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Paperback. How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152936
ISBN
9780691152936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.70

Hardback. The issue of defining and redefining enmity has been at the heart of constitutional justice since South Korea's change of regime. This book explores how the Constitutional Court of Korea has addressed this challenge, carving the contours of who is included in or excluded from the body politic throughout its jurisprudence. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPHC; JPHV; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137575074
ISBN
9781137575074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138685949
ISBN
9781138685949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: LAZ; LND; LNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1910
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642984815
ISBN
9783642984815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.69

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1928
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1928
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642985027
ISBN
9783642985027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.87

Hardcover. A bold application of economic theory to help provide an understanding of the role that law played in the development of the Roman economy Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115822
ISBN
9780472115822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.11

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kehoe, Dennis; Ratzan, David; Yiftach, Uri. Series: Law and Society in the Ancient World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 tables, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1; KCZ; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119608
ISBN
9780472119608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHL; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479839902
ISBN
9781479839902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK; HBLW; LAT; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226350103
ISBN
9780226350103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. The 1978 decision in TVA v Hill, the Court's first decision interpreting the Endangered Species Act, remains one of the most instructive cases in American environmental law. This work reveals that the snail darter case was just one part of a long struggle over whether the TVA should build the Tellico Dam. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; LAZ; RNKH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615056
ISBN
9780700615056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.86

Hardcover. Should laws apply to everyone, or should some people be exempt because of conflicting religious or moral convictions? Through a close study of several cases, from abortion to taxes, Kent Greenawalt demonstrates how to weigh competing values without losing sight of practical considerations like the difficulty of implementing a specific law. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659872
ISBN
9780674659872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.97
€ 52.81

Hardback. .
Publisher
AMS Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Volume 6
Condition
New
SKU
V9780404628062
ISBN
9780404628062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.91

Paperback. Offers both legal scholars and historians a much-needed framework for analysing the complex and fluid legal politics of empires. Editor(s): Benton, Lauren. Num Pages: 323 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
323
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814708361
ISBN
9780814708361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JPA; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622651
ISBN
9780691622651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JPA; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649412
ISBN
9780691649412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.89
€ 174.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896663
ISBN
9788772896663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.55

Hardback. Lori Chambers' fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921. Editor(s): Chambers, Lori. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; LAZ; LNMK; VFVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487501013
ISBN
9781487501013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Hardback. This Handbook triangulates the disciplines of history, legal history, and literary interpretation to produce a new, interdisciplinary framework for the study of early modern England. Editor(s): Hutson, Lorna. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 800 pages, 12 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199660889
ISBN
9780199660889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.12

paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jagiellonian University Press Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
236
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788323336273
ISBN
9788323336273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Hardcover. Across eighteenth-century China a wide range of common people forged government documents or pretended to be officials or other agents of the state. This examination of case records and law codes traces the legal meanings and social and political contexts of small-time swindles that were punished as grave political transgressions.

Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 maps, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 3 b&w illus., 1 map, 3 tab. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295995090
ISBN
9780295995090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Reveals the ambiguous, often contested nature of marital law, showing that husbands' superior status and wives' dependence were fluid and negotiable Num Pages: 171 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; LAZ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740651
ISBN
9780814740651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Moran, Mary Catherine. BIC Classification: 1DBK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865976184
ISBN
9780865976184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.79

Paperback. Not long after he led the legal team in Brown v Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall aided Kenya's constitutional negotiations, as adversaries battled over rights and land - not with weapons, but with legal arguments. This work tells the story of Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the 1960s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1KBB; HBJH; JPVH1; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152448
ISBN
9780691152448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

hardcover. Tells the story of the remarkable case of Donoghue v Stevenson which represents, perhaps, the greatest contribution made by English and Scottish lawyers to the development of the common law. This title provides biographical sketches of the protagonists and of the great lawyers who were involved in the case. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJG; LAZ; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
189
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854900497
ISBN
9780854900497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

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