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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

€ 10.39

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

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

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
€ 31.82

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

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Goldschmidt, James; Gerland, Heinrich; Hegler, August; Kohlrausch, Eduard; Nagler, Johannes. Series: Prozessrechtliche Abhandlungen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642983375
ISBN
9783642983375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.73

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

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1935
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
3
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642984563
ISBN
9783642984563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.54

paperback. Editor(s): Kohlrausch, Eduard; Kaskel, Walter; Spiethoff, A. Series: Enzyklopadie Der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1929
Publisher
Springer Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1929
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642982552
ISBN
9783642982552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.37

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kohlrausch, Eduard; Kaskel, Walter; Spiethoff, A. Series: Enzyklopadie Der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
3
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642984099
ISBN
9783642984099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.97

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1928
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1928
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642985027
ISBN
9783642985027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.87

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1903
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662002582
ISBN
9783662002582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.33

hardcover. Editor(s): Mussig, Ulrike. Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2016
SKU
V9783319424040
ISBN
9783319424040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.40

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

€ 54.99
€ 54.47

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Goldschmidt, James; Gerland, Heinrich; Hegler, August; Kohlrausch, Eduard; Nagler, Johannes. Series: Prozessrechtliche Abhandlungen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1931
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642987410
ISBN
9783642987410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

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

€ 67.00

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

€ 76.05
€ 64.31

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1930
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642989193
ISBN
9783642989193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.21

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

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack, and insolvency was seen merely as an economic setback. This work focuses on this crucial transformation in early American society. Num Pages: 358 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032415
ISBN
9780674032415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Hardback. Series: Children's Well-being: Indicators and Research. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JPSN1; LAZ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319187839
ISBN
9783319187839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Hardback. Selected essays by Professor William Gordon on Roman law and Scots law. Editor(s): Reid, Elspeth. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LAFR; LAZ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 36. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625161
ISBN
9780748625161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 114.65

Ruin and Redemption is the first full-length study of the origins of Canadian bankruptcy law, making it an important contribution to the study of Canada's commercial law. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAZ; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802093431
ISBN
9780802093431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03
€ 64.31

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kaiserliches Gesundheitsamte, Na. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1912
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642986154
ISBN
9783642986154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.75

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