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  • The ius commune in England

    Four Studies

    by R. H. Helmholz ...
    This study addresses the ius commune's relation to and influence on English law. Helmholz aims to fill in some of the gaps in scholarship on the common legal past of Western law, the history of the Roman and canon laws, the history of the ecclesiastical courts, parallels between the ius commune and English common law, and English church history. ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Natural Law in Court

    A History of Legal Theory in Practice

    by R. H. Helmholz ...
    The theory of natural law grounds human laws in the universal truths of God’s creation. Until very recently, lawyers in the Western tradition studied natural law as part of their training, and the task of the judicial system was to put its tenets into concrete form, building an edifice of positive law on natural law’s foundations. Although much has been written about natural law in theory, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Natural Law in Court

    A History of Legal Theory in Practice

    by R. H. Helmholz ...
    The theory of natural law grounds human laws in the universal truths of God’s creation. Until very recently, lawyers in the Western tradition studied natural law as part of their training, and the task of the judicial system was to put its tenets into concrete form, building an edifice of positive law on natural law’s foundations. Although much has been written about natural law in theory, ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • The Profession of Ecclesiastical Lawyers

    An Historical Introduction

    by R. H. Helmholz ...
    Series series Law and Christianity
    Historians of the English legal profession have written comparatively little about the lawyers who served in the courts of the Church. This volume fills a gap; it investigates the law by which they were governed and discusses their careers in legal practice. Using sources drawn from the Roman and canon laws and also from manuscripts found in local archives, R. H. Helmholz brings together ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Christianity and Criminal Law

    Edited by Mark Hill QC, Norman Doe, RH Helmholz, John Witte, Jr. ...
    Series series Law and Religion
    This collection, by leading legal scholars, judges and practitioners, together with theologians and church historians, presents historical, theological, philosophical and legal perspectives on Christianity and criminal law.Following a Preface by Lord Judge, formerly Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and an introductory chapter, the book is divided into four thematic sections. Part I ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Great Christian Jurists in English History

    Edited by R. H. Helmholz, Mark Hill, QC ...
    Series series Law and Christianity
    The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies of leading jurists, judges and practitioners, assessing the impact of their Christian faith on the professional output of the individuals studied. Little has previously been written about the faith of the great judges who framed and developed the English common law over centuries, but this unique ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

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  • Law and Authority in British Legal History, 1200–1900

    Edited by Mark Godfrey ...
    By presenting original research into British legal history, this volume emphasises the historical shaping of the law by ideas of authority. The essays offer perspectives upon the way that ideas of authority underpinned the conceptualisation and interpretation of legal sources over time and became embedded in legal institutions. The contributors explore the basis of the authority of particular ... Read more

    $127.09 USD

  • The Philosophical Origins of Modern Contract Doctrine

    by James Gordley ...
    Series series Clarendon Law Series
    This book traces the influence of philosophical ideas on the development of contract law from the post-Roman period through to the nineteenth century, focusing upon the synthesis of Roman law and the moral philosophy of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. Although primarily a study of the late scholastics this is a book about the history of ideas, and as such will be of great interest to legal ... Read more

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  • Legalism

    Property and Ownership

    Edited by Georgy Kantor, Tom Lambert, Hannah Skoda ...
    Series series Legalism
    In this volume, ownership is defined as the simple fact of being able to describe something as 'mine' or 'yours', and property is distinguished as the discursive field which allows the articulation of attendant rights, relationships, and obligations. Property is often articulated through legalism as a way of thinking that appeals to rules and to generalizing concepts as a way of understanding, ... Read more

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  • Is Eating People Wrong?

    Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World

    by Allan C. Hutchinson ...
    Great cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores eight exemplary cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia that show the law as a living, breathing and down-the-street experience. It explores the social circumstances in which the cases arose and the ordinary people whose stories influenced and shaped the law as well as the ... Read more

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    Community and Justice

    Edited by Fernanda Pirie, Judith Scheele ...
    'Community' and 'justice' recur in anthropological, historical, and legal scholarship, yet as concepts they are notoriously slippery. Historians and lawyers look to anthropologists as 'community specialists', but anthropologists often avoid the concept through circumlocution: although much used (and abused) by historians, legal thinkers, and political philosophers, the term remains strikingly ... Read more

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