Legal History

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the public's relatio...

In International Law and the Public, Geoffrey P.R. Wallace investigates the public as a crucial, often overlooked, actor in international law. He a...

In International Law and the Public, Geoffrey P.R. Wallace investigates the public as a crucial, often overlooked, actor in international law. He a...

In the 1560's and the 1570's, several authors outside of Spain recorded the text of an oath supposedly uttered by the Aragonese people when they re...

Die Prozessordnungen des europäischen Kontinents wurzeln sämtlich im Prozessrecht des Mittelalters, wie es seit dem 12. Jahrhundert an den Universi...

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

This volume contains the papers presented during a workshop at Ghent University's Financial Law Institute. The aim of the workshop was to confront ...

his book addresses a topic of vivid public discussion at both national and international levels where an information technology revolution comes to...

More and more people are turning to human rights courts to seek protection against prejudice, disadvantage or exclusion on account of their cultura...

Evidence-based medical guidelines are an inescapable element of current medical practice, but how are they developed? This book interrogates what c...

Justinian 's Digest, enacted 533 CE, collects excerpts of high-calibre writings from Roman legal intellectuals, produced in the first and second ce...

A novel interpretation of architecture, ugliness, and the social consequences of aesthetic judgmentWhen buildings are deemed ugly, what are the con...

This book asks how, in a time of crisis, medieval citizens developed an independent sense of ethics. Witness testimonies from Marseille's court rec...

On the evening of September 17, 1992, eight leading members of the Iranian and Kurdish opposition had gathered at a little-known restaurant in Berl...

Wise and illuminatingMerrills treatment of the rise of Chevron, and its various twists and turns over the decades, is keenly insightful. Cass R. Su...