Systems of law

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.

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022 provides a detailed and accessible commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation.

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022 provides a detailed and accessible commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation.

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.

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.

A sound understanding of legal professional privilege provides practitioners with a strategic advantage not to be underestimated.

A sound understanding of legal professional privilege provides practitioners with a strategic advantage not to be underestimated.

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

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

Pleadings Without Tears has become established as one of the most successful books on practical legal drafting in the context of litigation.

Pleadings Without Tears has become established as one of the most successful books on practical legal drafting in the context of litigation.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the court of final appeal for jurisdictions including the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the court of final appeal for jurisdictions including the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council.

The growing economic and political significance of Asia has exposed a tension in the modern international order.

The growing economic and political significance of Asia has exposed a tension in the modern international order.

Contempt of court has been aptly described as the Proteus of the legal world, assuming an almost infinite diversity of forms.

Contempt of court has been aptly described as the Proteus of the legal world, assuming an almost infinite diversity of forms.

This work explores the relationship between Bentham's utilitarian practical philosophy and his positivist jurisprudence.

This work explores the relationship between Bentham's utilitarian practical philosophy and his positivist jurisprudence.

The essays in this volume offer a reassessment of Jeremy Bentham's strikingly original legal philosophy.