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Hardback. Filling an important niche in the study of jurisprudence, The Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence demonstrates that systematic studies based on large samples of cases will yield many insights that were obfuscated by prior efforts that relied on small and self-selected samples. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091598
- ISBN
- 9780802091598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.49
€ 84.49
Paperback. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226296890
- ISBN
- 9780226296890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 26.09
€ 28.00
€ 26.09
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
€ 78.17
€ 78.17
Hardcover. A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393285826
- ISBN
- 9780393285826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.50
€ 27.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Ahmed El Shamsy's The Canonization of Islamic Law is a detailed history of the birth of classical Islamic law. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAFS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781107546073
- ISBN
- 9781107546073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.29
€ 33.29
Hardback. At 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. This book tells the story of this landmark case - John Lennon vs The USA. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; LAZ; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- American Bar Association
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634254267
- ISBN
- 9781634254267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.64
€ 28.64
Paperback. The complex story behind Henry Ford's stunning 1927 apology to the Jews--a statement that was supposed to put an end to his career as a purveyor of hate speech but which ironically kept his name on one of the most widely circulated antisemitic tracts in history. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788670
- ISBN
- 9780804788670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.89
€ 36.99
€ 33.89
Hardcover. The first English translation of a classic of German tort theory, this book analyses the theoretical foundations of tort law in historical and comparative perspective. Focusing on the tensions in modern German tort law, the book explains the historical development of tortious liability, and argues for a foundational role of outcome responsibility. Translator(s): Steel, Sandy. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAM; LAZ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198705055
- ISBN
- 9780198705055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.25
€ 169.25
Paperback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774829205
- ISBN
- 9780774829205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Concise
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415892865
- ISBN
- 9780415892865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 167.68
€ 167.68
Paperback. Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyses these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506955
- ISBN
- 9781137506955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.64
€ 59.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations Throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 201.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812984323
- ISBN
- 9780812984323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.41
€ 18.99
€ 16.41
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
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136042
- ISBN
- 9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 42.10
€ 52.50
€ 42.10
Paperback. In this revisionist history of the development of the modern monetary system, Desan argues that money effectively creates economic activity rather than emerging from it. Her account demonstrates that money's design has been a project central to governance and formative to markets. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: KFFK; LAZ; LNP; LNPD; LNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709589
- ISBN
- 9780198709589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.09
€ 61.09
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
€ 52.50€ 42.70
€ 52.50
€ 42.70
Paperback. Drawing on the rich historical collections of the British Library - including two original copies of Magna Carta from 1215 - the catalogue brings to life the history and contemporary resonance of this globally important document and features treasured artefacts inspired by the rich legacy of Magna Carta Editor(s): Breay, Claire; Harrison, Julian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; AGC; HBJD1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The British Library Publishing Division
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712357630
- ISBN
- 9780712357630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. This is a study of the central role of history in late nineteenth-century American legal thought. Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society. Num Pages: 582 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107425088
- ISBN
- 9781107425088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardcover. Provides a survey of the history and background of Lochner versus New York. This title argues that the decision was well grounded in precedent - and that modern constitutional jurisprudence owes at least as much to the limited-government ideas of Lochner proponents as to the more expansive vision of its Progressive opponents. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043531
- ISBN
- 9780226043531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.67€ 63.26
€ 74.67
€ 63.26
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
€ 36.99€ 29.46
€ 36.99
€ 29.46