Legal History

The law of libel is the instrument of censorship by which dignitytoo often pseudo-dignityis to be upheld. That is Michael Rubinsteins definition in...

Ecological and political instability have time and again emerged as catalysts for risky development projects along India's south-west coastline. De...

This book provides a new interpretation of ordoliberalism the influential German version of neoliberalism by exploring the political, legal, and ...

This book reassesses AV Diceys legacy in political and legal thought through the reflections of leading scholars who consider his importance not on...

Since the Second World War, international laws governing the conduct of war and the behaviour of soldiers on the field of battle have been of stron...

The story of Wallachian mobility and settlement is remarkably central to the human condition. At its core, it reflects a fundamental drive to enhan...

Since its Broadway debut, Hamilton: An American Musical has infused itself into the American experience: who shapes it, who owns it, who can rap it...

A unique introduction to the constitutional arguments for and against the right to abortion In January 1973, the Supreme Courts opinion in Roe v. W...

In 1847, in a small rural courthouse in Coles County, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln represented a Kentucky slave owner named Robert Matson in his attem...

This book introduces non-specialist readers to the history of how human societies have sought to control, use and exploit our oceans, seas and shor...

This book seeks to trace the notarial history of China from 1902 to 1979. While working on this trailblazing effort, the author taps into a rich va...

Almost 200,000 African Americans fought to save the Union, many believing that military service was the pathway to freedom. Yet, even after enlisti...

Legal legend Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer once stated that there were only two people in the world who really understood the Constitution and its impa...

Legal legend Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer once stated that there were only two people in the world who really understood the Constitution and its impa...

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of m...

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of m...

A novel account of the relationship between sincerity, religious freedom, and the secular in the United States.   Sincerely held religious belief i...

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 a...

Opened up by the revival of Classical thought but driven by the violence of the Reformation and Counter Reformation, the terrain of Early Modern la...