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"The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court"
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Offering an analysis of the Supreme Court's most important task - shaping the law, this book analyzes the Court's interpretation or treatment of the precedents it has set in the past. It shows that while precedent can operate as a constraint on the justices' decisions, it also represents an opportunity to foster preferred societal outcomes. With 14 line illus. 5 tables.. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 289g.
Author: Hansford, Thomas G. Spriggs, James F.
ISBN: 0691136335
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"The Trial"A History From Socrates to O.J. Simpson
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With wit, legal insight and a travel writer's eye for detail, this work shows how the irrationality of the past lives on in modern legal systems. It crosses from the marbled courtrooms of Athens through the ordeal pits of Anglo-Saxon England, past the torture chambers of the Inquisition to the judicial theatres of seventeenth-century Salem. With illustrations. Paperback, 508 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Kadri, Sadakat
ISBN: 0007111223
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Legal History
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"Law in America"An Illustrated Celebration
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An Illustrated Celebration. With 116 colour plates. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 362 x 279 mm. Weight: 2403g.
Author: Kauffman, Blair Collier, Bonnie B.
ISBN: 0789399741
Publisher: Universe Publishing (Incorporated, Div. of Rizzoli International Pubns., Inc.,)
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Legal History
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"A Jurisprudence of Power"Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law
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"Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History" series; This book looks at the martial law suppression of the Jamaica uprising of 1865, and the subsequent debate and litigation. It addresses questions of legality, and the integrity of political ideals arising from the most important conflict over martial law and the rule of law in the history of England in the nineteenth century. Paperback, 560 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 830g.
Author: Kostal, Rande W.
ISBN: 0199551944
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Legal History
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"The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial"
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"Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History" series; The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial, which typifies practice in Anglo-American legal systems, developed in England in the 18th century. Using the sources from London's Old Bailey Court, the author shows how and why lawyers were able to capture the trial, and gives an account of the formation of the law of criminal evidence. With illustrations. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 555g.
Author: Langbein, John H.
ISBN: 0199287236
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"The History of the New York Court of Appeals"1932-2003
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Provides legal, social and political contexts for various cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. This book examines the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression. It outlines cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality. With illustrations. Hardback, 864 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Meyer, Bernard S. Agata, Burton C. Agata, Seth H.
ISBN: 0231136323
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"Prosecution and Punishment"Petty Crime and the L in London and Rural Middlesex, C.1660 - 1725
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"Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History" series; This book offers an assessment of the social significance of the law in pre-industrial England. Paperback, 372 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 572g.
Author: Shoemaker, Robert B.
ISBN: 0521068762
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"Borrowing Constitutional Designs"Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic
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Questions the hasty adoption of semi-presidentialism by several democracies. Drawing on case studies of two countries for European politics in the twentieth century - Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic - this book offers a theoretically focused, and historically grounded, analysis of semi-presidentialism and democracy. With 15 line illus. 4 tables.. Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 399g.
Author: Skach, Cindy
ISBN: 0691123454
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"Creating the National Security State"A History of the Law That Transformed America
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A study of the political and bureaucratic struggles that surrounded the passage and implementation of the 1947 National Security Act. It shows how disputes over the lessons of Pearl Harbor and World War II informed the debates that culminated in the legislation, and how the national security agencies were transformed by battles over missions. Hardback, 358 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 643g.
Author: Stuart, Douglas T.
ISBN: 0691133719
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"The Law of the Land"The Advent of the Torrens System in Canada
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"Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History" series; With 12 figures. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 515g.
Author: Taylor, Greg
ISBN: 0802099130
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Date: 2008 (Canada)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"The Evolution of a Constitution"Eight Key Moments in British Constitutional History
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Describes the British constitution, by means of a consideration of eight key moments in British constitutional history. Historical events covered include: the 1688 Glorious Revolution, the 1707 Union between England and Scotland, the 1911 Parliament Act and the 1972 European Communities Act. Paperback, 300 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 365g.
Author: Wicks, Elizabeth
ISBN: 184113418X
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"The Accidental Republic"Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows and the Remaking of American Law
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In the five decades after the Civil War, the United States witnessed a profusion of legal institutions designed to cope with the nation's exceptionally acute industrial accident crisis. This book talks about how jurists elaborated the common law of torts; workingmen's organisations founded a widespread system of cooperative insurance; and more. With 3 tables. New ed. Paperback, 322 pages. Size: 233 x 160 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Witt, John Fabian
ISBN: 0674022610
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Legal History
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"Kaplan Lsat Comprehensive Program"
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"Kaplan Lsat Comprehensive Program" series; With illustrations. Rev ed. Paperback, 528 pages. Size: 277 x 213 mm. Weight: 1167g.
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ISBN: 1419541900
Publisher: Kaplan Aec Education
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Legal Profession: General
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"Solicitors' and Barristers' Directory 2004"
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This legal contact directory lists over 70,000 legal professionals and also includes extensive additional legal information. Features include: individual solicitors' index detailing work categories and indicating Higher Rights of Audience and solicitors' firm specialisation index. With indexes. Hardback, 1536 pages. Size: 300 x 230 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: (Hobbs, Jackie, ed.)
ISBN: 1857839544
Publisher: Waterlow Professional Publishing
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General Legal Profession: General
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"Waterlow's Solicitors' and Barristers' Diary Range 2004 Deluxe Diary and Directory"
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A desk diary designed specifically to help the legal professional manage their busy schedule. The diaries provide space for recording daily appointments, career development, court hearing dates and personal contact details. With indexes. Diary, Size: 241 x 152 mm. Weight: 1399g.
Author: (Cater, Bethan, ed.)
ISBN: 1857839730
Publisher: Waterlow Professional Publishing
Date: 2003 (UK)
Readership: Research/Professional Legal Profession: General
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