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Before Eminent Domain: Toward a History of Expropriation of Land for the Common Good by Susan Reynolds 9781469622194
RRP: $51.37$48.78In this concise history of expropriation of land for the common good in Europe and North America from medieval times to 1800, Susan Reynolds contextualizes the history of an important legal doctrine regarding the relationship between government and the... -
Pronounced for Doom: Early Scots Law Tales by John P. Grant 9781904968658
RRP: $30.86$27.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904968658Author John P. GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Avizandum Publishing LtdPublisher Avizandum Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm... -
Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancient Regime by John H. Langbein
RRP: $44.60$42.63"In Torture and the Law of Proof", John H. Langbein explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times until well into the eighteenth century. Drawing on... -
Supreme Court Decisions: Civic Classics Book 6 by Feinman, Jay M
RRP: $25.73$16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143121992Author Richard BeemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 108mm... -
Roe: The History of a National Obsession by Mary Ziegler
$34.31The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history "Ziegler sets a brisk pace but delivers substantial depth. . . . A must-read for those seeking to understand what comes next... -
Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case by Allen Weinstein
RRP: $42.80$36.47Although almost a half-century has passed since the jury at Alger Hiss's second trial pronounced him guilty of perjury, the case remains controversial and the verdict leaves questions unanswered. The case has continued to make headlines and attract... -
Courts on Trial by Jerome Frank 9780691027555
RRP: $111.49$107.22CONTENTS: I. The Needless Mystery of Court House Government. II. Fights and Rights. III. Facts Are Guesses. IV. Modern Legal Magic. V. Wizards and Lawyers. VI. The "Fight" Theory versus the "Truth" Theory. VII. The Procedural Reformers. VIII. The Jury... -
Britain's Mandate in Palestine: A Legal Charade that spawned a century of conflict by John Quigley 9781839984631
RRP: $137.22$128.96Analysis of Britain's role in Palestine has proceeded on the assumption that Britain was lawfully in control of the territory. Analysts differ on whether what it did was proper, but they agree that Britain had a lawful mandate and that through the League... -
Networks and Connections in Legal History by Michael Lobban
RRP: $171.53$146.42Network and Connections in Legal History examines networks of lawyers, legislators and litigators, and how they shaped legal development in Britain and the world. It explores how particular networks of lawyers - from Scotland to East Florida and India -... -
Britain and International Law in West Africa: The Practice of Empire by Inge Van Hulle
RRP: $166.38$151.34Africa often remains neglected in studies that discuss the historical relationship between international law and imperialism during the nineteenth century. When it does feature, focus tends to be on the Scramble for Africa, and the treaties concluded... -
From Match Fixing to Murder: 101 Sporting Encounters with the Law by Ian Hewitt 9781909534544
RRP: $22.28$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909534544Author Ian HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd -
English Legal Histories by Ian Ward
$185.68English Legal Histories is an exciting and innovative approach to the study of English law. Written in an accessible style intended for students as well as a broader audience, it takes the reader beyond the narrower confines of legal doctrines and cases,... -
Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan by Samantha Barbas
RRP: $42.88$32.90"A heroic narrative."-One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023"A detailed examination of . . . the landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision that defined libel laws and increased protections for journalists."-The New York Times Book ReviewA deeply... -
Continuity, Influences and Integration in Scottish Legal History: Select Essays of David Sellar by Hector L. MacQueen 9781474488778
RRP: $51.44$41.44Brings together 15 principal essays by David Sellar (1941 2019), reflecting his pioneering contribution to Scottish legal history Groups essays into topics, covering Celtic law and institutions, the influence of Canon and English law across a wide... -
The Neoliberal Republic: Corporate Lawyers, Statecraft, and the Making of Public-Private France by Antoine Vauchez
RRP: $37.72$32.23The Neoliberal Republic traces the corrosive effects of the revolving door between public service and private enrichment on the French state and its ability to govern and regulate the private sector. Casting a piercing light on this circulation of... -
Sir John Fortescue and the Governance of England by Margaret Kekewich
RRP: $137.22$133.12The first comprehensive biography of arguably the most important political thinker of fifteenth-century England. Sir John Fortescue was arguably the most important political thinker of fifteenth-century England. Rising from relative obscurity to... -
Constructing the Family: Marriage and Work in Nineteenth-Century English Law by Luke Taylor 9781487546526
$108.49In nineteenth-century England, legal conceptions of work and family changed in fundamental ways. Notably, significant legal moves came into play that changed the legal understanding of the family. Constructing the Family examines the evolution of the... -
The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--And Changed the History of Free Speech in America by Thomas Healy 9781250058690
RRP: $41.17$28.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250058690Author Thomas HealyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm * 25mm -
E Pluribus Unum: How the Common Law Helped Unify and Liberate Colonial America, 1607-1776 by William E. Nelson
RRP: $56.59$52.56The colonies that comprised pre-revolutionary America had thirteen legal systems and governments. Given their diversity, how did they evolve into a single nation? In E Pluribus Unum, the eminent legal historian William E. Nelson explains how this diverse... -
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde: The First Uncensored Transcript of the Trial of Oscar Wilde Vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895 by Merlin Holland 9780007158058
RRP: $34.29$23.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780007158058Author Merlin HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Fourth Estate LtdPublisher HarperCollins Publishers -
