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A Book of Legal Lists
Oxford University Press, USA 1997; US$ 39.99Who are the top ten greatest Supreme Court Justices of all time? Who are the worst ten? Which Supreme Court decision helped lead to the Civil War? What are the ten greatest and worst Supreme Court decisions? What are the ten best courtroom movies? Who was the last to use the Supreme Court spittoon? Who was the first Justice to wear trousers beneath... more...
Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth Century
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 87.00Using a wide range of primary sources, this book provides a radical reassessment of eighteenth-century marriage law and practice. more...
Law in Medieval Russia
BRILL 2009; US$ 240.00Much of what we know about the colourful Russian middle ages comes from legal sources: the treaties of Russian-Scandinavian warlords with the Byzantine emperors, and the activities of Hanseatic merchants in the wealthy city-republic of Novgorod. This work presents a discussion of more general questions of legal history and legal anthropology. more...
The Influence of American Theories on Judicial Review in Nordic Constitutional Law
BRILL 2006; US$ 230.00Examines the influence of American law and theories of judicial review on the development, practice, and theorization of judicial review in Norway, Denmark, and Iceland from the 19th century. This study describes how Nordic scholars in the late 19th century rationalized judicial review based on American theory. more...
Historic Waters in the Law of the Sea
BRILL 2007; US$ 199.00Reassesses the doctrine of historic waters in the law of the sea, particularly in the light of decisions of the International Court of Justice which have referred to the topic. more...
War, the State and International Law in Seventeenth-Century Europe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 124.95Exploring the history and theories of political thought of international relations in the seventeenth century, this volume addresses one of the great paradoxes of post-medieval Europe: why instead of bringing peace to a disorganised and violent world, modernity instead produced a seemingly endless string of conflicts and social upheavals?Bringing together... more...
Church, State, and Original Intent
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. more...
Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American Economic History
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00This book examines the history of the first trust company, the Farmers' Loan and Trust, and its influence on the evolution of corporate law, regulation, and taxation. more...
Das sächsische Strafrecht im 19. Jahrhundert bis zum Reichsstrafgesetzbuch
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 84.00A presentation of the development of the Saxon criminal codes in the 19th century is the goal of this work. It focuses on the codification efforts since 1811, the respective effective versions of the Saxon criminal codes, the debates held by law planning authorities and their drafts as well as commentary from various academics and public authorities. more...
Legal Institutions and Collective Memories
Hart Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 52.20In recent decades the debate among scholars, lawyers, politicians and others about how societies deal with their past has been constant and intensive. 'Legal Institutions and Collective Memories' situates the processes of transitional justice at the intersection between legal procedures and the production of collective and shared meanings of... more...









