Legal History category: 1513 books
Power from Powerlessness
Tribal Governments, Institutional Niches, and American Federalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
As American Indian tribes seek to overcome centuries of political and social marginalization, they face daunting obstacles. The successes of some tribal casinos have lured many outside observers into thinking that gambling revenue alone can somehow mend the devastation of culture, community, natural...
by Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Valerie P. Hans
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Tort law regulates most human activities: from driving a car to using consumer products to providing or receiving medical care. Injuries caused by dog bites, slips and falls, fender benders, bridge collapses, adverse reactions to a medication, bar fights, oil spills, and more all implicate the law...
by Anna Mancini
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
De la personnalité juridique, écrit par Raymond Saleilles compte 650 pages très denses. Nous sommes heureux de vous présenter ici une synthèse de cette oeuvre qui vous permettra d'entrer plus vite au coeur de la réflexion philosophique de cette grande figure de la doctrine juridique française.
Das Reichsjustizministerium unter Otto Thierack (19421945)
Teil 1: Amt fuer Neuordnung der Deutschen Gerichtsverfassung (Berichte von 1943/44 ueber den Besuch von 13 Oberlandesgerichten) Amt fuer Nachwuchsfragen (Juni/Juli 1944)
Language: German
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Die Edition bringt bisher nicht veröffentlichte Quellen zu der unter dem Nationalsozialismus 1942/44 geplanten umfassenden Justizreform. Die Berichte von Mitarbeitern des Amts für die Neuordnung der deutschen Gerichtsverfassung über den Besuch von 13 Oberlandesgerichten geben einen detaillierten...
by Carl Schmitt, John P. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Carl Schmitt ranks among the most original and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century. His incisive criticisms of Enlightenment political thought and liberal political practice remain as shocking and significant today as when they first appeared in Weimar Germany. Unavailable in...
How Marriage Became One of the Sacraments
The Sacramental Theology of Marriage from its Medieval Origins to the Council of Trent
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Among the contributions of the medieval church to western culture was the idea that marriage was one of the seven sacraments, which defined the role of married folk in the church. Although it had ancient roots, this new way of regarding marriage raised many problems, to which scholastic theologians...
by James W. Ely Jr., Herbert A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
In the first book in a generation to offer a fresh interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James Ely provides a judicial biography of the man who led the court from 1888 until 1910 as well as a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of the jurisprudence...
Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment
Enforcing Liberty and Equality in the States
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
The discrepancy between the fourteenth amendment’s true meaning as originally understood, and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of its meaning over time, has been dramatic and unfortunate. The amendment was intended to be a constitutional rule for the promotion and protection of people’s rights,...
Bora Laskin
Bringing Law to Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
In any account of twentieth-century Canadian law, Bora Laskin (1912-1984) looms large. Born in northern Ontario to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Laskin became a prominent human rights activist, university professor, and labour arbitrator before embarking on his 'accidental career' as a judge on...
The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada
An Empirical Examination
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2008
In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval. The most drastic change occurred with the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982, which substantially increased the Court's role in resolving controversial political and social issues. The Transformation of the...
Restoring Justice
The Speeches of Attorney General Edward H. Levi
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
In the wake of Watergate, Gerald Ford appointed eminent lawyer and scholar Edward H. Levi to the post of attorney general—and thus gave him the onerous task of restoring legitimacy to a discredited Department of Justice. Levi was famously fair-minded and free of political baggage, and his inspired...
by Carol S. Steiker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through federal constitutional law. While execution chambers remain active in several states, Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker argue that the fate of the American death penalty is likely to be sealed by this failed judicial experiment.
At the Origins of Modernity
Francisco de Vitoria and the Discovery of International Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
This book is based on an international project conducted by the Institute for European Studies of the University CEU San Pablo in Madrid and a seminar on Vitoria and International Law which took place on July 2nd 2015 in the convent of San Esteban, the place where Vitoria spent his most productive...
The Complete American Constitutionalism, Volume Five, Part I
The Constitution of the Confederate States
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
The Complete American Constitutionalism is designed to be the comprehensive treatment and source for debates on the American constitutional experience. It provides the analysis, resources, and materials both domestic and foreign readers must understand with regards to the practice of constitutionalism...