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  • Abraham Lincoln, Esq.

    The Legal Career of America's Greatest President

    de Roger Billings, Frank J. Williams ...
    Lincoln scholars explore the president's law career in this informative volume, examining his legal writings on matters from ethics to the Constitution.As our nation's most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly ... Leer más

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  • Memoirs and Reflections

    de Roy McMurtry ...
    From “the Kid” on the Varsity Blues football team to “the Chief” at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of the agreement that brought about the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and chief justice of Ontario, he made a large and enduring ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Labour Before the Law

    The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948

    de Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker ...
    Series series Canadian Social History Series
    In this groundbreaking study of the relations between workers and the state, Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker examine the legal regulation of workers' collective action from 1900 to 1948. They analyze the strikes, violent confrontations, lockouts, union organizing drives, legislative initiatives, and major judicial decisions that transformed the labour relations regime of liberal voluntarism, which ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • A Passion for Justice

    How 'Vinegar Jim' McRuer Became Canada's Greatest Law Reformer

    de J. Patrick Boyer ...
    This richly detailed biography illustrates how a determined Canadian seeking justice created an enduring legacy. Through vigorous battles, Jim McRuer’s passion for justice was translated into laws that daily touch and protect the lives of millions today.James Chalmers McRuer was not easy to get along with or even much liked by many lawyers who dubbed him ’Vinegar Jim.’ Yet countless others saw him ... Leer más

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  • The Legal Understanding of Slavery

    From the Historical to the Contemporary

    Edición de Jean Allain ...
    "Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised." So reads the legal definition of slavery agreed by the League of Nations in 1926. Further enshrined in law during international negotiations in 1956 and 1998, this definition has been interpreted in different ways by the international courts in the intervening ... Leer más

    $140.99 USD

  • Rage for Order

    The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800–1850

    de Lauren Benton, Lisa Ford ...
    International law burst on the scene as a new field in the late nineteenth century. Where did it come from? Rage for Order finds the origins of international law in empires—especially in the British Empire’s sprawling efforts to refashion the imperial constitution and use it to order the world in the early part of that century.“Rage for Order is a book of exceptional range and insight. Its ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • The ius commune in England

    Four Studies

    de 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. ... Leer más

    $179.09 USD

  • The Law's Conscience

    Equitable Constitutionalism in America

    de Peter Charles Hoffer ...
    The Law’s Conscience is a history of equity in Anglo-American juris-prudence from the inception of the chancellor’s court in medieval England to the recent civil rights and affirmative action decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Peter Hoffer argues that equity embodies a way of looking at law, including constitutions, based on ideas of mutual fairness, public trusteeship, and equal ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The U.S. Women's Jury Movements and Strategic Adaptation

    A More Just Verdict

    de Holly J. McCammon ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
    When women won the vote in the United States in 1920 they were still routinely barred from serving as jurors, but some began vigorous campaigns for a place in the jury box. This book tells the story of how women mobilized in fifteen states to change jury laws so that women could gain this additional right of citizenship. Some campaigns quickly succeeded; others took substantially longer. The book ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Children of the Father King

    Youth, Authority, and Legal Minority in Colonial Lima

    de Bianca Premo ...
    In a pioneering study of childhood in colonial Spanish America, Bianca Premo examines the lives of youths in the homes, schools, and institutions of the capital city of Lima, Peru. Situating these young lives within the framework of law and intellectual history from 1650 to 1820, Premo brings to light the colonial politics of childhood and challenges readers to view patriarchy as a system of power ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives

    Edición de Timothy Samuel Shah, Allen D. Hertzke ...
    Series series Law and Christianity
    In Volume 1 of Christianity and Freedom, leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of basic human rights and freedoms from antiquity through today. These include radical notions of dignity and equality, religious freedom, liberty of conscience, limited government, consent of the governed, economic liberty, autonomous civil society, and church-state ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • Article 370

    A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir

    de A.G. Noorani ...
    On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India came into force with a unique provision—Article 370. The special status accorded to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the article meant that its people lived under a different set of laws while being part of the Indian Union. Alternating deftly between history and politics, A.G. Noorani examines a wide range of documents pertaining to Article 370. He ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD