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  • English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381

    A Transformation of Governance and Law

    by Robert C. Palmer ...
    Series series Studies in Legal History
    Robert Palmer’s pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing the mechanisms by which the law adapted to social needs for centuries thereafter. The Black Death killed one-third of the English population between 1348 and 1351. To preserve traditional society, the king’s government aggressively ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Selling the Church

    The English Parish in Law, Commerce, and Religion, 1350-1550

    by Robert C. Palmer ...
    Series series Studies in Legal History
    In the years of expanding state authority following the Black Death, English common law permitted the leasing of parishes by their rectors and vicars, who then pursued interests elsewhere and left the parish in the control of lay lessees. But a series of statutes enacted by Henry VIII between 1529 and 1540 effectively reduced such clerical absenteeism. Robert Palmer examines this transformation of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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    The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand

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    During a 1931 trial of four Nazi stormtroopers, known as the Eden Dance Palace trial, Hans Litten grilled Hitler in a brilliant and merciless three-hour cross-examination, forcing him into multiple contradictions and evasions and finally reducing him to helpless and humiliating rage (the transcription of Hitler's full testimony is included.) At the time, Hitler was still trying to prove his ... Read more

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  • Saving Nelson Mandela:The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa

    The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa

    by Kenneth S. Broun ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in World History
    When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled him to save his country. In Saving Nelson Mandela, South African law expert Kenneth S. Broun ... Read more

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  • The Republic and The Laws

    by Cicero ...
    Translated by Niall Rudd ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature ... Read more

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  • Brierly's Law of Nations

    An Introduction to the Role of International Law in International Relations

    by Andrew Clapham ...
    This concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations. Written for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, the book first appeared in 1928 and attracted a wide readership. This new edition builds on Brierly's scholarship and his idea that law must serve a social purpose. Previous editions of The Law of Nations have been the standard introduction to international ... Read more

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  • A History of the Supreme Court

    by the late Bernard Schwartz ...
    When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped down as Associate Justice to become a state judge in South Carolina; John Jay resigned as Chief Justice to run for Governor of New York; and Alexander Hamilton declined to replace Jay, pursuing a private law practice instead. As Bernard ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Groundwork

    Charles Hamilton Houston and the Struggle for Civil Rights

    by Genna Rae McNeil, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. ...
    "A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."—Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law and society. A brilliant lawyer and educator, he laid much of the legal foundation for the landmark civil ... Read more

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  • The Power of Precedent

    by Michael J. Gerhardt ...
    The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics. The debate rages over both empirical and normative aspects of the issue: To what extent are the Supreme Court, Congress, and the executive branch constrained by precedent? To what extent should they be? Taking up a topic long overdue for comprehensive ... Read more

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  • Consuls and Res Publica

    Holding High Office in the Roman Republic

    Edited by Hans Beck, Antonio Duplá, Martin Jehne, Francisco Pina Polo ...
    The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the republic's highest office - to be sure, from different perspectives and with differing expectations. While the former aspired to the consulate as the defining magistracy of their social status, the latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding high office ... Read more

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  • Edward I and the Governance of England, 1272–1307

    by Caroline Burt ...
    Series Book 85 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
    This important exploration of the reign of Edward I – one of England's most lionised, feared and successful monarchs – presents his kingship in a radical new light. Through detailed case studies of Shropshire, Warwickshire and Kent, Caroline Burt examines how Edward's governance at a national level was reflected in different localities. She employs novel methodology to measure levels of disorder ... Read more

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  • When Good Drugs Go Bad

    Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada’s Drug Laws

    by Dan Malleck ...
    Throughout the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments in Canada. Dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitudes shifted and access to drugs became more restricted. How did this happen? Dan Malleck examines the conditions that led to Canada’s current drug laws. Drawing on newspaper accounts, ... Read more

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