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"La presente se trata de una obra de objetivo eminentemente docente, que intenta construir una historia del Derecho para el período conocido, a grandes rasgos, como la antigüedad, esto es, desde la ……続きを見る

Las dictaduras no rehúyen el Derecho. Siempre lo han utilizado. Emulando otros ejemplos de los totalitarismos europeos, la dictadura franquista no fue una excepción. Se dotó de un sistema institucio……続きを見る

Sources of English Legal History: Public Law to 1750 is the definitive source book on the foundations of English public law. A companion to Baker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History: Priva……続きを見る

This book traces the life and legacy of a German Jewish lawyer, F A Mann, who moved to the UK in 1933 fleeing racial persecution from Germany, and later became one of the best-known legal minds of h……続きを見る

Covering the precolonial period to the present, The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of Latin American law, revealing the vast commonal……続きを見る

Institutional Racism explores the role of colonialism, truth, and knowledge in creating and maintaining institutional racism. It documents how the manipulation of truth and knowledge facilitated col……続きを見る

Domestic Surveillance and Social Control in Britain and France during World War I examines the rapid development and expansion of agencies and governmental power to monitor and control the homefront……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

Honorable Mention: Best First book in the History of Religions Responding to Vine Deloria, Jr.’s call for all people to “become involved” in the struggle to protect Indigenous sacred sites, Dana Llo……続きを見る

In 2007, for the first time in nearly seventy years, the Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Second Amendment. The resulting decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) was the ……続きを見る

Goldwater v. Carter tells the story of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld President James Earl Carter’s unilateral decision to nullify the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty with the Republic of ……続きを見る

Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America’s foremost legal historiansーKermit Hall and Melvin Urofskyーprovide a compact and highly readable updati……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

The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and the Law sheds light on the relationship between the two fields and analyses how the law shapes heritage and heritage practice in both expected and unexpected w……続きを見る

Silver Gavel Award, Honorable Mention Scribes Merit Award In June 2001, there was a decidedly new look to the graduating class at Virginia Military Institute. For the first time ever, the line of gr……続きを見る

While Brown v. Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in ……続きを見る

In a free society where it often seems nothing is sacred, many feel that one thing at least should be: that despite constitutional guarantees of free speech, it should be illegal to desecrate the Am……続きを見る

Este livro defende um conceito de objetividade que integre o fenômeno jurídico em sua existência empírica como um elemento conceitualmente necessário, mas não suficiente. O conceito de objetividade ……続きを見る

The liberal use of the sedition law in recent years, mainly by state governments intolerant of dissenting opinion, has provoked justified controversy. After some prominent individuals fell afoul of ……続きを見る

This book addresses the need for policing scholarship to strengthen its empirical cumulative knowledge base by replicating and reproducing earlier studies. The chapters in this volume advance polici……続きを見る

The Rights of Indians and Tribes explains Federal Indian Law in a conversational manner, yet is highly authoritative, containing over 2000 footnotes with citations to relevant court decisions, statu……続きを見る

The Nuremberg Trials (Volume 1) is a meticulous documentation of the unprecedented legal proceedings that established accountability for war crimes following World War II. The text not only presents……続きを見る

In "The Origin of Finger-Printing," William James Herschel meticulously chronicles the groundbreaking practice of using fingerprints as a method of personal identification. Written in a clear and en……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

In "Frederick William Maitland, Downing Professor of the Laws of England," H. A. L. Fisher delivers a profound examination of the life and legacy of one of England's foremost legal historians. This ……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

In "Our Changing Constitution," Charles W. Pierson delves into the intricate evolution of the U.S. Constitution, exploring its adaptability in the face of shifting societal norms and political lands……続きを見る

The Nuremberg Trials (Volume 3) is a compelling documentary account of the groundbreaking legal proceedings held in the aftermath of World War II, capturing the complex interplay of law, morality, a……続きを見る

The Nuremberg Trials (Volume 8) is a pivotal compendium that delves into the groundbreaking proceedings held in the aftermath of World War II, where leading figures of Nazi Germany were held account……続きを見る

The Nuremberg Trials (Volume 5) is a pivotal compilation that meticulously documents the proceedings of one of history's most significant legal confrontations, addressing the atrocities of World War……続きを見る