Legal History

In 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Bold...

Economic diplomacy is a multifaceted tool that European countries, both individually and collectively through the EU, use to promote their economic...

This collection investigates the conflictual relationship between the Islamic world and Western civilization, looking at its history as key to unde...

European law, including both civil law and common law, has gone through several major phases of expansion in the world. European legal history thus...

Today we think of land as the paradigmatic example of property, while in the past, the paradigmatic example was often a slave. In this seminal work...

The Supreme Courts October 2023 Term was filled with blockbuster decisions that will have a dramatic effect on the law and on peoples lives. The Co...

An authoritative, even-handed, and accessible history of the Supreme Court of the United States, the most powerful court in the world and the final...

In 1660 Charles II was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland, but his hold on power was precarious. In particular, Ireland was ...

Shakespeare and the Law appreciates Shakespeare and his works as expressions of an English early modern culture in which the shared rhetorical prac...

Shakespeare and the Law appreciates Shakespeare and his works as expressions of an English early modern culture in which the shared rhetorical prac...

Die 11. Tagung zu »Literatur und Recht« im Nordkolleg Rendsburg beschäftigte sich mit dem ebenso spannenden wie unerschöpflichen Themenkreis Recht,...

This book discusses in detail how medieval scholars reacted to the casuistic discussions in the inherited Roman texts, particularly the Digest of J...