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A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history – you’ll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice. Meet t……続きを見る

London’s Underworld takes us on the nightmarish last journeys of condemned criminals to the gallows at Tyburn. We enter death-trap eighteenth century prisons, one of which the novelist Henry Fieldin……続きを見る

Author Peter Seddon gives life to over five centuries of bizarre, macabre and sometimes hilarious criminal cases. You’ll be gripped by tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of……続きを見る

'A book about a strange form of pop art where the criminal and the celebrity meet' Jeremy Deller 'I've been waiting for a book like this for years, and this is the best I could have hoped for. Danie……続きを見る

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France’s first trial for crimes against humanity. Known as the "Butcher of Lyon" during the Nazi occupation of that city from 194……続きを見る

As protest movements took to the streets during the 1960s and 1970s, a group of lawyers joined forces with America’s most confrontational activists. In pursuit of radical change themselves, these mi……続きを見る

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County, in a 6-to-3 decision with a majority opinion authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, that Title VII of the Civil Rights……続きを見る

Wesley Hohfeld is known the world over as the legal theorist who famously developed a taxonomy of legal concepts. His contributions to legal thinking have stood the test of time, remaining relevant ……続きを見る

From Law and Literature to Legality and Affect argues for the continued vitality of Law and Literature. Traditional methods of Law and Literature are combined with work in critical media studies, af……続きを見る

Using contemporary documents, police files, Home Office papers and newspaper reports, 'Jack the Ripper: The Facts' recreates the notorious crimes and police investigation of 1888 to provide the best……続きを見る

One of the iconic moments in English history, the trial and execution of King Charles I has yet to be studied in-depth from a contemporary legal perspective. Professor Ian Ward brings his considerab……続きを見る

2022 International Labor History Association Book of the Year A dramatic, deeply researched account of how legal repression and vigilantism brought down the Wobbliesーand how the destruction of thei……続きを見る

According to the US Constitution, if a bill is not returned to Congress by the president within ten days of receiving it and Congress has adjourned, the bill is effectively vetoed. The so-called poc……続きを見る

Em decorrência da crise de representatividade vivenciada no Brasil, o Poder Judiciário tem ocupado uma posição de destaque no cenário político nacional. Institui-se um sistema em que relevantes deba……続きを見る

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The true story of the boat which sank without trace the day after England won the World Cup. 続きを見る

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This book tells the untold story of the Married Women's Association. Unlike more conventional histories of family law, which focus on legal actors, it highlights the little-known yet indispensable w……続きを見る

'Conspiracy' focuses on the clashes, plots and perjuries that characterized seven notorious trials in Irish legal and political history between 1803 and 1916. Each trial shows how the legal system w……続きを見る

Packed with insights into Jewish life, The Jewish Contribution to English Law tells why Jews were drawn to the law. Charting history to and since 1858 and describing how many excelled in legal roles……続きを見る

A scholarly study of how women’s executions were staged, interpreted, and recorded in Renaissance England A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England provides……続きを見る

Maintaining the importance of socio-economic issues in devising transitional justice mechanisms, this book examines the widespread practice of land grabbing in Afghanistan. On 3 September 2003, 100 ……続きを見る

Now in its second edition, Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England has been updated to include more texts about witchcraft, murder, and sexual deviance and discussions about the historical……続きを見る

This book details both the intellectual and social history of American legal rules, institutions, ideology, and culture that had a foreign component, either by import or after 1900 also by export fr……続きを見る

Reparations for Slavery in International Law examines the case for contemporary redress for the harms and legacies of transatlantic enslavement from a legal perspective. The book critically evaluate……続きを見る

Adherents of originalism often present it as a theory that constrains legal decision-making in a clear and objective manner that is based on the text and original meaning of the Constitution, in con……続きを見る

Dieses Buch erläutert die verfassungsmäßige Ausgestaltung der Gesetzgebungsverfahren im Kaiserreich, in der Weimarer Republik und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Zusammenhang. Dadurch wird nach……続きを見る

Die Geschichte der Bundesrepublik ist maßgeblich vom Grundgesetz und der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts geprägt worden. In den Darstellungen der Historiker kommt das jedoch nur unvollk……続きを見る

Dr. Georg Beseler war ein deutscher Jurist, Mitglied der Frankfurter Nationalversammlung und des Verfassungsausschusses. In diesem Band hat er sich hauptsächlich zur Aufgabe gestellt, das Verhältnis……続きを見る