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In the late 1950s and early 1960s the drug Thalidomide (marketed in the UK by Distillers Company without sufficient testing) was a sedative and medication prescribed for morning sickness. The Thalid……続きを見る

Examines the history of the federal trial courts in Western Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. A Lincoln Legacy: The History of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan by David G……続きを見る

Supreme Court justices have long relied on law clerks to help process the work of the Court. Yet few outside the Court are privy to the behind-the-scenes bonds that form between justices and their c……続きを見る

In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gillmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundariesーbetween men and women, slav……続きを見る

On the feast of St. Michael, September 1659, a thirteen-year-old peasant girl left her family's rural home to work as a maid in the nearby city of Braunschweig. Just two years later, Grethe Schmidt ……続きを見る

Choice Outstanding Book In this magisterial new work, Bancroft Prize-winning historian David Kyvig chronicles the rise of a culture of impeachment since 1960ーone that extends far beyond the infamou……続きを見る

Virginians dominate the early history of the United States, with Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Patrick Henry, George Mason, George Wythe, and John Marshall figuring prominently in that nar……続きを見る

Once largely ignored, judicial elections in the states have become increasingly controversial over the past two decades. Legal organizations, prominent law professors, and a retired Supreme Court ju……続きを見る

As our society becomes more global, international law is taking on an increasingly significant role, not only in world politics but also in the affairs of a striking array of individuals, enterprise……続きを見る

Courtrooms and contracts. Legal claims and criminal cases. The legal system can be complex, but you’ll be at an advantage with this enlightening guide by your side! Understanding the law and navigat……続きを見る

Nos enfrentamos a la complicada tarea de analizar algunas de las más relevantes leyes canónicas de los Sínodos diocesanos de Lima de 1582, 1584 y 1585. El fin no es otro que comprobar si, y hasta dó……続きを見る

The Nevada judiciary began with territorial judges appointed by President Abraham Lincoln and transitioned to elected judges after statehood in 1864. The courts officiated by these judges have influ……続きを見る

The Criminal Justice System: An Introduction, Fifth Edition incorporates the latest developments in the field while retaining the basic organization of previous editions which made this textbook so ……続きを見る

The first comprehensive examination of the development of judicial elections in the American South The practice of choosing state judges by popular election is a unique aspect of American democracy.……続きを見る

Neque enim debet nocere factum alterius ei qui nihil fecit – «denn das Verhalten eines anderen darf niemandem zum Nachteil gereichen, der nichts gemacht hat». Dieser Grundsatz der eigenen Verantwort……続きを見る

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open……続きを見る

A rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry into how classical rhetorical traditions continue to inform, challenge, and enrich modern legal reasoning and jurisprudence. Classical Rhetoric and Contemporary ……続きを見る

A behind-the-scenes look at the role of law clerks and their history at the U.S. Supreme Court. Based on Supreme Court archives, the personal papers of justices and other figures at the Supreme Cour……続きを見る

In his first book since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story, renowned historian David Oshinsky takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Court’s controversial and much-debated stanc……続きを見る

In "The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt," David Miller DeWitt meticulously examines the controversial trial and execution of Mary Surratt, the first woman hanged by the United States government. ……続きを見る

The Santeria religion of Cubaーthe Way of the Saintsーmixes West AfricanYoruba culture with Catholicism. Similar to Haitian voodoo, Santeria has long practiced animal sacrifice in certain rites. But……続きを見る

When the American Railway Union went on strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in 1894, it set into motion a chain of events whose repercussions are still felt today. The strike pitted Americ……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot presents the first in-depth study of the pioneering Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911, the first effort in American financial history to regulate the sale of securities in the US. Thou……続きを見る

A searching dialogue between two leading legal scholars exploring the place of law in global affairs. The modern world is legalized: legal language, institutions, and professionals are everywhere. B……続きを見る

Vacarius and the Advent of Civil Law This is Volume 1 of the series of books about Medieval Oxford University. The series will examine a wide range of positive and negative connections between the U……続きを見る

One of the first to provide a socio-legal comparative history of under-studied or ignored Jewish attempts in the 1930s "Anglosphere" to counter the rise in fascist and Nazi antisemitism, this book e……続きを見る

During its classical period, American contract law had three prominent characteristics: nearly unlimited freedom to choose the contents of a contract, a clear separation from the law of tort (the la……続きを見る

This book uses primary sources to closely examine the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and to show how legal interpretations of it have had a profound impact on American life as w……続きを見る

This volume presents the first full English translation of four key texts from the dispute between Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolomé de las Casas regarding the justice of Spain's invasion of the……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