Systems of law

How can Muslims be both good citizens of liberal democracies and good Muslims?

Drawing on groundbreaking and overwhelmingly extensive research into local court records, The Common Law in Colonial America proposes a "e;new beginning"e; in the study of colonial legal history, as it charts the course of the common law in Early America, to reveal how the models of law that emerged differed drastically from that of the English common law.

Many legal scholars believe that judges should not be "e;activists.

The extraordinary recent increase in rates of cohabitation and non-marital birth presents a major challenge to traditional family law principles, and the legal rules governing cohabitation are thus among the most hotly contested areas of family law and policy today.

During the past decade, rapid developments in information and communications technology have transformed key social, commercial and political realities.

Canon Law: A Comparative Study with Anglo-American Legal Theory, by the Reverend John J.

A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition.

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual, in its much-anticipated fourth edition, is an indispensable guide for prisoners and prisoner advocates seeking to understand the rights guaranteed to prisoners by law and how to protect those rights.

Judges, courts, and scholars in the United States agree that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, but there is much disagreement about its meaning.

The sexual abuse of children and teens by rogue priests in the U.

Most Americans and Europeans have by now heard of Shariah.

Most Americans and Europeans have by now heard of Shariah.

This volume brings together contextually sensitive, cross-cultural, and comparative research that analyzes the ways in which cause lawyering is influencing, and being influenced by, the disaggregation of state power associated with democratization and globalization.

The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code.

Imperial and Local Citizenship in the Long Second Century CE offers a radical new history of Roman citizenship in the long century before Caracalla's universal grant of citizenship in 212 CE.

Imperial and Local Citizenship in the Long Second Century CE offers a radical new history of Roman citizenship in the long century before Caracalla's universal grant of citizenship in 212 CE.

Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right.

Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right.

We live in a world of one-size-fits-all law.

We live in a world of one-size-fits-all law.

The Rabbis of the first five centuries of the Common Era loom large in the Jewish tradition.

Why do some lawyers devote themselves to a given social movement or political cause?

This study addresses the ius commune's relation to and influence on English law.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

This volume was developed as part of a cooperative project of the European Law Institute (ELI) and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit), dealing with civil procedure law.

Civil Procedure Rules at 20 is a collection of presentations and papers to mark the 20th anniversary of the CPR coming into force, many of which were delivered orally at the CPR at 20 Conference at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, at Mansfield College, Oxford, in 2019.

Civil Procedure Rules at 20 is a collection of presentations and papers to mark the 20th anniversary of the CPR coming into force, many of which were delivered orally at the CPR at 20 Conference at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, at Mansfield College, Oxford, in 2019.

This collection of essays explores the evolution of anti-discrimination law in European civil law jurisdictions.

This collection of essays explores the evolution of anti-discrimination law in European civil law jurisdictions.

The colonization policies of Ancient Rome followed a range of legal arrangements concerning property distribution and state formation, documented in fragmented textual and epigraphic sources.

The colonization policies of Ancient Rome followed a range of legal arrangements concerning property distribution and state formation, documented in fragmented textual and epigraphic sources.

Priests of the Law tells the story of the first people in the history of the common law to think of themselves as legal professionals.

Priests of the Law tells the story of the first people in the history of the common law to think of themselves as legal professionals.

Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement considers the relationship between Augustine's account of God's judgment and his theology of grace in his early works.

Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement considers the relationship between Augustine's account of God's judgment and his theology of grace in his early works.

Reading Max Weber's Sociology of Law serves both as an introduction and as a distillation of more than thirty years of reading and reflection on Weber's scholarship.

Reading Max Weber's Sociology of Law serves both as an introduction and as a distillation of more than thirty years of reading and reflection on Weber's scholarship.

This volume assembles leading scholars to examine how their respective theoretical positions relate to the artifactual nature of law.

This volume assembles leading scholars to examine how their respective theoretical positions relate to the artifactual nature of law.

Religions are a problem for human rights, and human rights are a problem for religions.

In this new book, Aruna Nair sets out her arguments for a re-evaluation of the law of tracing.

In this new book, Aruna Nair sets out her arguments for a re-evaluation of the law of tracing.

Despite the centrality of the contributory negligence doctrine in practice, almost nothing is known about how it functions in reality.

Despite the centrality of the contributory negligence doctrine in practice, almost nothing is known about how it functions in reality.

It is an unfortunate but unavoidable feature of even well-ordered democratic societies that governmental administrative agencies often create legitimate expectations (procedural or substantive) on the part of non-governmental agents (individual citizens, groups, businesses, organizations, institutions, and instrumentalities) but find themselves unable to fulfil those expectations for reasons of justice, the public interest, severe financial constraints, and sometimes harsh political realities.

It is an unfortunate but unavoidable feature of even well-ordered democratic societies that governmental administrative agencies often create legitimate expectations (procedural or substantive) on the part of non-governmental agents (individual citizens, groups, businesses, organizations, institutions, and instrumentalities) but find themselves unable to fulfil those expectations for reasons of justice, the public interest, severe financial constraints, and sometimes harsh political realities.

Ecclesiastical Law has established itself as the leading authority on the laws of the Church of England.

Ecclesiastical Law has established itself as the leading authority on the laws of the Church of England.

This book offers a new theoretical perspective on the thought of the great fifteenth-century Egyptian polymath, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d.