Wrongful Damage to Property in Roman Law: British Perspectives by Paul J Du Plessis
RRP: $49.73$45.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474454704Author Paul J Du PlessisFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)... -
A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi-Looted Art by Nicholas M. O'Donnell 9781634257336
$73.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634257336Author Nicholas M. O'DonnellFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint American Bar AssociationPublisher American Bar Association -
Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany by Douglas G. Morris
RRP: $53.16$39.19The Jewish leftist lawyer Ernst Fraenkel was one of twentieth-century Germany's great intellectuals. During the Weimar Republic he was a shrewd constitutional theorist for the Social Democrats and in post-World War II Germany a respected political... -
Constitutionalism: Ancient & Modern by Charles Howard McIlwain 9780865976962
$17.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865976962Author Charles Howard McIlwainFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 310g -
John Lennon vs. the U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History by Leon Wildes 9781634254267
RRP: $36.00$33.59At a time when the hottest issue in US immigration law is the proposed action by President Obama to protect from deportation as many as 5 million illegals in the United States, the 1972 John Lennon deportation case takes on special relevance today,... -
Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court by Paul Finkelman 9780674051218
RRP: $53.09$41.05The three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War-Chief Justices John Marshall and Roger B. Taney and Associate Justice Joseph Story-upheld the institution of slavery in ruling after ruling. These opinions cast a shadow over the Court... -
The Spaces of Justice: The Architecture of the Scottish Court by Peter Robson 9781683930884
RRP: $138.94$128.49This book looks at the architecture of the courts in Scotland and the importance of these civic spaces. Given the importance of courts to the legal experience it starts by exploring why scholars have been so reticent in examining spaces in which the... -
Blackstone and his Commentaries: Biography, Law, History by Wilfrid Prest 9781849466424
$56.18Among the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) is currently attracting renewed scholarly interest. Whilst the Commentaries no longer dominate legal education, they... -
Contract Before the Enlightenment: The Ideas of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 by Dr Stephen Bogle
RRP: $154.38$139.93Contract Before the Enlightenment represents a fresh investigation of what was then a ground-breaking approach to the law of contract written by James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair (1619-1695), lauded by some as the founding father of Scots law. As a... -
Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers: Lives in the Law by Jill Norgren 9781479865963
RRP: $137.22$117.28The captivating story of how a diverse group of women, including Janet Reno and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, broke the glass ceiling and changed the modern legal profession In Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers, award-winning legal historian Jill... -
Canadian Criminal Law in Ten Cases by Martin L. Friedland 9781487560201
RRP: $48.01$42.80Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
History of Law in Albania: Bibliography of Legal Research by Argita Malltezi 9783205220084
$127.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783205220084Author Argita MallteziFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Bohlau VerlagPublisher Bohlau Verlag -
Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547 by Laura Flannigan 9781009371360
RRP: $145.80$145.73The dawn of the Tudor regime is one of most recognisable periods of English history. Yet the focus on its monarchs' private lives and ministers' constitutional reforms creates the impression that this age's major developments were isolated to halls of... -
Privatization and Its Discontents: Infrastructure, Law, and American Democracy by Matthew Titolo 9781108468763
$61.82In Privatization and Its Discontents, Matthew Titolo situates the contemporary debate over infrastructure in the long history of public–private governance in the United States. Titolo begins with Adam Smith's arguments about public works and explores... -
Vernacular Law: Writing and the Reinvention of Customary Law in Medieval France by Ada Maria Kuskowski 9781009217897
$163.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009217897Author Ada Maria KuskowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 429Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
Privatization and Its Discontents: Infrastructure, Law, and American Democracy by Matthew Titolo 9781108475679
$205.84In Privatization and Its Discontents, Matthew Titolo situates the contemporary debate over infrastructure in the long history of public–private governance in the United States. Titolo begins with Adam Smith's arguments about public works and explores... -
Networks and Connections in Legal History by Michael Lobban 9781108796637
$52.03Network and Connections in Legal History examines networks of lawyers, legislators and litigators, and how they shaped legal development in Britain and the world. It explores how particular networks of lawyers - from Scotland to East Florida and India -... -
The Making of South African Legal Culture 1902-1936: Fear, Favour and Prejudice by Martin Chanock 9780521032971
$99.25The development of the South African legal system in the early twentieth century was crucial to the establishment and maintenance of the systems which underpinned the racist state, including control of the population, the running of the economy, and the... -
Two Forms of Conservatism: Judicial Reasoning in New York Courts, 1860-1920 by William E. Nelson 9780700636648
RRP: $92.63$77.14The period between 1860 and 1920—inclusive of the Gilded Age and much of the Lochner era in legal history—is typically regarded as the heyday of conservative jurisprudence. According to this received wisdom, conservative judges and much of the legal... -
Gitlow v. New York: Every Idea an Incitement by Mark Lendler 9780700618750
RRP: $128.65$103.84In 1919 American Communist Party member Benjamin Gitlow was arrested for distributing a ""Left Wing Manifesto,"" a publication inspired by the Russian Revolution. He was charged with violating New York's Criminal Anarchy Law of 1902,...