Legal History

In Judicial Territory, Shaina Potts reveals how the American empire has benefited from the post-World War II expansion of United States judicial au...

In Judicial Territory, Shaina Potts reveals how the American empire has benefited from the post-World War II expansion of United States judicial au...

In this deeply researched and powerfully written exposÉ, Mike Steve Collins pulls back the curtain on the networks of power and influence that are ...

This is the fifth and final volume in the Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales.This volume covers the uneven and often irresol...

THE INSPIRING, ON-THE-GROUND STORY OF THE RISING GRASSROOTS LEADERS IN THE ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE PIVOTAL FIRST YEAR AFTER DOBBSWhen t...

Canadian Criminal Law in Ten Cases explores the development of criminal justice in Canada through an in-depth examination of ten significant crimin...

Fritz Schulz once famously described the Roman law of inheritance as labyrinthine and is deemed to be the most complex part of the Roman legal syst...

This collection of essays examines how the paratextual apparatus of medieval manuscripts both inscribes and expresses power relations between the ...

History is a source of education and insight for modern diplomacy. Through time, this book analyses 30 famous negotiations from around the World: f...

The twin ideas of legal validity and invalidity are ubiquitous in contemporary private and public law. But their roots lie buried deep in European ...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offere...

Chronicles the history of emancipation through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black northerners The Rising Generatio...

Anticolonial movements of the twentieth century generated ambitious ideas of freedom. Following decolonization, the challenge was to give an instit...

Byzantium was a strange entity--a relic of classical antiquity which survived deep into the Middle Ages. Drawing on a lifetime's work in the field ...

In June 1938, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a new Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the first major legislation regulating these industries sin...

Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of the policy-making process, Susan Lawrence examines how a change in who has access to the Court...

From the New York Timesbestselling author, a thrilling true crime story of grisly murder, police corruption, and an attorneys work to save an innoc...

This book highlights the broad scope and span of resistance as a contentious practice in the early modern Iberian world.  In this context, from the...