Legal History

From Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may be united under one Constitution, s...

In August 1966, two weeks after England won the World Cup, and four miles from Wembley Stadium, Harry Roberts and his associates gunned down three ...

This book examines the judicial opinions and criminal justice policy impact of Justice John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Courts most prolific opi...

Fifty years after the event, here is the first full account of an audacious publishing decision that with the help of booksellers and readers arou...

A long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the worlds largest law firms. Though not a household name, Jones Day is well ...

Edition of documents relating to a Suffolk incorporation, offering a fresh perspective on Poor Law history. Between 1660 and 1841, some 149 corpor...

The debate on political theology that ran throughout the twentieth century has reached its end, but the ultimate meaning of the notion continues to...

'The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was ground-breaking in the UK and this book marks the fiftieth anniversary of its successful path to the statute b...

Thomas Green examines the Scottish Reformation from a new perspective the legal system and lawyers. For the leading lawyers of the day, the Scotti...