Legal History category: 1513 books
by A. V. Dicey
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
This volume brings together a series of lectures A. V. Dicey first gave at Harvard Law School on the influence of public opinion in England during the nineteenth century and its impact on legislation. Dicey’s lectures were accurate as a reflection of the anxieties felt by turn-of-the-century Benthamite...
by Dr Paul Raffield
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Through an examination of five plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield analyses the contiguous development of common law and poetic drama during the first decade of Jacobean rule. The broad premise of The Art of Law in Shakespeare is that the 'artificial reason' of law was a complex art form that shared...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most distinguished...
A Storm over This Court
Law, Politics, and Supreme Court Decision Making in Brown v. Board of Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
On the way to offering a new analysis of the basis of the Supreme Court’s iconic decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Jeffrey Hockett critiques an array of theories that have arisen to explain it and Supreme Court decision making generally. Drawing upon justices’ books, articles, correspondence,...
Land Law Reform in Eastern Africa: Traditional or Transformative?
A critical review of 50 years of land law reform in Eastern Africa 1961 – 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961 – 2011. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 sets up the conceptual framework for consideration of the reforms, and pursues a contrast between transformational...
by Anupama Roy
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Contributing to the ongoing debates on citizenship, this book traces the Citizenship Act of India, 1955 from its inception, through the various amendments in 1986, 2003, and 2005. It includes detailed studies of other significant laws and judgments including the Abducted Persons (Recovery and Rehabilitation)...
The Charter Debates
The Special Joint Committee on the Constitution, 1980-81, and the Making of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may only be thirty-five years old but it is an important document for all Canadians. Few today, however, are aware of the extensive work and tumultuous debates that occurred behind the scenes.
In The Charter Debates, Adam Dodek tells the story of...
Ruin and Redemption
The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867-1919
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
In 1880 the federal Parliament of Canada repealed the Insolvent Act of 1875, leaving debtor-creditor matters to be regulated by the provinces. Almost forty years later, Parliament finally passed new bankruptcy legislation, recognizing that what was once considered a moral evil had become a commercial...
The Evolution of the Juvenile Court
Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
A major statement on the juvenile justice system by one of America’s leading experts
The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional practices reflect our changing ideas about children and crime control. The Evolution of the Juvenile Court provides...
Discretionary Justice
Pardon and Parole in New York from the Revolution to the Depression
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
The pardon is an act of mercy, tied to the divine right of kings. Why did New York retain this mode of discretionary justice after the Revolution? And how did governors’ use of this prerogative change with the advent of the penitentiary and the introduction of parole? This book answers these questions...
by Vittoria Barsotti, Paolo G. Carozza, Marta Cartabia
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context is the first book ever published in English to provide an international examination of the Italian Constitutional Court (ItCC), offering a comprehensive analysis of its principal lines of jurisprudence, historical origins, organization, procedures,...
by Roscoe Pound
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Captured by Evil
The Idea of Corruption in Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
One of the most powerful words in the English language, "corruption" is also one of the most troubled concepts in law. According to Laura Underkuffler, it is a concept based on religiously revealed ideas of good and evil. But the notion of corruption defies the ordinary categories by which law defines...
by Deborah L. Rhode
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Despite declining prohibitions on sexual relationships, Americans are nearly unanimous in condemning marital infidelity. Deborah Rhode explores why. She exposes the harms that criminalizing adultery inflicts—including civil lawsuits, job termination, and loss of child custody—and makes a case for repealing laws against adultery and polygamy.