Sources of law: case law, precedent

Landmark Cases in Land Law is the sixth volume in the Landmark Cases series of collected essays on leading cases (previous volumes in the series having covered Restitution, Contract, Tort, Equity and Family Law).

Landmark Cases in Land Law is the sixth volume in the Landmark Cases series of collected essays on leading cases (previous volumes in the series having covered Restitution, Contract, Tort, Equity and Family Law).

The past two hundred years have seen the transformation of public international law from a rule-based extrusion of diplomacy into a fully-fledged legal system.

The past two hundred years have seen the transformation of public international law from a rule-based extrusion of diplomacy into a fully-fledged legal system.

This volume explores the nature of intellectual property law by looking at particular disputes.

This volume explores the nature of intellectual property law by looking at particular disputes.

Criminal cases raise difficult normative and legal questions, and are often a consequence of compelling human drama.

Criminal cases raise difficult normative and legal questions, and are often a consequence of compelling human drama.

The purpose of Granville Sharpe's Cases on Slavery is twofold: first, to publish previously unpublished legal materials principally in three important cases in the 18th century on the issue of slavery in England, and specifically the status of black people who were slaves in the American colonies or the West Indies and who were taken to England by their masters.

Landmark Cases in Property Law explores the development of basic principles of property law in leading cases.

Landmark Cases in Property Law explores the development of basic principles of property law in leading cases.

The clergy abuse scandal has posed the greatest threat to the traditional understanding of the Catholic priesthood since the Protestant Reformation.

The period 1792-94 witnessed the emergence of the first genuinely popular radical movement in Britain.

This book contains a series of essays discussing the uses of precedent as a source of law and a basis for legal arguments in nine different legal systems, representing a variety of legal traditions.

This book contains a series of essays discussing the uses of precedent as a source of law and a basis for legal arguments in nine different legal systems, representing a variety of legal traditions.

A reprint of the Little, Brown edition of 1943.

A reprint of the Little, Brown edition of 1943.

Property Rights: From Magna Carta to the Fourteenth Amendment breaks new ground in our understanding of the genesis of property rights in the United States.

Property Rights: From Magna Carta to the Fourteenth Amendment breaks new ground in our understanding of the genesis of property rights in the United States.

This book contains edited versions of thirty British legal cases involving accounting issues decided from 1849-1888.

This book contains edited versions of thirty British legal cases involving accounting issues decided from 1849-1888.

A concise history of the board in the U.

A concise history of the board in the U.

The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries.

The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries.

A veritable feast of 1,500 quotes from more than 1,000 Supreme Court decisions, this is the first such reference devoted solely to the Supreme Court.

A veritable feast of 1,500 quotes from more than 1,000 Supreme Court decisions, this is the first such reference devoted solely to the Supreme Court.

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to gender and sexual equality from the Court's beginnings in 1787 to the end of the 1999/2000 term.

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to gender and sexual equality from the Court's beginnings in 1787 to the end of the 1999/2000 term.

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to elections and political representation from the Court's beginnings to 2001, including the 2001 decision in Cook v.

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to elections and political representation from the Court's beginnings to 2001, including the 2001 decision in Cook v.

This is a collection of 1500 quotes from more than 1000 Supreme Court decisions.

This is a collection of 1500 quotes from more than 1000 Supreme Court decisions.

First published in 1973.

First published in 1973.

This comprehensive, alphabetical encyclopedia of more than 300 easy-to-read entries is the first resource for anyone who wants reliable information or background material on the significant decisions of the Supreme Court, the history of the Court, the justices (every justice is profiled), the powers of the Court, and how the institution has evolved from its origins to the present.

This comprehensive, alphabetical encyclopedia of more than 300 easy-to-read entries is the first resource for anyone who wants reliable information or background material on the significant decisions of the Supreme Court, the history of the Court, the justices (every justice is profiled), the powers of the Court, and how the institution has evolved from its origins to the present.

At least since plato and Aristotle, thinkers have pondered the relationship between philosophical arguments and the "e;sophistical"e; arguments offered by the Sophists -- who were the first professional lawyers.

At least since plato and Aristotle, thinkers have pondered the relationship between philosophical arguments and the "e;sophistical"e; arguments offered by the Sophists -- who were the first professional lawyers.

The purpose of this book is to provide a clear guide to tort law, examining the main principles and areas of the subject.

The purpose of this book is to provide a clear guide to tort law, examining the main principles and areas of the subject.

This book can be used together with the European Human Rights Case Locator or as a stand-alone volume.

This book can be used together with the European Human Rights Case Locator or as a stand-alone volume.

This book, first published in 1879 and reissued by Garland in 1984, analyses through the evidence from the original trial the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878, and the reasons behind it.

This book, first published in 1879 and reissued by Garland in 1984, analyses through the evidence from the original trial the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878, and the reasons behind it.

First published in 1907, this transcribed text provides insight into the social, economic, legal and political lives of the residents of Late Medieval Coventry.

First published in 1907, this transcribed text provides insight into the social, economic, legal and political lives of the residents of Late Medieval Coventry.

In 1856, the US Supreme Court denied Dred Scott, now free of slavery, his Constitutional rights, solely because he was black.

In 1856, the US Supreme Court denied Dred Scott, now free of slavery, his Constitutional rights, solely because he was black.

First published in 1909 and then again in 1997.