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  • Liberal Opinions
    William A. Norris / William ANorris
    The life and times of a trailblazing lawyer and judge in American law. Author of the controversial but prescient judicial opinion striking down the ban on gays in the military — two decades before the Supreme Court finally recognized such equal rights — Bill Norris made law and waves on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yet his legal and civic life before and after, though le...
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    33,86 €

  • The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, c.1100-c.1500
    Sara Elin Roberts
    2022 Hywel Dda Award (University of Wales Literary Awards)A ground-breaking study of the lawbooks which were created in the changing social and political climate of post-conquest Wales.The Middle Ages in Wales were turbulent, with society and culture in constant flux. Edward I of England’s 1282 conquest brought with it major changes to society, governance, power and identity, a...
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    35,04 €

  • Cruising for Conspirators
    Alecia P. Long
    New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison’s decision to arrest Clay Shaw on March 1, 1967, set off a chain of events that culminated in the only prosecution undertaken in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In the decades since Garrison captured headlines with this high-profile legal spectacle, historians, conspiracy advocates, and Hollywood directors alike have fixated on h...
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    35,51 €

  • The Javanese Way of Law
    Mason Hoadley
    Traditional Javanese law of the pre- and early-colonial period does not draw upon the contents of recognized texts, but -- as preserved and often explained in those texts -- on maxims (sloka/saloka) containing the essence of law expressed in pithy, easily remembered phrases, many of which live on as modern Javanese proverbs. ...
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    82,59 €

  • The Common Law Tradition in America
    John V. Orth
    Using a thematic approach to American law and legal history, The Common Law Tradition in America introduces readers to the scholars, judges, and critics who made the law at once a stable source of rules and a dynamic system capable of responding to social and economic changes. ...
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    77,77 €

  • Law, society and political culture in late medieval and Reformation Germany
    Duncan Hardy
    This book offers a selection of edited and translated sources that shed light on law, society and political culture in Germany between the mid-fourteenth and mid-sixteenth centuries, enabling readers to discover the tumultuous late medieval and Reformation era in the Holy Roman Empire in unprecedented depth. The selection includes all the major legislation issued in the Empire ...
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    35,03 €

  • Political Theory, History, and Modern Practice for the Common Good
    Political theory shapes the foundations of governance, justice, and civic life across cultures. From democratic ideals to social contract theories, these ideas continue to influence modern political practices and institutions. Historical developments reveal how struggles for power, rights, and representation evolve, reflecting changing understandings of the common good. In toda...
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    188,58 €

  • Impeachment in a Global Context
    This book considers the use of impeachment in a global context. Leading scholars and experts give an insight into significant periods in the development of impeachment and its modern comparative use. It presents the definitive text on impeachment for students and scholars in comparative public law, politics, and constitutional studies. ...
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    82,18 €

  • Legal Professionals and Education in the Middle Ages
    Connor Hill
    This groundbreaking study reveals how the medieval world created the foundations of modern legal education and practice. From the dusty lecture halls of Bologna to the royal courts of England, from the bustling commercial centers of Italy to the serene monasteries of France, this book traces the remarkable story of how a new professional class emerged to shape European society....
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    19,17 €

  • Law and Revolution
    This book explores challenges for law brought about by various disruptive realities, exploring the past as well as the future. Contributions examine the law and revolution in 1918, challenges posed by more gradual political or technological transformations, the effects of globalisation, and challenges posed for law by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
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    75,48 €

  • The Definitive Sovereign Handbook
    Roger Davies
    Are you ready to reclaim your freedom and live by the only law that matters?The Definitive Sovereign Handbook: Do No Harm, Cause No Loss, Commit No Fraud is not another theory book. It is a clear and practical guide for men and women who choose to live in truth, outside deception, and beyond the control of governments and corporations.For too long, people have been told that th...
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    19,09 €

  • The Commonwealth Corporation
    Roger Davies
    Australia is presented as a free and independent nation. The story is repeated in schools, parliaments, and media. We are told that Federation in 1901 created a sovereign country, that the Constitution protects liberty, and that politicians serve the people. But when you look closely, the picture changes. Behind the symbols lies a corporate structure. Australia is not what it a...
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    18,64 €

  • Liberty by Consent
    Roger Davies
    Every system of rule, whether by kings, parliaments, or agencies, stands on one foundation: consent. Authority does not exist on its own. It must be given life by the people it claims to govern. When that consent is withdrawn, power collapses. This truth is as old as law itself, and yet it is the most forgotten truth in America today.Liberty by Consent is a book about rememberi...
  • Commentaries on the Laws of England
    William Blackstone
    In Volume II of *Commentaries on the Laws of England*, Sir William Blackstone explores the rights of property, offering timeless insights into ownership, tenure, and inheritance. His lucid analysis shaped Anglo-American law, making this work indispensable for jurists, historians, and readers seeking the foundations of modern legal thought. ...
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    20,74 €

  • Compilation of Selected Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws Vol. 2
    Michael S. Twinchek
    Compilation of United States Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws (5-Volume Series)This comprehensive five-volume series provides a meticulously curated compilation of federal laws pertaining to United States water pollution, waste cleanup, and water resources management. It serves as an essential resource for legal professionals, students, researchers, and ...
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    41,25 €

