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Jurisprudence & general issues

Hardcover. "An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher. Series: American Liberty & Justice. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 987.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726956
ISBN
9780896726956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.82

paperback. Focused on the inside story of law reform, this book contains portraits of some figures, including Thurgood Marshall, William Kuntsler, and the black law professor Derrick Bell, as well as of movers and shakers such as the attorney C B King of Albany, Georgia, and Margaret Burnham. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813926957
ISBN
9780813926957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.37

paperback. Dissensus is often viewed in the professional world as a starting point for collaboration. When dissensus occurs in a federal court, however, it raises the question of whether this difference of opinion maintains the integrity of the judiciary or undermines its legitimacy. This book examines the dynamic that gives rise to such dissensus in courts. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 figure & 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813926971
ISBN
9780813926971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.32

Hardback. Posits that legal history has become highly specialized, while mainstream political and social historians frequently ignore cases that figure prominently in the legal literature. The author makes a start at remedying the situation with a series of essays that reintegrate legal with political and social history. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928616
ISBN
9780813928616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.56

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

€ 63.22

Major criminal trials have fascinated the American public for centuries; this book is the first to explain their nature, and their role in society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620777
ISBN
9780700620777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Presents the first broadscale examination of the increasingly nationalized political activism of US state attorneys general. Focusing on coordinated state litigation as a form of national policymaking, Paul Nolette challenges common assumptions about the contemporary nature of American federalism. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPR; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620890
ISBN
9780700620890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

The story of the profound influence of Magna Carta on American legal development, especially constitutional doctrine and interpretation. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620913
ISBN
9780700620913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Although much of Kansas law reflects US law, the state court's arbitrary powers over labor-management conflicts, yellow dog contracts, civil rights, gender issues, and domestic relations set precedents that reverberated around the country. This work presents the history of a state through the use of its Supreme Court decisions as evidence. Series: Law in the American West. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248410
ISBN
9780803248410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.49

From the 1880s until after World War I, Texas prosecutions for adultery, fornication, rape, seduction, and sodomy were many, but formal penal code seemed insufficiently stringent to southerners, who often sought other redress. This title presents the 'honor defense' in six celebrated murder trials, 1896-1977. Num Pages: 356 pages, 48 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JKV; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726628
ISBN
9780896726628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.52

hardcover. Borderline Crime examines how law reacted to the challenge of the border in British North America and post-Confederation Canada.Miller also reveals how the law remained confused, amorphous, and often ineffectual at confronting the threat of the border to the rule of law. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487501273
ISBN
9781487501273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

Paperback. Bauman examines several major themes and arguments in the first decade of critical legal scholarship, predominantly in the U.S. in the period dating roughly from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802083418
ISBN
9780802083418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

paperback. Justice Arbour suggests that the ties between personal criminal accountability and peace should be central to the decisions made in the future concerning procedural models for the permanent International War Crimes Tribunals. Series: Senator Keith Davey Lectures. Num Pages: 80 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; JWXK; LAB; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802084958
ISBN
9780802084958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

hardcover. Engaging and incisive, Brian Dickson: A Judge's Journey traces Dickson's life from a Depression-era boyhood in Saskatchewan, to the battlefields of Normandy, the boardrooms of corporate Canada and high judicial office, and provides an inside look at the work of the Supreme Court during its most crucial period. Num Pages: 624 pages, 41. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802089526
ISBN
9780802089526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

hardcover. Written over more than two decades, and covering the immediate post-Confederation period to the 1960s, these essays reveal a distinctive Canadian tradition of thinking about the nature and functions of law, one which Risk clearly takes pride in and urges us to celebrate. Editor(s): Phillips, Jim; Baker, George Blain. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094247
ISBN
9780802094247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.83

hardcover. An Exceptional Law showcases how the emergency law used to repress labour activism during the First World War became normalized with the creation of Section 98 of the Criminal Code, following the Winnipeg General Strike. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442629578
ISBN
9781442629578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.56

Hardback. It is an authoritative and lively history of the Law Society of Upper Canada and of Ontario's lawyers, from the founding of the Society by ten lawyers in 1797, to the crises which shook the society and the legal profession in the mid-1990s. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBT; LA; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 189 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802041272
ISBN
9780802041272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

paperback. A complete biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes which shows the relationship between his nineteenth-century Boston Brahmin upbringing and his twentieth-century legal innovation. By examining Holmes's colourful life, White shows the connection between legal thought and cultural change. Num Pages: 648 pages, 8 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; LAB; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 897.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195101287
ISBN
9780195101287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.55

hardcover. Comprises essays in law and legal theory celebrating the life and work of Jim Harris. The topics addressed reflect the range of Harris's work, and the depth of his influence on legal studies. They include the nature of law and legal reasoning; rival theories of property rights and their impact on practical questions before the courts; and more. Editor(s): Endicott, Timothy; Peel, Edwin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH; LAB; LNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199290963
ISBN
9780199290963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.69

hardcover. With essays grappling with such issues as Multilateral Environmental Agreements, the Use of Force, the Prevention of Civil War through Minority Protection, Common Heritage of Humankind, and the Civil Dimensions of Strategy, the volume deals with a range of diverse topics that are as crucial as they are topical. Editor(s): Aginam, Obijiofor; Okafor, Obiora Chinedu. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
SKU
V9780802087362
ISBN
9780802087362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

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