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Legal History

  • "The Right Chorale": Studies in Biblical Law and Interpretationby Bernard M. Levinson

    Mohr Siebeck 2008; US$ 117.55

    Hauptbeschreibung This book presents twelve selected investigations of textual composition, interpretation, revision, and transmission. With these studies, Bernard Levinson draws upon the literary forebears of biblical law in cuneiform literature and its reinterpretation in the Second Temple period to provide the horizon of ancient Israelite legal... more...

  • 1494by Stephen R. Bown

    St. Martin's Press 2012; US$ 27.99

    "This is a starry love story, a tale of seething jealousies and subterfuge, a political imbroglio, and religious cruelties. It sounds like Shakespeare and it could have very well been the plot of one of his plays." - -Toronto Star In 1494, award-winning author Stephen R. Bown tells the untold story of the explosive feud between monarchs,... more...

  • 300 Jahre Oberlandesgericht Celleby Peter Götz von Olenhusen

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 75.43

    Hauptbeschreibung Am 14. Oktober 2011 feiert das Oberlandesgericht Celle sein 300stes Jubiläum. Es ist damit eines der ältesten Obergerichte Deutschlands. Nach seiner Gründung als kurfürstliches Oberappellationsgericht durch Kurfürst Georg Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, den späteren König Georg I. von England, durchlebte es eine wechselvolle Geschichte.... more...

  • 40 Days and 40 Nightsby Matthew Chapman

    HarperCollins 2007; US$ 13.99

    In this fascinating story of evolution, religion, politics, and personalities, Matthew Chapman captures the story behind the headlines in the debate over God and science in America. In Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education , decided in late 2005, a Republican judge rendered a surprising verdict in a case that pitted the teaching of intelligent design... more...

  • 60 Jahre Bonner Grundgesetz - eine geglückte Verfassung?by Christian Hillgruber; Christian Waldhoff

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010; US$ 32.25

    Hauptbeschreibung Ursprünglich als Provisorium aus der Taufe gehoben, verfasst das Grundgesetz sechzig Jahre nach seinem Inkrafttreten einen deutschen Staat, der die volle Souveränität über seine inneren und äußeren Angelegenheiten wiedererlangt hat. Mit der deutschen Einheit ist das de facto schon länger als Vollverfassung fungierende Grundgesetz... more...

  • Abortion in Judaismby Daniel Schiff

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 39.00

    Abortion in Judaism presents a complete Jewish legal history of abortion from the earliest relevant biblical references through the end of the twentieth century. For the first time, almost every Jewish text relevant to the abortion issue is explored, providing important insights into the development of Jewish ethical principles. more...

  • Abraham Lincoln, Esq.by Roger Billings; Frank J. Williams

    The University Press of Kentucky 2010; US$ 40.00

    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 twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America's Greatest President... more...

  • Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil Warby Jonathan W. White

    LSU Press 2011; US$ 17.95

    In Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War, Jonathan White reveals how the arrest and prosecution of this little-known Baltimore farmer had a lasting impact on the Lincoln administration and Congress as they struggled to develop policies to deal with both northern traitors and southern rebels. His work sheds significant new light on several perennially... more...

  • Abwägung im Rechtby Ekkehard Hofmann

    Mohr Siebeck 2007; US$ 149.90

    Hauptbeschreibung Die Abwägungsdogmatik hält nach einer langjährigen und umfangreichen Rechtsprechungsgeschichte nicht nur eine Fülle von Lösungen für Einzelfragen des Planungsrechts bereit. Darüber hinaus lässt sich das dem Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatz entstammende Gebot gerechter Abwägung auch ohne weiteres als allgemeine Grundstruktur komplexer... more...

  • Act of Justiceby Burrus M. Carnahan

    The University Press of Kentucky 2007; US$ 24.95

    In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged the constitutional soundness of the act, Lincoln asserted... more...