  • Compilation of Selected Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws Vol. 3
    Michael S. Twinchek
    Compilation of United States Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws (5-Volume Series)This comprehensive five-volume series provides a meticulously curated compilation of federal laws pertaining to United States water pollution, waste cleanup, and water resources management. It serves as an essential resource for legal professionals, students, researchers, and ...
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    41,06 €

  • Compilation of Selected Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws Vol. 4
    Michael S. Twinchek
    Compilation of United States Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws (5-Volume Series)This comprehensive five-volume series provides a meticulously curated compilation of federal laws pertaining to United States water pollution, waste cleanup, and water resources management. It serves as an essential resource for legal professionals, students, researchers, and ...
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    40,73 €

  • Compilation of Selected Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws Vol. 5
    Michael S. Twinchek
    Compilation of United States Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws (5-Volume Series)This comprehensive five-volume series provides a meticulously curated compilation of federal laws pertaining to United States water pollution, waste cleanup, and water resources management. It serves as an essential resource for legal professionals, students, researchers, and ...
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    40,51 €

  • Evidence, Crime, and Forensics in the Early Modern Mediterranean
    Crime, Evidence, and Forensics in the Early Modern Mediterranean illustrates the range of questions we can put to archival sources from the early modern Mediterranean, with plentiful insights as to how legal sources can illuminate history from below. ...
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    77,28 €

  • Counting the Cost of Freedom
    Amanda Laury Kleintop
    During the Civil War, the US government abolished slavery without reimbursing enslavers, diminishing the white South’s wealth by nearly 50 percent. After the Confederacy’s defeat, white Southerners demanded federal compensation for the financial value of formerly enslaved people and fought for other policies that would recognize abolition’s costs during Reconstruction. As Amand...
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    38,07 €

  • Raising the Bar
    Eugene J. O’Neill
    From Ponce de León through 1999: A Judicial History of Indian River County, FloridaThis comprehensive volume offers an in-depth chronicle of the legal and judicial development of Indian River County, Florida, tracing its evolution from the earliest days of European exploration to the modern court system in place today. Beginning with the era of Spanish exploration, including Po...
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    31,37 €

  • British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment
    This collection brings together historians, political scientists and legal scholars to explore the Anglo-American origins of impeachment and its use in the USA. It explores the history of impeachment and how it developed in British history, the adoption of impeachment within the US Constitution, and impeachment in the 21st century. ...
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    82,42 €

  • Shakespeare Legally Speaking
    Thomas W. Thrash
    Drawing upon his five decades of experience in the legal profession and an abiding love of Shakespeare, United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash has written this lively and informative book about the law in Shakespeare’s plays.Shakespeare was not a lawyer, but, as Shakespeare: Legally Speaking demonstrates, he knew much about the law, and this is evidenced in his plays. Al...
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    28,19 €

  • The Legal History of the Church of England
    This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the principal legal landmarks in the evolution of the law of the established Church of England from the Reformation to the present day.It explores the foundations of ecclesiastical law and considers its crucial role in the development of the Church of England over the centuries.The law has often been the site of major polit...
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    87,51 €

  • Landmark Cases in the Law of Punitive Damages
    Punitive damages are private law’s most controversial remedy.This book traces the development of the jurisdiction from the foundational decisions of Huckle v Money and Wilkes v Woodin England, to leading modern cases such as Harris v Digital Pulse Pty Ltd in Australia, Whiten v Pilot Insurance Co in Canada, Couch v AG (No 2)in New Zealand, PH Hydraulics and Engineering Pte Ltd ...
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    102,59 €

  • Women, Their Lives, and the Law
    This collection of essays honours Rosemary Auchmuty, Professor of Law at the University of Reading, UK.She has fostered the study of women’s academic careers and, more politically, advanced progress on gender and equality issues including same-sex marriage and property law. Her research promotes the case of feminist legal history as a way of revealing the place of women and cha...
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    78,19 €

  • How Doge Auditing IRS Is First Step to Abolishment
    RANDALL SORENSEN CPA
    He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1979 and passed the Certified Public Accountant exam at age 22. He cut his teeth working for Fortune 500 companies and founded his own CPA practice in 1986. In 1995, he started the software company EZ DOC Corporation that develops intellectual software for insurance companies and law firms. The forensic experience he gained at...
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    6,84 €

  • English Law, the Legal Profession, and Colonialism
    This volume brings together experts in the field of law and history to explore the ways in which law and lawyers contributed to the expansion of the British Empire, and the ways in which the Empire influenced the Metropole. It sheds new light on the role of the law and legal actors during the establishment of the Empire. ...
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    82,60 €

  • Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation
    How can we study the impact of rules on the lives of past people using archaeological evidence? To answer this question, Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation presents case studies drawn from across Europe and the United States. Covering areas as diverse as the use of space in a nineteenth-century U.S. Army camp, the deposition of waste in medieval towns, the experiences of Swe...
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    46,73 €

  • The Institutes of Justinian
    John Baron Moyle
    'The Institutes of Justinian' offers a comprehensive overview of Roman law, as codified under the reign of Caesar Flavius Justinian. This foundational text provides invaluable insight into the legal structures that shaped the Roman Empire and continue to influence civil law systems today. A cornerstone of legal history, the 'Institutes' served as an introductory textbook for la...
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    25,12 €