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Legal history
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
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Hardback. John Compton shows how evangelicals, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Their early-1800s crusade to destroy property that made immorality possible challenged founding-era legal protections of slavery, lotteries, and liquor sales and opened the door to progressivism. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726796
- ISBN
- 9780674726796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.77€ 52.02
€ 56.77
€ 52.02
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
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Paperback. Until the nineteenth century, the Russian legal system was subject to an administrative hierarchy headed by the tsar, and the courts were expected to enforce, not interpret the law. This title traces the first professional class of legal experts who emerged during the reign of Nicholas I (1826-56). Num Pages: 358 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226907758
- ISBN
- 9780226907758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Hardback. This book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of Western Europe. Editor(s): Cairns, John W.; du Plessis, Paul. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; LAFR; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638970
- ISBN
- 9780748638970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.40€ 113.48
€ 118.40
€ 113.48
hardcover. This fascinating study offers an intimate look at personalities ranging from prime ministers to members of the bench and both senior levels of government. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802092250
- ISBN
- 9780802092250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.10
€ 91.10
The Court of Appeal for Ontario. Defining the Right of Appeal in Canad...
Christopher; Osgoode Society Moore
Christopher Moore's history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario traces the evolution of one of Canada's most influential courts from its origins to the post-Charter years. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650145
- ISBN
- 9781442650145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69
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.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748645770
- ISBN
- 9780748645770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.48€ 107.41
€ 112.48
€ 107.41
Paperback. 18th-century Edinburgh owed much to the men who worked in the Court of Session as members of the unique institution known as the College of Justice. This study investigates the important role of College members in the cultural and economic flowering of Scotland as a whole, and Edinburgh in particular. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 225 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694679
- ISBN
- 9780748694679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.24
€ 46.99
€ 42.24
Paperback. Thomas Duppa who was Black Rod from 1683-1694 compiled The Commonplace Book for his own use. It sheds vital light not only on how the Lords was managed, and the daily routines, but also on the personalities of the period. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; JPH; JPP; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119085997
- ISBN
- 9781119085997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.18
€ 29.18
Paperback. Rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. The author looks to history for the roots of these problems - and solutions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725874
- ISBN
- 9780674725874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
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. 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
€ 33.48
€ 33.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HD; LAZ; LNKN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816525614
- ISBN
- 9780816525614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.83
€ 30.99
€ 30.83
Hardcover. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, English and American lawyers appealed to the ancient constitution as the cornerstone of liberty. The author demonstrates that this concept of an unchanging, ancient constitution, furnished English common lawyers and parliamentarians an argument with which to combat royal prerogative power. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803425
- ISBN
- 9780875803425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.67
€ 49.67
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
€ 40.84
€ 40.84
paperback. In the five decades after the Civil War, the United States witnessed a profusion of legal institutions designed to cope with the nation's exceptionally acute industrial accident crisis. This book talks about how jurists elaborated the common law of torts; workingmen's organisations founded a widespread system of cooperative insurance; and more. Num Pages: 322 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022614
- ISBN
- 9780674022614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.01
€ 52.01
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. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBTB; LAZ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813168289
- ISBN
- 9780813168289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.62
€ 24.62