Systems of law: Roman law

In times in which, in view of tremendous currents of migration, there is controversy over relations towards foreign law - such as the law involving marriage to minors - it is worth taking a look back at history.

This important collection of essays is at the cutting edge of contemporary research on Roman law, comparative law, and legal history.

The delict of iniuria is among the most sophisticated products of the Roman legal tradition.

The delict of iniuria is among the most sophisticated products of the Roman legal tradition.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

This edited collection presents an interesting and original series of essays on the roles of principle and pragmatism in Roman private law.

This edited collection presents an interesting and original series of essays on the roles of principle and pragmatism in Roman private law.

This monograph makes a seminal contribution to existing literature on the importance of Roman law in the development of political thought in Europe.

This monograph makes a seminal contribution to existing literature on the importance of Roman law in the development of political thought in Europe.

Building Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law.

Building Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law.

Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy is an original collection of texts exemplifying medieval Italian jurisprudence, known as the ius commune.

Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy is an original collection of texts exemplifying medieval Italian jurisprudence, known as the ius commune.

Wounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada.

Wounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada.

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France's first trial for crimes against humanity.

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France's first trial for crimes against humanity.

Born in Ireland in 1879, W.

Born in Ireland in 1879, W.

From the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s, Canada was in a state of ongoing political crisis.

From the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s, Canada was in a state of ongoing political crisis.

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J.

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J.

Picturing Punishment examines representations of criminal bodies as they moved in, through, and out of publicly accessible spaces in the city during punishment rituals in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic.

Award winning author Gregory S.

Award winning author Gregory S.

In Staging the Trials of Modernism, Dale Barleben explores the interactions among literature, cultural studies, and the law through detailed analyses of select British modern writers including Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and James Joyce.

In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common.

The social historian, searching for the basis of a culture, often turns to a study of ordinary people.

Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day.

Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this important new volume provides a comprehensive history of the institution, Canada's oldest common law court.

John Beverley Robinson (1791-1863) was one of Upper Canada's foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling elite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands.

This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government.

Roman Law: An Introduction offers a clear and accessible introduction to Roman law for students of any legal tradition.