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Serfdom was a coercive relationship between a landowner and peasant, which was widespread across medieval and early modern Europe. It features prominently in major historical debates, such as the or……続きを見る

The Unseen History of International Law locates and describes almost one thousand surviving copies of the first nine editions of Hugo Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis (IBP) published between 1625 and……続きを見る

Historians have long viewed Louisiana as an anomaly in the American judicial system-an eccentric appendage at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The diverse Creole culture and civilian heritage of ……続きを見る

Das Buch untersucht den Erwerb streitbefangener Gegenstände durch einen redlichen Dritten. Hierzu trifft § 325 Abs. 2 ZPO eine Grundaussage, wobei jedoch sein Anwendungsbereich und der Anknüpfungspu……続きを見る

Der Unrechtsausgleich im mittelalterlichen Recht ist Folge einer Verletzung von Rechtsgütern der Person, insbesondere des Lebens, der körperlichen Integrität, der Ehre und der Freiheit. Im Zentrum s……続きを見る

A leading legal scholar asks a fundamental question: Do we need a theory of constitutional interpretation? Do we need a theory of constitutional interpretation? It is a common argument among origina……続きを見る

Can faith-based counselors be held to the same standard of legal accountability as secular ones? Or does the broad shield of religious freedom protect them absolutely, no matter how incompetent or n……続きを見る

What began as a neighborhood party during the summer of 1942 led to the largest mass murder trial in California’s history. After young Jose Diaz was found murdered near Los Angeles’ Sleepy Lagoon re……続きを見る

This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context. Describing many……続きを見る

In the annals of Civil War history, one overarching dispute remains unsettled: was the United States waging war against another nation or putting down an internal rebellion? In October 1861 three le……続きを見る

Federalismーincluding its meanings and limitsーremains one of the most contested principles in constitutional law. To fully understand its importance, we must turn to a landmark decision nearly two ……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

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

Silver Gavel Award Finalist In two canonical decisions of the 1920sーMeyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sistersーthe Supreme Court announced that family (including certain relations within i……続きを見る

This book furthers dialogue on the separation of church and state with an approach that emphasizes intellectual history and the constitutional theory that underlies American society. Mark Douglas Mc……続きを見る

Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways. As Mark D. West shows in Drunk Japan, the……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages. Breaking new grou……続きを見る

Atrocity. Genocide. War crime. Crime Against Humanity. Such atrocity labels have been popularized among international lawmakers but with little insight offered into how and when these terms are appl……続きを見る

State trials provided some of the leading media events of later Stuart England. The more important of these trials attracted substantial public attention, serving as pivot points in the relationship……続きを見る

The Hughes Court: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941 describes the closing of one era in constitutional jurisprudence and the opening of another. This comprehensive study of the Supreme C……続きを見る

How and why Australia's legal system fails Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 'Russell Marks unravels a national tragedy. From the front line he delivers a first-rate, firsthand account of……続きを見る

Across eighteenth-century China a wide range of common people forged government documents or pretended to be officials or other agents of the state. This examination of case records and law codes tr……続きを見る

Elizabeth and James, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Bacon and Ellesmere, Perkins and Laud, Milton and Hobbes-this begins a list of early modern luminaries who write on 'equity'. In this study Mar……続きを見る

Am 21.11.1803 endete die kriminelle Karriere des berüchtigten Serien-straftäters Schinderhannes unter der Mainzer Guillotine. Von der Presse war er bald als deutscher Baron, bald als Freiheitskämpfe……続きを見る

Drawing on politics, religion, law, literature, and philosophy, this interdisciplinary study is a sequel to Mark Fortier’s bookThe Culture of Equity in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2006). The earl……続きを見る

In the context of education, Church and State issues are of growing importance and appear to be increasingly divisive. This volume critically examines the developing jurisprudence relating to religi……続きを見る

Through a series of vivid case studies, Authors in Court charts the 300-year-long dance between authorship and copyright that has shaped each institution’s response to changing social norms of ident……続きを見る

American States of Nature transforms our understanding of the American Revolution and the early makings of the Constitution. The journey to an independent United States generated important arguments……続きを見る

The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience. The First Amendment ……続きを見る

Little attention has been paid to the development of Australian private law throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Using the law of tort as an example, Mark Lunney argues that Australia……続きを見る