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Justice and Mercy(2021) BYRNE, PHILIPPAThis study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collections to explore how moralists approached questions of judgement and judicial ethics in the foundational period of EngVezava: Mehka44,55 € -
Trials of the Self(2021) HOFMAN, ELWINDuellists, drunks and remorseful murderers populate Trials of the self, which highlights the criminal court as a space for publicising and negotiating models of the self. Using criminal trial records, the book argues that inner depth became increasingly iVezava: Trda53,46 € -
Women Before the Court(2020) MOORE, LINDSAY R.This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empire. It shows how the expansion of women’s legal status gave them increased financial independence and undermiVezava: Mehka44,55 € -
Jacks, Knaves and Vagabonds(2020) DURSTON, GREGORY JIn this addition to his Crime History Series, Gregory Durston points to the lack of design and short-term expediency that typified Tudor law and order. But he also detects an emergent criminal justice system amidst royal patronage, protection, and the infVezava: Mehka66,45 € -
Crimen Exceptum(2019) DURSTON, GREGORY JIn this concise but highly-informed account of the persecution of witches, Gregory Durston demonstrates what a largely ordered process was the singling-out or hunting-down of perceived offenders.Vezava: Mehka37,43 € -
Helena Normanton and the Opening of the Bar to Women(2016) BOURNE, JUDITHIn this first full-length account of Helena Normanton's life and career, Judith Bourne tells of her fight to join the Bar of England and Wales and open it up to women.Vezava: Mehka43,63 € -
Arms Crisis of 1970(2021) HENEY, MICHAELA serious, revisionist history of the most notorious court case in postwar Irish history: two Irish cabinet ministers, alongside an army officer and other figures, were accused by the Taoiseach of smuggling arms to the IRA in Northern Ireland.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights(2021)Offers the full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights following a foreword by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a general introduction which explores the Declaration's origins in the ‘Four Freedoms’ described by U.S. President Franklin D. RVezava: Trda10,80 € -
Monsanto Papers(2021) GILLAM, CAREYThis fast-paced, gripping narrative follows the historic legal battle that pitted Lee Johnson and an ambitious team of attorneys against corporate giant Monsanto.Vezava: Trda48,23 € -
Legal Artifices: Ten Essays on Roman Law in the Present Tense(2021) THOMAS, YANThis volume collects and translates 10 essays by renowned Roman and legal history specialist Yan Thomas (1943–2008), the most renowned French jurist of the 20th century.Vezava: Trda131,73 € -
Joyce in Court(2018) HARDIMAN, ADRIANAn accessible and original book about Joyce, by a hugely respected figure in Ireland. A brilliant recreation of the late 19th- and early 20th-century legal system in Ireland.Vezava: Mehka16,82 € -
Cicero's Law(2018)This volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate Cicero's role in the narrative of Roman law in the late Republic – a role that has been minimised or overlooked in previous scholarship.Vezava: Mehka40,14 € -
Hear No Evil(2022) SMITH, SARAHGlasgow 1817 and a young deaf woman is accused of infanticide but is she fit to stand trial? The teacher sent to investigate moves from interpreter to investigator, as he determines to clear her name before it's too late. Based on a true story.Vezava: Trda23,82 € -
Magna Carta(2016) STARKEY, DAVIDOver 800 years on from the signing of Magna Carta, bestselling historian David Starkey explores the Magna Carta and its influence on Britain today.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Jewish Contribution to English Law(2021) BLACK, BARRINGTONPacked with insights into Jewish life, The Jewish Contribution to English Law tells why Jews were drawn to the law. Charting history to and since 1858, the book describes how many excelled in legal roles and introduces readers to Jewish judges, barristersVezava: Mehka41,58 € -
Imagining World Order(2018) TANG, CHENXIIn early modern Europe, international law emerged as a means of governing relations between rapidly consolidating sovereign states, purporting to establish a normative order for the perilous international world. However, it was intrinsically fragile and uVezava: Trda56,11 € -
Apocalypse and the End of History(2021) SCHNEIDER, SUZANNEHow the political violence of modern jihad echoes the crises of western liberalism.Vezava: Trda26,24 €










