Legal History

Throughout the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments in Canada. Dependency, when it occurred, was consider...

More than half of the world's population lives under law codes. Yet, defining the concept of codification remains elusive. Rather than delving into...

This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of the largely urban offence once known as vitriol throwing because the substance most commonly used was s...

At the beginning of 2020, the Polish justice system faced unprecedented challenge related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to red...

The second of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes a diversity of contributions that study the social inter-depe...

The first of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes diverse contributions that study the social inter-dependence o...

One of the first to provide a socio-legal comparative history of under-studied or ignored Jewish attempts in the 1930s Anglosphere to counter the r...

This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary assessment of the accountability of executive power in different European States and at the Euro...

Getting divorced and remarried are now common practices in European societies, even if the rules differ from one country to the next. Civil marriag...

This book analyses a selection of leading works in the criminal law to ask questions about how the modern discipline of criminal law has developed,...

This open access book explores the intertwined histories of mapmaking and copyright law in Britain from the early modern period up to World War 1, ...

Through a wide range of international and interdisciplinary case studies, this book develops the notion of legacy, and in particular, living legacy...

Among the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) is current...

An edition and translation, with introduction and extended commentary, of all the royal charters granted to Jersey. Examines the process by which...

From Colonial Cuba to Madrid examines the largest and most complex freedom suit litigated in the highest court of the Spanish empire at the end of ...

From Colonial Cuba to Madrid examines the largest and most complex freedom suit litigated in the highest court of the Spanish empire at the end of ...

Our trial courts conduct hardly any trials, our correctional systems do not correct, and the rise of mandated arbitration has ushered in a shadowy ...

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...