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Guido Calabresi is an extraordinary person. His family, of Jewish heritage, occupied a secure and centuries-old position near the top of Italian society-- until the rise of fascism. Guido's parents ……続きを見る

Le chef de l’État incarne la souveraineté de son peuple. Ainsi, tuer un président en fonction dans sa résidence privée constitue la plus grande atteinte à la puissance d’une nation. L’assassinat du ……続きを見る

This book features essays by leading legal scholars on 'landmark' labour law cases from the mid-19th century to the present day. The essays are acutely sensitive to the historical and theoretical co……続きを見る

This book examines fifteen judgments that have influenced the financial destiny of India. With significant macroeconomic dimensions, these judgments, when explored, show a long-term impact on the ec……続きを見る

The Tudor and Stuart inns of court were major centres of learning and literature, as well as professional associations of practising lawyers. This book sketches the evolution of the inns from their ……続きを見る

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations fro……続きを見る

Haben die germanischen Götter die Poesie und das Recht erfunden? Kann man einen Text rekonstruieren wie eine Tat? Sind Juristen oder Philologen die besseren Leser? Ist der Wissenschaftler so genial ……続きを見る

This book considers how legal history has shaped and continues to shape our shared present. Each chapter draws a clear and significant connection to a meaningful feature of our lives today. Focusing……続きを見る

Monitoring American Federalism examines some of the nation's most significant controversies in which state legislatures have attempted to be active partners in the process of constitutional decision……続きを見る

How Russians, the Rich and the Government Try to Prevent Free Speech and How to Stop Them. ‘ESSENTIAL’ Amal Clooney ‘AUTHORITATIVE’ Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC ‘IMPORTANT ’Baroness Helena Kennedy KC ‘CO……続きを見る

This open access book explores the history of risk management in medieval and early modern European maritime business, focusing particularly on 'General Average' – a mechanism by which extraordinary……続きを見る

**The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history “Ziegler sets a brisk pace but delivers substantial depth. . . . A must-r……続きを見る

In 1776, Thomas Paine declared the end of royal rule in the United States. Instead, “law is king,” for the people rule themselves. Paine’s declaration is the dominant American understanding of how p……続きを見る

The book critically examines the practice of Right to Information Act and employee’s grievance redressal system in India. This book initiates the debate on whether the Act leads to an actual redress……続きを見る

Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. The numbers of strangers increas……続きを見る

A 2022 Green Bag Almanac & Reader Exemplary Legal Writing Honoree This is a groundbreaking study on the important and little known role that lawyers have played as leaders in higher education. The b……続きを見る

In 1981 the suspended walkwaysーor “skywalks”ーin Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency hotel fell and killed 114 people. It was the deadliest building collapse in the United States until the fall of New York……続きを見る

A rigorous analysis of systemic misogyny in the law and a thoughtful exploration of the tools needed to transcend it through constitutional change beyond litigation in the courts. Just as racism is ……続きを見る

I "Den svenska Arbetareskyddslagstiftningen och Yrkesinspektionen" erbjuder Georg Stjernstedt en grundlig genomgång av Sveriges lagstiftning kring arbetarskydd och den funktion som Yrkesinspektionen……続きを見る

This edited volume represents a joint effort by international experts to analyze the prevalence and nature of gender-based domestic violence across the globe and how it is dealt with at both nationa……続きを見る

In 'Hugo de Groot en zijn rechtsphilosophie' verkent H. Bertens de invloedrijke ideeën van de zeventiende-eeuwse denker Hugo de Groot, oprichter van de moderne rechtsfilosofie. Het boek biedt een di……続きを見る

Originally published in 1990, Comparative Policing Issues was the first introductory text to consider key issues in the policing of modern societies from an international, comparative perspective. T……続きを見る

This book explores the historical foundations of holding public authorities accountable for their acts, and discusses how and why the idea that the state should or should not be held liable became e……続きを見る

The Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaismーall of rabbinic law, from ancient to modern times, is based on the Talmud, and the Talmud, in turn, is based on the Mishnah. But the Mis……続きを見る

Justice After Stonewall is an interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and progress experienced by the LGBT community since the Stonewall riots in 1969. The riots (sparked by a police raid in New Yo……続きを見る

Focusing on political trials in Zimbabwe's Magistrates' Courts between 2000 and 2012, Susanne Verheul explores why the judiciary have remained a central site of contestation in post-independence Zim……続きを見る

Originally published in1988, Introducing Policework offered a new and concise overview of the controversial subject of policework at the time. The authors provide critical evaluations of the contrib……続きを見る

Should policemen be armed? Do they want to be? How fair is police interrogation? Are the police too tough on demonstrators? How often are the guilty acquitted? Do we get the police force we deserve?……続きを見る

Despite the recent outcrop of controversy about the police and their accountability in the 1960s, there was no work dealing in detail with the problems discussed in this book. Originally published i……続きを見る

First published in 1983, Prejudice and Pride chronicles legal and social discrimination against gay people living in Britain in 1980s. The book alerts its readers to the ways in which gay men and wo……続きを見る