Williams - Legal History 1

Much of the current reassessment of race, culture, and criminal justice in the nineteenth-century South has been based on intensive community studies. Drawing on previously untapped sources, the nin……続きを見る

**"Read this book to understand human nature." (Preet Bharara) • "An amazing story, well told.” (Anderson Cooper) • "A masterful telling." (Dahlia Lithwick) From CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams, a……続きを見る

This groundbreaking book delves into the lived experiences and collective wisdom of Indigenous communities impacted by colonialism. Through collaborations with non-Indigenous colleagues, this book s……続きを見る

"The Commentaries on the Laws of England" is an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1765–……続きを見る

William Sir Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First" serves as a foundational text in legal literature, meticulously elucidating the principles of English common law. Black……続きを見る

The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state's governing charter. In addition to an ove……続きを見る

First Published in 2017. This book examines Texas regulations dating as far back as the Texas Black Codes of 1866 to contemporary Texas Child Care Licensing regulations. It presents case studies tha……続きを見る

In "Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics," James Williams masterfully intertwines the intricacies of legal discourse with the lyrical elegance of poetry. This collection captures the often-overlooked ……続きを見る

In this volume ten expert historians and legal scholars examine the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the first federal civil rights statute in American history. The act declared that all persons born in th……続きを見る

In this book Samantha Williams examines illegitimacy, unmarried parenthood and the old and new poor laws in a period of rising illegitimacy and poor relief expenditure. In doing so, she explores the……続きを見る

William Sir Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First" serves as a foundational text in the study of English law, embracing a comprehensive exploration of the principles that……続きを見る

This readable yet sophisticated survey of treaty-making between Native and European Americans before 1800, recovers a deeper understanding of how Indians tried to forge a new society with whites on ……続きを見る

This study provides a comprehensive critique - forensic, historical, and theoretical - of the moral panic paradigm, using empirically grounded ethnographic research to argue that the panic paradigm ……続きを見る

A timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most, of the state’s historic……続きを見る

The laws that governed the institution of slavery in early Texas were enacted over a fifty-year period in which Texas moved through incarnations as a Spanish colony, a Mexican state, an independent ……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven’ Bassiano, a noble Venetian, hopes to woo……続きを見る

Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed 10 justices to the U.S. Supreme Court - more than any president except Washington - and during his presidency from 1933 to 1945, the Court gained more visibility, und……続きを見る

For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageabl……続きを見る