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Legal history

Hardback. This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; DSGS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137572868
ISBN
9781137572868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

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
€ 40.39

Hardcover. Offers a collection of essays on legal history from the career of John W Cairns. This title deals with broad themes in Legal History, such as the development of Scots Law, essays on Roman law and miscellaneous essays on the literary and philosophical traditions within law. Editor(s): Reid, Elspeth. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LAFR; LAZ; LN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 241 x 45. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682133
ISBN
9780748682133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.76
€ 120.22

Paperback. The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The third volume focuses on civil remedies, and courts and procedure, including equity. Editor(s): Gallanis, Thomas. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199601011
ISBN
9780199601011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

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

Hardback. Cass and Hylton explain how technological advances strengthen the case for intellectual property laws, and argue convincingly that IP laws help create a wealthier, more successful, more innovative society than alternative legal systems. Ignoring the social value of IP rights and making what others create "free" would be a costly mistake indeed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 graph, 1 table. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066458
ISBN
9780674066458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.86
€ 63.15

Hardback. Series: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRG; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 261 x 36. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179560
ISBN
9780231179560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 73.24

Hardcover. In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Mathematicians Schneps and Colmez tell the story of 10 trials, from the Dreyfus Affair to the Amanda Knox murder trial, in which mathematical arguments were used--and disastrously misused--as evidence. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNF; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465032921
ISBN
9780465032921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

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. The compelling story of the army chaplain who was sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, raising questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, redemption and the essence of humanity. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; JPHL; JWXK; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281074822
ISBN
9780281074822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The second volume addresses central topics of land and property law, known as 'the rights of things'. Editor(s): Stern, Simon. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 345 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199601004
ISBN
9780199601004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Paperback. Exploding myths that every serial killer is a 'monster', the author draws attention to Mary Ann Cotton's charms, allure, capability, skill and ambition - all of which she used to remain undetected while committing up to 21 murders. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380917
ISBN
9781904380917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.58

paperback. This book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions. Num Pages: 260 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Edition
1.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521188517
ISBN
9780521188517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

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
€ 41.41

Multiple copy pack. The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law. With introductions and notes by the editors placing the Commentaries in their historical, political, and legal context, the Oxford Edition traces the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. Editor(s): Prest, Wilfrid. Num Pages: 1784 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 262 x 95. Weight in Grams: 3184.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600984
ISBN
9780199600984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.14

Paperback. The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and best-known legal text of ancient India. A seminal Hindu work, it is important for its classic description of the many social institutions which have come to be identified with Indian society. Patrick Olivelle's lucid translation is the first to be based on his critically edited text. Translator(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555338
ISBN
9780199555338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. This collection gathers together the most important articles written by the pioneering historian of international law, C.H. Alexandrowicz. The essays shed new light on the development of international law, and particularly the influence of States outside the West. Editor(s): Pitts, Jennifer; Armitage, David. Series: The History and Theory of International Law. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198766070
ISBN
9780198766070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

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

€ 69.47

hardcover. Tells the story of the remarkable case of Donoghue v Stevenson which represents, perhaps, the greatest contribution made by English and Scottish lawyers to the development of the common law. This title provides biographical sketches of the protagonists and of the great lawyers who were involved in the case. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJG; LAZ; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
189
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854900497
ISBN
9780854900497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Waterside Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909976320
ISBN
9781909976320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.40

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