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This edition of the Historical Foundations of the Common Law provides a detailed look at the earliest framework of the law and demonstrates the underlying structural changes that result in modern law.

When the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education was handed down in 1954, many civil rights advocates believed that the decision, which declared public school segregation unconstitutional, would

"He is a remarkably skillful interpreter of the positivist legal philosophers and probably the most stimulating current contributor to discussion of the issues they raised."--Thomas Morawetz in Ethics. Joseph Raz examines here

This history of the discipline of public law in Germany covers three dramatic decades of the Twentieth century. It opens with the First World War, analyses the highly creative years of the

Private persons often stand surety for a business debt incurred by family members, friends, or employers. These suretyships are commonly banking guarantees contracted by means of standard terms. Sometimes the guarantor signs

Warren E. Burger served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987, an often tumultuous period in which the Court wrestled with several compelling constitutional issues. United States v.

How do lawyers think about and make the important decisions that constitute the day-to-day practice of law? This book explores that question through an extensive empirical study of lawyers practicing divorce law

This book examines the ideology of elite lawyers and judges from the Gilded Age through the New Deal. Between 1866 and 1937, a coherent outlook shaped the way the American bar understood

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has made working, travelling and communicating easier for many individuals. But has this significant piece of civil rights legislation helped those with disabilities become fully accepted

Bentham's central concern during the 1810s and 1820s was with the codification of the law. The materials presented in this volume constitute not only the basis for a biography of Bentham during

Roman litigation has long been a difficult subject for study, hampered by a lack of information concerning the practical operation of the civil courts. Using newly discovered evidence, Metzger presents an interpretation

An examination of the main ideas that have dominated Anglo-American legal philosophy since the Second World War. The author probes major themes such as: whether there can be right answers to all

This collection of essays was specially commissioned to mark Lord Goff of Chieveley's contribution to legal scholarship, not just from the bench, but also as a teacher of law and as the

This volume is a key source of information and analysis for all copyright, media, and entertainment law professionals. It responds to practical developments and problem areas such as the Internet and Multimedia

The importance of American law in today's world cannot be overstated. The problem is not that there are not enough American lawyers; rather, law is so vital to so much that is

This completely revised new edition of the popular text "The Administration of Justice" considers the theory and practice of the operation of those institutions of the English legal system with which the

This book provides a grounded theory of the collegial form of organization. It is based on a network analysis of a traditional and successful Northeastern US corporate law firm in which partners

This important new work examines fundamental, but hitherto neglected, issues of national criminal law. Where and to whom does that law apply? When can domestic law apply to conduct that takes place

This book asks whether states have the right to intervene in foreign civil conflicts for humanitarian reasons. The UN Charter prohibits state aggression, but many argue that such a right exists as

'Building the UK's New Supreme Court' is a collection of essays by academics and legal practitioners on questions relating to the institutional and procedural design of the UK's proposed new top-level court.