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National Book Award Finalist: “A learned, thoughtful, witty legal history for the layman” (The New Yorker). What do the thoughts of a ravenous tiger have to do with the evolution of America’s legal ……続きを見る

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of American Heiress tells you what you need to knowーbefore or after you read Jeffrey Toobin’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books se……続きを見る

An engrossing investigation into the true crime story of a sixteen-year family feud that ended in murder in early twentieth-century South Carolina. As compelling as fiction, The Guns of Meeting Stre……続きを見る

This account of the court case that followed the gunfight at the OK Corral “will interest Wild West buffs as well as readers interested in legal history” (Publishers Weekly). The gunfight at the OK ……続きを見る

A history and legal analysis of vigilantism in Montana in the 1860s, from a state Supreme Court justice and legal historian. Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took r……続きを見る

An innovative take on Magna Carta history that examines the impact and influence of women. 39. No man shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed agai……続きを見る

“Deft sketches of 13 substantial actors in Kentucky’s early history who also happened to have reported appellate cases. They are brought to life.” ーKentucky Bench & Bar Any student of American hist……続きを見る

This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the earl……続きを見る

A history of one of America’s oldest law schools, with photos and illustrations included. Throughout its 175-year history, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has grown, diversified, and flo……続きを見る

From its founding in 1906, the Louisiana State University Law School has offered its students a truly distinctive legal education. Integrated programs in Louisiana’s unique civil law, in Anglo-Ameri……続きを見る

A newly updated edition of “the most readable and succinct account of the origins, the development, and the philosophy of the civil law” (Houston Law Review). Designed for general readers and studen……続きを見る

Seit langem umstritten, regelt § 55 JGG eine weitgehende Rechtsmittelbeschränkung im Jugendstrafrecht. Begründet wird diese Sonderregelung mit der scheinbar einleuchtenden Forderung, dass die Strafe……続きを見る

Die Autorin befasst sich mit der römisch-rechtlichen Werkgattung der «libri regularum» und untersucht anhand des Werkes des spätklassischen Juristen Älius Marcian, welche methodischen Vorstellungen ……続きを見る

Zunehmend komplexe Vertragsstrukturen führen dazu, dass mehrere Verträge umfassende Streitigkeiten auch auf Ebene der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit an Relevanz gewinnen. Die Durchführung schiedsgerichtlich……続きを見る

El gran historiador argentino del derecho, Víctor Tau Anzoátegui, escribió en 1987 una reseña en la revista Historia de la UC, en la que indicaba que «El libro que nos sirve de material básico para ……続きを見る

This two-volume encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the history and current character of American prisons and jails and their place in the U.S. corrections system.……続きを見る

Canadian administrative law was bedevilled for many decades by uncertainty and confusion. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada sought to bring this chaos to an end in its landmark decision Canada (M……続きを見る

Francis Stoughton Sullivan's 'Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England' provides a comprehensive exploration of the legal framework of England. Written in a scholarly yet accessible style, S……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a corre……続きを見る

In post-war Sierra Leone, a range of transitional justice mechanisms were implemented to address experiences of conflict, violence, and human rights violations. Much of the research on local transit……続きを見る

For over a century, many have struggled to turn the Constitution's prime goal "to establish Justice" into reality for Americans who cannot afford lawyers through civil legal aid. This book explains ……続きを見る

This landmark book unveils the history of defending Australia's natural environment and examines the subject's legal and political contexts from the birth of the nation in 1901 until the advent of t……続きを見る

This is a literature written by a New Zealand practising lawyer, Paul WD Alforque, whose life is dedicated in legal scholarship. It is his legal passion to ask questions which were less direct; ofte……続きを見る

Since the Second World War, international laws governing the conduct of war and the behaviour of soldiers on the field of battle have been of strong academic and legal interest. Yet while they have ……続きを見る

The ability of US Supreme Court justices to dissent from the majority, to formally register and explain their belief that a case has been wrongly decided, represents a time-honored tradition of perh……続きを見る

Using case records of prosecutions at the Scottish High Court of Justiciary between 1918 and 1930, this book takes a quantitative and qualitative approach to understand sexual violence in Scotland a……続きを見る

A compelling reexamination of how Britain used law to shape its empire For many years, Britain tried to impose its own laws on the peoples it conquered, and English common law usually followed the U……続きを見る

This book reveals to you the true meaning of Jihad in Islam. Our approach is based on the neurocognitive theory of meaning. This study is my attempt to give snapshots of how a scientific religious i……続きを見る

Der ordre public-Vorbehalt im Schiedsverfahrensrecht ist eine abstrakte Materie, die erst durch eine Aufarbeitung der legislativen Vorbereitungen zu den entsprechenden Regelwerken auf internationale……続きを見る

Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht den Grundsatz der Gläubigergleichbehandlung auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene im Vergleich. Sie stellt die historische Entwicklung, den Zweck sowie Ausprä……続きを見る