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Legal history
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
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Courtroom proceedings offer the thrill of a sporting event and the drama of a stage production as lawyers match wits, grill witnesses, and introduce eleventh-hour elements that may upend the course of a trial. This title features the nation's best court reporters who discuss the most memorable cases over the years. Editor(s): Johnson, Timothy R.; Goldman, Jerry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA; VSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033263
- ISBN
- 9780472033263
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.59
€ 29.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Chronicles the case of a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner. Compellingly details the struggle over his fate and how that became a focal point for national controversy. Reveals how the case became one of the most dramatic and widely publicized events in the long-running conflict over the issue of fugitive slaves. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617364
- ISBN
- 9780700617364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.90
€ 36.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 bw halftones. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH1; LAQG; LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199360451
- ISBN
- 9780199360451
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Condition: New
€ 36.03
€ 36.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195310184
- ISBN
- 9780195310184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Hardcover. A companion volume to "Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier" that takes readers from Mississippi to the frontiers of West Texas, Indian Territory, New Mexico Territory, and finally the frozen Montana wilderness through a series of linked, true-life tales of crimes and trials. Num Pages: 384 pages, 58 B/W photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726376
- ISBN
- 9780896726376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Series: American Liberty & Justice. Num Pages: 384 pages, 59 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729827
- ISBN
- 9780896729827
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Condition: New
€ 21.51
€ 21.51
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340169
- ISBN
- 9780230340169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. A story of fits and starts that provides a chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. It explains how laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; KNDF; LAZ; WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268005
- ISBN
- 9780520268005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.27
€ 31.99
€ 23.27
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
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Condition: New
€ 25.41
€ 25.41
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
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
€ 119.11
Hardback. A wonderfully contextualized, meticulously documented history of Fordham Law School Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNB; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239559
- ISBN
- 9780823239559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. This book looks at the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida, which represents about 1/2 of Florida's population and is one of the busiest courts in the state, interpreting and applying Supreme Court decisions in cases such as the Terry Schaivo "right to die" case. Series: A Florida Quincentennial Book. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; 3JM; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060491
- ISBN
- 9780813060491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.76
€ 24.76
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
Paperback. An exploration of feminist legal history in America, covering two centuries of American history Editor(s): Thomas, Tracy; Boisseau, Tracey Jean. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814787205
- ISBN
- 9780814787205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. How school-aged girls used the legal system to gain access to contact sports Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBS; LAZ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075841
- ISBN
- 9780252075841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Diaz, Jerald. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNCJ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634833103
- ISBN
- 9781634833103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 307.93€ 232.66
€ 307.93
€ 232.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Facts on File, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816081677
- ISBN
- 9780816081677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.69
€ 114.69
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
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
€ 56.36€ 52.81
€ 56.36
€ 52.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jerome Alan; Chen, Fu-mei Chang; Edwards, R. Randle. Series: Studies in East Asian law. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615509
- ISBN
- 9780691615509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.40€ 60.10
€ 76.40
€ 60.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cohen, Jerome Alan; Chen, Fu-mei Chang; Edwards, R. Randle. Series: Studies in East Asian law. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653969
- ISBN
- 9780691653969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.58€ 145.94
€ 191.58
€ 145.94
paperback. This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. Editor(s): Flaherty, David H. Series: Essays in the History of Canadian Law. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613584
- ISBN
- 9781442613584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00€ 66.70
€ 67.00
€ 66.70