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Paperback. The Federalist Papers comprise eighty-five essays written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution of the United States in 1787-8. Written by key players in the American Revolution, they made a case for a new, united nation. They are the most important work of political thought to have come out of America. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192805928
- ISBN
- 9780192805928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.45
€ 16.99
€ 13.45
Digital (delivered electronically). The book explores in detail how the role and position of the United States was defined under the Obama presidency and how the conduct of U.S. foreign and security policy between 2009 and 2014 both confirmed and contested a geopolitical vision of world leadership and American exceptionalism that dominates in popular culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 black and white illustrations, black and white line art. BIC Classification: HB; HDDM; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402293
- ISBN
- 9781474402293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.30€ 103.28
€ 107.30
€ 103.28
Paperback. Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constitution, but the story began decades before the delegates met in Philadelphia. This book traces the history of American federal thought. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JPF; JPHC; LAZ; LNDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062030
- ISBN
- 9780674062030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99
€ 48.99
paperback. This book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions. Num Pages: 260 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Edition
- 1.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521188517
- ISBN
- 9780521188517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
paperback. Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776592
- ISBN
- 9780804776592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611487916
- ISBN
- 9781611487916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.02
€ 93.02
Hardback. Drawing on case files and newspapers accounts of women's confrontations with the law in the Toronto Women's Police Court, Feminized Justice offers a multifaceted portrait of women, crime, and courts in early twentieth-century Toronto. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSJ1; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774817110
- ISBN
- 9780774817110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Hardback. Fragile Settlements compares the historical processes through which British colonial authority was asserted over Indigenous people in southwest Australia and prairie Canada from the 1830s to the early twentieth century. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 672 pages, 14 photographs, 3 maps, 2 charts, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774830881
- ISBN
- 9780774830881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. Revised and updated for the first time in fifty years, this new edition of a classic text of international law provides the ideal introduction to the field for students and scholars alike. It introduces the key themes and ideas within international law in concise, clear language, building on Brierly's idea that law must serve a social purpose. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; LAZ; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199657940
- ISBN
- 9780199657940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.45
€ 87.45
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; LAT; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697397
- ISBN
- 9780748697397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.35
€ 210.35
Paperback. The roots of Scots law can be traced to the 1100s. How and why did that law come into being? How was it used in dispute resolution during the medieval and early modern periods? And how did its authority develop over the centuries? This volume explores such questions, introducing readers to the history of the Scottish legal system. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; LAZ; LR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697403
- ISBN
- 9780748697403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46€ 52.21
€ 52.46
€ 52.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; LAQ; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138910676
- ISBN
- 9781138910676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. The authors bring their unrivalled interpretative skills to uncover the original meaning of the liberties enshrined in Magna Carta, and to trace their development in later centuries up to the drafting of the Constitution of the United States. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849465564
- ISBN
- 9781849465564
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Condition: New
€ 77.49€ 70.27
€ 77.49
€ 70.27
Paperback. Tells the story of how free-speech rights were created in five distinct areas: political speech, artistic expression, libel, commercial speech and unusual forms of expression such as t-shirts and campaign spending. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LAZ; LNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 243.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465018192
- ISBN
- 9780465018192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.41
€ 25.41
Paperback. Aron Zysow's 1984 PhD dissertation, 'The Economy of Certainty,' remains the most important treatment of Islamic legal theory in Western scholarship. It continues to be widely read and cited, and is published here in full with updated references, further reflections by the author, and with the addition of a nine-page Foreword by Robert Gleave. Series: Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: LAFS; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040093
- ISBN
- 9781937040093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.19
€ 43.19
Paperback. Based on Supreme Court archives, the personal papers of justices and other figures at the Supreme Court, and interviews and written surveys with 150 former clerks, this title offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a law clerk, and how it has evolved since its nineteenth-century beginnings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 figures, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794203
- ISBN
- 9780814794203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 black and white photos; 3 maps; 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066823
- ISBN
- 9780674066823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.01€ 46.60
€ 50.01
€ 46.60
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins of public international law. It comprehensively analyses the modern history of international law from a global perspective, and examines the lives of those who were most responsible for shaping it. Editor(s): Fassbender, Bardo; Peters, Anne; Peter, Simone. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTS; LAZ; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198725220
- ISBN
- 9780198725220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.75
€ 81.75
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford Law Books United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757140
- ISBN
- 9780804757140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.41
€ 87.41
Paperback. Reassessing the relationship between English literature and law from More to Shakespeare and Webster, the author shows that where literary texts attend to jurisdiction, they dramatize how boundaries and limits are the very precondition of law's power. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061542
- ISBN
- 9780226061542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 341 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS; LAZ; LNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226378565
- ISBN
- 9780226378565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Borderline Crime: Fugitive Criminals and the Challenge of the Border, ...
Bradley The Osgoode Society; Miller
hardcover. Borderline Crime examines how law reacted to the challenge of the border in British North America and post-Confederation Canada.Miller also reveals how the law remained confused, amorphous, and often ineffectual at confronting the threat of the border to the rule of law. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501273
- ISBN
- 9781487501273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Paperback. Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack, and insolvency was seen merely as an economic setback. This work focuses on this crucial transformation in early American society. Num Pages: 358 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032415
- ISBN
- 9780674032415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Hardcover. This collection gathers together the most important articles written by the pioneering historian of international law, C.H. Alexandrowicz. The essays shed new light on the development of international law, and particularly the influence of States outside the West. Editor(s): Pitts, Jennifer; Armitage, David. Series: The History and Theory of International Law. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198766070
- ISBN
- 9780198766070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.72
€ 174.72