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In "Old Man Tutt," Arthur Train crafts a compelling narrative that delves into the intricacies of human morality and the legal system. The story revolves around a cunning yet endearing character, Ol……続きを見る

On January 14, 1806, Sidney Hanson was raped by John Deskins on a rough gravel path in the woods in Tazewell County, Virginia. In the early nineteenth century, trials for rape were rare. Scanty cour……続きを見る

Is there a future for the law? In this book, Florian Grisel addresses one of the most fascinating questions raised by social scientists in the past few decades. Since the 1980s, socio-legal scholars……続きを見る

A study of the internal tensions of British imperial rule told through murder and insanity trials Unsound Empire is a history of criminal responsibility in the nineteenth‑century British Empire told……続きを見る

This is a contemporary legal history book for Australian law students, written in an engaging style and rich with learning features and illustrations. The writers are a unique combination of talents……続きを見る

A EDITORA CONTRACORRENTE tem a satisfação de publicar a obra O MUNDO DAS TERRAS COLETIVAS: ITINERÁRIOS JURÍDICOS ENTRE O ONTEM E O AMANHÃ, do celebrado jurista italiano PAOLO GROSSI. Por meio dela, ……続きを見る

Dans 'La loi, expression de la volonté générale', Raymond Carré de Malberg présente une réflexion approfondie sur la nature de la loi et son lien intrinseque avec la volonté générale. À travers une ……続きを見る

Dans "Choix des plaidoyers et mémoires de M. Dupin aîné", André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin s'illustre par un recueil qui reflète son parcours d'avocat et son engagement dans le milieu juridique du déb……続きを見る

La collection "Discours, rapports et travaux inédits sur le Code civil" constitue une contribution exceptionnelle à la compréhension du droit civil français avec une exploration approfondie de ses f……続きを見る

L'ouvrage "Explication du tit. XX., liv. III du Code Napoléon" de Victor-Napoléon Marcadé offre une analyse approfondie du titre XX du livre III du Code civil français, qui porte sur les différentes……続きを見る

Dans "Histoire des avocats au parlement et du barreau de Paris", Jean-François Fournel propose une étude exhaustive consacrée à l'évolution des avocats dans le système judiciaire français, en mettan……続きを見る

Dans 'Le droit international codifié et sa sanction juridique', Pasquale Fiore explore les mécanismes de la codification du droit international à travers une analyse rigoureuse et critique. L'ouvrag……続きを見る

From the establishment of a coherent doctrine on sacramental marriage to the eve of the Reformation, late medieval church courts were used for marriage cases in a variety of ways. Ranging widely acr……続きを見る

New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison’s decision to arrest Clay Shaw on March 1, 1967, set off a chain of events that culminated in the only prosecution undertaken in the assassination of John ……続きを見る

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN 2022 Glasgow, 1817: Jean Campbell ……続きを見る

Policing Suspicion is an innovative examination of policing practices and the impact of these on patterns of arrest and prosecution in London, 1780-1850. The work establishes and defines the idea of……続きを見る

This book provides a new approach to the study of the History of Roman Law. It collects the first results of the European Research Council Project, Scriptores iuris Romani - dedicated to a new colle……続きを見る

A Federalist Notable Book “An important contribution to our understanding of the 14th Amendment.” ーWall Street Journal “By any standard an important contribution…A must-read.” ーNational Review “Th……続きを見る

Ancien régime France did not have a unified law. Legal relations of the people were governed by a disorganized amalgam of norms, including provincial and local customs (coutumes), elements of Roman ……続きを見る

Mass Shootings and Civilian Armament provides the first comprehensive multi-methodological analysis of the relationship between mass shootings and firearm purchases (as proxied by background checks)……続きを見る

This collection discusses the concept of fraternity and examines the issue of its role in law. Since the end of World War II, fraternity has been cited in several national constitutional charters, i……続きを見る

Direito na ditadura: o uso das leis e do direito durante a ditadura militar, tem como objetivo apresentar, com viés jurídico e histórico, como o sistema de leis e instituições e o regime militar se ……続きを見る

This book is a critical summary and exegesis of the work of Nicole Rafter, who was a leading scholar of the history of biological theories of crime causation as well as a profound theorist of the ro……続きを見る

In this book, Laurence Armand French frames the emergence of medical, clinical, and legal ethical standards within the long history of institutional and systemic racial and gender biases in the Unit……続きを見る

Das vierbändige „Handbuch zur Geschichte der Konfliktlösung in Europa“ beschäftigt sich mit rechtlichen und außerrechtlichen Wegen der Entscheidung von Konflikten zwischen einzelnen Menschen sowie z……続きを見る

The Limits of Criminological Positivism: The Movement for Criminal Law Reform in the West, 1870-1940 presents the first major study of the limits of criminological positivism in the West and establi……続きを見る

Like many countries around the world, Chile is undergoing a political moment when the nature of democracy and its political and legal institutions are being challenged. Senior Chilean legal scholar ……続きを見る

This volume examines the role of League of Nations committees, particularly the Advisory Committee of Jurists (ACJ) in shaping the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ). The……続きを見る

Te presento uno de los libros más completos que encontrarás sobre el estudio evolutivo del menor desde el punto de vista legislativo, desde sus inicios, cuando no existía una institución propia que ……続きを見る

First published in 1993, Crimes of Style investigates the politics of culture and crime through an in-depth case study of graffiti in Denver and the official response to it. Focusing on the most pre……続きを見る