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Hardback. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611487916
ISBN
9781611487916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.42

Hardback. Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674967663
ISBN
9780674967663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.70

Paperback. When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968, he sent shock waves throughout professional baseball that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. This book offers a look at Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; LNJS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616039
ISBN
9780700616039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.73

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

Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides an authoritative and original overview of one of the key branches of international law. Forty contributors comprehensively analyse the role of human rights in international law from a global perspective, examining its origins and principles, and measuring its impact on the world. Editor(s): Shelton, Dinah. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Law. Num Pages: 1078 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1; LAZ; LBBR; LBBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1078
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199640133
ISBN
9780199640133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 298.21

Paperback. This book brings together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the house of commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512, relating to themes such as parliamentary elections, the payment of parliamentary wages, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest. Editor(s): Kleineke, Hannes. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLH; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405180139
ISBN
9781405180139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Hardback. Ranging from the founding era to Reconstruction, this book explores the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the little-known stories of five patriots and critics. It also shows how law and constitutionalism have powerfully shaped and been shaped by the experience of nationhood at key moments in American history. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023604
ISBN
9780674023604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.73

Hardback. The constitutional theorist Owen Fiss explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through a moving account of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. He tries to identify the unique qualities of mind and character that made these individuals so important to the institutions and principles they served. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971868
ISBN
9780674971868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.93

Hardcover. The Latin text of Magna Carta (the 1217 issue of Henry III) is reproduced, together with a modern translation and an introduction which traces the background to the making of the charter and its subsequent revisions through the centuries. It also explains how this text has become an enduring symbol of freedom in Britain and throughout the world. Editor(s): Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 100. .
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation, Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244522
ISBN
9781851244522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.26

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

Paperback. Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 324 pages, 27 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; LAZ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249841
ISBN
9780226249841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

Hardback. Scholars in this collection show, after the demise of communism in Eastern Europe, property is again a major factor in shaping individual identity and in providing the political order and culture with a foundational institution. This volume analyzes both historical and contemporary forms of land ownership in Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Editor(s): Siegrist, Hannes; Muller, Dietmar. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; LAZ; LNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384618
ISBN
9781782384618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.99

Hardback. Practitioners of private law opened the way toward Japan's legal modernity in ways the samurai and the state could not. Tracing law regimes from Edo to Meiji, Flaherty shows how the legal profession emerged as a force for change in modern Japan, founding private universities and political parties, and contributing to twentieth-century legal reform. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066779
ISBN
9780674066779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.24

Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women s rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri s "Reasoning from Race" is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQG; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674284302
ISBN
9780674284302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.67

Paperback. Over a century ago the United States Supreme Court decided the "Insular Cases," which limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and other overseas territories. Essays in Reconsidering the Insular Cases examine the history and legacy of these cases and explore possible solutions for the dilemmas they created. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979639579
ISBN
9780979639579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.78

Hardback. Douglas Baird takes stock of the current state of contract doctrine and in the process reinvigorates the classic framework of Anglo-American contract law, showing that Oliver Wendell Holmes's set of principles, properly understood, continues to provide the best guide to contracts for a new generation of students, practitioners, and judges. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: KJ; LAY; LAZ; LNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072480
ISBN
9780674072480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.47

Hardback. The issue of defining and redefining enmity has been at the heart of constitutional justice since South Korea's change of regime. This book explores how the Constitutional Court of Korea has addressed this challenge, carving the contours of who is included in or excluded from the body politic throughout its jurisprudence. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPHC; JPHV; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137575074
ISBN
9781137575074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.56

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

€ 74.71
€ 63.26

Hardback. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930787
ISBN
9780813930787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140476
ISBN
9780691140476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.45

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