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Hardcover. When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050402
- ISBN
- 9780674050402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Paperback. When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659988
- ISBN
- 9780674659988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Hardback. Posits that legal history has become highly specialized, while mainstream political and social historians frequently ignore cases that figure prominently in the legal literature. The author makes a start at remedying the situation with a series of essays that reintegrate legal with political and social history. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928616
- ISBN
- 9780813928616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.45
€ 88.45
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
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardcover. Editor(s): Zekos, Georgios I. Num Pages: 715 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 715
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624179419
- ISBN
- 9781624179419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 388.61€ 267.17
€ 388.61
€ 267.17
paperback. Num Pages: 18 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Rota United Kingdom
- Edition
- Facsimile of 1649 ed
- Number of pages
- 18
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904617122
- ISBN
- 9780904617122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.95
€ 6.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 802 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 802
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978072
- ISBN
- 9780865978072
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Condition: New
€ 24.47
€ 24.47
Hardcover. An examination of how Muslim scholars from four schools of law and theology debate the ethical issues that coercion generates when considering a person's moral agency and responsibility in cases of speech acts, rape, and murder. It proposes a new model for analyzing ethical thought and compares Islamic with Western thought on the same cases. Series: Oxford Islamic Legal Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAFS; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788775
- ISBN
- 9780198788775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.39
€ 166.39
Hardback. Editor(s): Hunter, Emma. Series: Cambridge Centre of African Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPA; JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821422564
- ISBN
- 9780821422564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
paperback. Originally published in 2007 by Pearson. Series Editor(s): Pontell, Henry N. Num Pages: 104 pages, 4. BIC Classification: JKV; LAFC; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 144 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190215248
- ISBN
- 9780190215248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.14
€ 53.14
Paperback.
- Publisher
- LexisNexis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405755887
- ISBN
- 9781405755887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.04
€ 47.99
€ 46.04
Paperback. Takes a fresh look at the Supreme Court's controversial and much-debated stances on capital punishment - in the landmark case of Furman versus Georgia. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFMC; JN; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617111
- ISBN
- 9780700617111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Hardback. This history of American contract law argues that late nineteenth-century legal scholars revolutionized doctrine by establishing calculating promisors as the centerpiece of their conception of contract, a conception still widely held today. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753982
- ISBN
- 9780804753982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.98
€ 103.98
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.67€ 42.46
€ 52.67
€ 42.46
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
€ 86.68
€ 86.68
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
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368125
- ISBN
- 9780674368125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.36
€ 47.99
€ 40.36
Hardback. The most powerful American of his time, Andrew Jackson saw himself as the people's "great avenger." Yet his ideas also limited the people's sovereignty, imposing one kind of law to inflict one sort of "justice." Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the man and his age. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199751709
- ISBN
- 9780199751709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.60
€ 35.99
€ 33.60
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691654010
- ISBN
- 9780691654010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.50
€ 150.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445664040
- ISBN
- 9781445664040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.00
€ 21.00
Hardback. Robert Tsai's history invites readers into the circle of defiant groups who refused to accept the Constitution's definition of who "We the People" are and how their authority should be exercised. It is the story of America as told by dissenters: squatters, Native Americans, abolitionists, socialists, internationalists, and racial nationalists. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059955
- ISBN
- 9780674059955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.08
€ 48.99
€ 41.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199766000
- ISBN
- 9780199766000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.01
€ 14.01
Hardback. "About half of the essays date back to panels of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy that were held in January of 2007 (at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools; the remainder were delivered at a conference held at the University of Texas Law in September 2012"--Preface. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford V.; Williams, Melissa S.; Parker, Joel. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political & Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479812370
- ISBN
- 9781479812370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
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
€ 220.46
€ 220.46