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Paperback. A group biography of the relationship between FDR and four of his Supreme Court justices: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Robert Jackson, and William O. Douglas, written by one of the most brilliant legal scholars at work today. Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 pages of b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446699280
- ISBN
- 9780446699280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.93
€ 18.99
€ 17.93
Hardback. The constitutional theorist Owen Fiss explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through a moving account of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. He tries to identify the unique qualities of mind and character that made these individuals so important to the institutions and principles they served. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971868
- ISBN
- 9780674971868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.89
€ 47.99
€ 39.89
Hardcover. Laszlo Bardossy, the Hungarian prime minister who proclaimed war against the Soviet Union and was later executed as a war criminal, remains a controversial figure. Pal Pritz offers readers a rare, balanced interpretation of his life, along with documents from his postwar trial. Num Pages: 230 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; JWXK; LAZ; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335492
- ISBN
- 9780880335492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Offers a study of the Russian bar (advokatura) that provides a portrait of how, after the USSR's collapse, practising lawyers called advocates began to assume new, self-defined roles as contributors to legal reform and defenders of rights in Russia. It is useful for specialists on Russia, post-communism, human rights, and legal studies. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; LAQ; LAZ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811637
- ISBN
- 9780774811637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.04
€ 40.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and best-known legal text of ancient India. A seminal Hindu work, it is important for its classic description of the many social institutions which have come to be identified with Indian society. Patrick Olivelle's lucid translation is the first to be based on his critically edited text. Translator(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555338
- ISBN
- 9780199555338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.04
€ 18.99
€ 15.04
Hardback. Series: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRG; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 261 x 36. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179560
- ISBN
- 9780231179560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.99€ 72.26
€ 87.99
€ 72.26
Hardcover. Offers persuasive research to show that the almost universally accepted narrative of market failure - broadly similar across financial crises - is formulated by political actors hoping to deflect blame from prior policy errors. It shows that lax regulation was not a substantial cause of the financial problems of the Great Depression. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 halftone, 7 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: LAZ; LND; LNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226236513
- ISBN
- 9780226236513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Paperback. "Taming Alabama" focuses on persons and groups who sought to bring about reforms in the political, legal, and social worlds of Alabama. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356019
- ISBN
- 9780817356019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
Paperback. How did the US judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges once vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law, constitutionalism, and liberal democracy? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226100609
- ISBN
- 9780226100609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
Paperback. Paperback edition. The Roman Law of Obligations presents a series of lectures delivered by the late Peter Birks as an introductory course in Roman law. Discovered in complete manuscript form following his death, the lectures are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Descheemaeker, Eric. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: LAFR; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719281
- ISBN
- 9780198719281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.53
€ 77.53
Hardcover. The first full-length account of Scotland's major change from burial to cremation Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- John Donald Short Run Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906566791
- ISBN
- 9781906566791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615926
- ISBN
- 9780700615926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.68
€ 41.68
Hardcover. Beginning with the invention of writing, continuing with the mass production of identical copies of legal texts brought about by the printing press, and ending with a discussion of computers and the Internet, this title traces the journey of contracts, wills, statutes, judicial opinions, and other legal texts through the past and into the future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226803067
- ISBN
- 9780226803067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.52
€ 63.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; LAZ; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- revised edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146470
- ISBN
- 9780231146470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. The Company-State offers a political and intellectual history of the English East India Company in the century before its acquisition of territorial power. It argues the Company was no mere merchant, but a form of early modern, colonial state and sovereign that laid the foundations for the British Empire in India. Num Pages: 316 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTQ; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199930364
- ISBN
- 9780199930364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. America is run by dead people-leaders from past generations who enacted programmes that churn ahead regardless of waste, irrelevance or new priorities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; LAZ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393082821
- ISBN
- 9780393082821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.55
€ 25.99
€ 22.55
Paperback. A Century of Constitutional Reform is a detailed study of the introduction, passage and consequences of major constitutional legislation in the United Kingdom. The book covers legislation enacted since the passage of the Parliament Act 1911, with contributions from leading specialists. Editor(s): Norton, Philip. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LAZ; LND; LNZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338942
- ISBN
- 9781444338942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.94
€ 35.94
Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America: Beamish Murdoch of...
Philip; Osgoode Society Girard
hardcover. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644106
- ISBN
- 9781442644106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
Paperback. While Brown versus Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez versus Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. This title provides a concise account of its legal issues and legacy. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JN; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617197
- ISBN
- 9780700617197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.62
€ 41.62
Paperback. Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 324 pages, 27 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; LAZ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249841
- ISBN
- 9780226249841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 758 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; LAQ; LAZ; LN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 758
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849462730
- ISBN
- 9781849462730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.27€ 52.53
€ 53.27
€ 52.53
Hardcover. Natural-law theory grounds human laws in universal truths of God's creation. The task of the judicial system was to build an edifice of positive law on natural law's foundations. R. H. Helmholz shows how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in the West, and concludes that historically it has advanced the cause of justice. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAM; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504585
- ISBN
- 9780674504585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.40€ 50.03
€ 54.40
€ 50.03
Hardback. This book examines how the French Revolutionaries remade the pre-1789 system of property by removing public power from the sphere of property and excising property from the realm of sovereignty. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTV2; LAZ; LNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199778799
- ISBN
- 9780199778799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.32
€ 164.32
Paperback. Explores the origins, arguments, and impact of "California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians," the 1987 Supreme Court decision that reasserted the unique federally supported sovereignty of Indian nations, opening the door for the explosive growth of Indian casinos over the next two decades. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617784
- ISBN
- 9780700617784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.91
€ 41.91