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This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental chan……続きを見る

Parricide and Violence Against Parents takes a historical and criminological approach to the research on parricide and violence against parents, placing the research in the context of social develop……続きを見る

This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the socialist legal orders, which were backed by dictatori……続きを見る

Adopting a microhistory approach, Fair and Unfair Trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940 provides an in-depth examination of the evolution of the modern justice system. Drawing upon criminal cases a……続きを見る

Mediante uma bem cuidada tradução, realizada pelo Professor Gustavo César Machado Cabral, o autor discute importantes questões de metodologia da História do Direito, enfrentando múltiplos referencia……続きを見る

International Law is usually considered, at least initially, to be a unitary legal order that is not subject to different national approaches. Ex definition it should be an order that transcends the……続きを見る

How vagrancy, as legal and imaginative category, shaped the role of policing in colonialism, racial formation, and resource distribution In this innovative book demonstrating the important role of e……続きを見る

The colonization policies of Ancient Rome followed a range of legal arrangements concerning property distribution and state formation, documented in fragmented textual and epigraphic sources. When a……続きを見る

She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the C……続きを見る

This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4……続きを見る

The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of……続きを見る

The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade polit……続きを見る

To what extent did English law facilitate trade before the advent of general incorporation and modern securities law? This is the question at the heart of Capitalism before Corporations. It examines……続きを見る

Focusing on John Milton’s Paradise Lost , this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law – an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the inter……続きを見る

This book examines Britain and Norway in Europe from 1945 through to the former's departure from the European Union in 2020. It compares their European relations and investigates their bilateral rel……続きを見る

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. 続きを見る

The crypto wars have raged for half a century. In the 1970s, digital privacy activists prophesied the emergence of an Orwellian State, made possible by computer-mediated mass surveillance. The antid……続きを見る

This book addresses the ethical and practical issues at stake in the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-indigenous communities. An increasing number of researchers, educators, and social and envir……続きを見る

This book examines condominium, property, governance, and law in international and conceptual perspective and reveals this urban realm as complex and mutating. Condominiums are proliferating the wor……続きを見る

Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seven……続きを見る

This book explores the history of public land tenure records, which first began in colonial Massachusetts as English settlers and Native Americans tried to resolve differing ideas about rights to la……続きを見る

At the beginning of 2015, the Court of Justice opened its archives, which created a new and challenging primary source for those studying the Court of Justice: the dossiers de procédure which contai……続きを見る

For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States. But in ……続きを見る

The "Constitution of Virginia" serves as a vital legal document, encapsulating the foundational principles that govern the Commonwealth and reflecting the ideological underpinnings of democracy and ……続きを見る

In "A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning," Henry Fielding employs a blend of sharp satire and rigorous legal reasoning to dissect the infamous case of Elizabeth Canning, a young woman who ……続きを見る

The "Connecticut Constitution" is a foundational document that outlines the structure, powers, and responsibilities of the government of Connecticut. It employs a formal and precise literary style, ……続きを見る

In the case of U.S. v. Kattar, 840 F.2d 118 (1988), the First Circuit Court of Appeals delivers a meticulous analysis of complex legal concepts surrounding immigration law and the ramifications of p……続きを見る

For Publius Quinctius 'Äî 81 BC is a pivotal anthology that delves into the intricacies of Roman legal oratory, showcasing the multifaceted arguments and rhetorical brilliance that defined the Roman……続きを見る

In "The Status of Annexed Territory and of its Free Civilized Inhabitants," Benjamin Harrison delves into the complex legal and moral implications of U.S. territorial expansion during the late 19th ……続きを見る

The "Constitution of the Irish Free State (Consolidated Text)" serves as a pivotal document in the evolution of modern Irish governance and identity. Crafted in the early 1920s, this constitution re……続きを見る