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Legal history
Paperback. Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programs faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. This book recovers this crucial aspect of American history, tracing the roots of the modern American welfare state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923499
- ISBN
- 9780226923499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.21
€ 44.21
Paperback. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615926
- ISBN
- 9780700615926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.68
€ 41.68
Paperback. The shocking story of the black inmate who was acquitted after killing two high-ranking prison guards in a case that publicized the horrors of Texas's "plantation-style" prison system Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 247 pages, 17 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292744066
- ISBN
- 9780292744066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.14
€ 25.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823252015
- ISBN
- 9780823252015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.71
€ 50.71
Hardback. This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823252008
- ISBN
- 9780823252008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.93
€ 152.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Johnson, Wallace. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 622 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780691607801
- ISBN
- 9780691607801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.85
€ 141.85
Hardcover. Laszlo Bardossy, the Hungarian prime minister who proclaimed war against the Soviet Union and was later executed as a war criminal, remains a controversial figure. Pal Pritz offers readers a rare, balanced interpretation of his life, along with documents from his postwar trial. Num Pages: 230 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; JWXK; LAZ; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335492
- ISBN
- 9780880335492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; GTJ; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612867
- ISBN
- 9780691612867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. Summarises the woman suffrage movement in the post-Civil War era, reveals its betrayal by former allies in the abolitionist movement, and describes its fall into disarray. It also chronicles Susan B. Anthony's vote, arrest, and preliminary hearings, as well as the legal and public relations manoeuvring in the run-up to her trial. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618491
- ISBN
- 9780700618491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Hardcover. Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department, the author challenges these common claims. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226494036
- ISBN
- 9780226494036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.55
€ 135.55
Paperback. Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department, the author challenges these common claims. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226494043
- ISBN
- 9780226494043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
Hardback. Traces the history of Latinos' struggle for adequate housing opportunities, from the nineteenth century to today's anti-immigrant policies and mortgage crisis Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSL4; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791257
- ISBN
- 9780814791257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.71
€ 61.71
Paperback. A little over a century ago, there was no such thing as international justice, and until recently, the idea of permanent international courts and formal war crimes tribunals would have been almost unthinkable. This title tells the story of the long struggle to craft the concept of international justice that we have today. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPS; LAZ; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226102368
- ISBN
- 9780226102368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Hardback. During his career at Harvard, Morton Horwitz changed the questions legal historians ask. In this book, Horwitz's students re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late twentieth century. They ask classic Horwitzian questions, of how legal doctrine, thought, and practice are shaped by the interests of the powerful. Editor(s): Hamilton, Daniel W.; Brophy, Alfred L. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033467
- ISBN
- 9780674033467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.98
€ 48.99
€ 41.98
Paperback. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415618090
- ISBN
- 9780415618090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNXC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479851942
- ISBN
- 9781479851942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
hardcover. Represents the genre of legal case narratives - most involving homicide - from late imperial China. This book includes testimony from the accused and from witnesses, family members, and neighbors, as well as summaries and opinions from local magistrates, their coroners, and other officials higher up the chain of judicial review. Series: Asian Law Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; JKV; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295989068
- ISBN
- 9780295989068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.60
€ 122.60
Paperback. Represents the genre of legal case narratives - most involving homicide - from late imperial China. This book includes testimony from the accused and from witnesses, family members, and neighbors, as well as summaries and opinions from local magistrates, their coroners, and other officials higher up the chain of judicial review. Series: Asian Law Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; JKV; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989075
- ISBN
- 9780295989075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.89
€ 47.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Cockburn, J. S.; Green, Thomas A. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; LAZ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637440
- ISBN
- 9780691637440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.42
€ 211.42
Paperback. An entertaining diversion for lawyers and others, Twenty Famous Lawyers focuses on household names and high profile cases. Contains valuable insights into legal ways and means and looks at the challenges of advocacy, persuasion and the finest traditions of the law. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Waterside Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904380986
- ISBN
- 9781904380986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.23
€ 28.23