme Court at crucial points in American history and continues to spur sharp debate in present-day courts.

In writing the constitution, the Founders combined a Lockean theory of politically legitimate power with the political science they had learned from Machiavelli, Harrington, Hume, and Montesquieu to articulate a new conception of constitutional argument.

The 19th century saw dramatic changes in the legal education system in the United States.

From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation.

In the last twenty years, the veil of secrecy surrounding the workings of the United States Supreme Court has been lifted.

A judge-made revolution?

A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations.

Gender and the Jubilee is a bold reconceptualization of black freedom during the Civil War that uncovers the political and constitutional claims made by African American women.

Compulsory education has always been in the best interest of the state, as it fosters good citizenship and self-sufficiency.

Ancien regime France did not have a unified law.

Ancien regime France did not have a unified law.

In medieval Italy the practice of revenge as criminal justice was still popular amongst members of all social classes, yet crime also was increasingly perceived as a public matter that needed to be dealt with by the government rather than private citizens.

Customary international law is one of the principal sources of public international law.

Customary international law is one of the principal sources of public international law.

In medieval Italy the practice of revenge as criminal justice was still popular amongst members of all social classes, yet crime also was increasingly perceived as a public matter that needed to be dealt with by the government rather than private citizens.

Along with treaties, custom is one of the sources of international law.

Along with treaties, custom is one of the sources of international law.

At the beginning of 2015, the Court of Justice opened its archives, which created a new and challenging primary source for those studying the Court of Justice: the dossiers de procedure which contain much more than the contemporary documents published by the Court.

At the beginning of 2015, the Court of Justice opened its archives, which created a new and challenging primary source for those studying the Court of Justice: the dossiers de procedure which contain much more than the contemporary documents published by the Court.

This book poses a question that is deceptive in its simplicity: could international law have been otherwise?

This book poses a question that is deceptive in its simplicity: could international law have been otherwise?

This volume on the law of the European Union focuses on contemporary challenges to EU legality.

This volume on the law of the European Union focuses on contemporary challenges to EU legality.

This microhistory reconstructs and analyses a protracted legal dispute over a small parcel of land called Warrens Court in Nibley, Gloucestershire, which was contested between successive generations of two families from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century.

This microhistory reconstructs and analyses a protracted legal dispute over a small parcel of land called Warrens Court in Nibley, Gloucestershire, which was contested between successive generations of two families from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century.

To what extent did English law facilitate trade before the advent of general incorporation and modern securities law?

Africa often remains neglected in studies that discuss the historical relationship between international law and imperialism during the nineteenth century.

Africa often remains neglected in studies that discuss the historical relationship between international law and imperialism during the nineteenth century.

The second volume in this series explores the evolution of administrative laws in Europe to better understand the foundations of EU institutions, focusing on the period of 1890-1910.

The second volume in this series explores the evolution of administrative laws in Europe to better understand the foundations of EU institutions, focusing on the period of 1890-1910.

The history of war is also a history of its justification.

The history of war is also a history of its justification.

This volume sheds light on how lawyers have made sense of, engaged in, and shaped international politics over the past three hundred years.

Custom, Common Law, and the Constitution of English Renaissance Literature argues that, ironically, custom was a supremely generative literary force for a range of Renaissance writers.

Custom, Common Law, and the Constitution of English Renaissance Literature argues that, ironically, custom was a supremely generative literary force for a range of Renaissance writers.

Gabriela A.