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  • Law and Order in Ancient Athens

    de Adriaan Lanni ...
    The classical Athenian 'state' had almost no formal coercive apparatus to ensure order or compliance with law: there was no professional police force or public prosecutor, and nearly every step in the legal process depended on private initiative. And yet Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both ancient and contemporary standards. Why? Law and Order in Ancient Athens draws ... Leer más

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  • Groundwork

    Charles Hamilton Houston and the Struggle for Civil Rights

    de Genna Rae McNeil, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. ...
    "A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."—Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law and society. A brilliant lawyer and educator, he laid much of the legal foundation for the landmark civil ... Leer más

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  • The Second Formation of Islamic Law

    The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

    de Guy Burak ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
    The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official school of law in the post-Mongol period. The author explores how the Ottoman dynasty shaped the structure and doctrine of a particular branch within the Hanafi school of law. In addition, the book examines the opposition of various jurists, mostly from the empire's Arab provinces, to this development. By ... Leer más

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  • Interpreting Constitutions

    A Comparative Study

    Edición de Jeffrey Goldsworthy ...
    This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods and underlying principles that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods and principles. Among the interpretive methods discussed are textualism, purposivism, structuralism and originalism. ... Leer más

    $58.49 USD

  • A Sea of Debt

    Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780–1950

    de Fahad Ahmad Bishara ...
    Series series Asian Connections
    In this innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, Bishara examines the transformations of Islamic law and Islamicate commercial practices during the emergence of modern capitalism in the region. In this time of expanding commercial activity, a mélange of Arab, Indian, Swahili and Baloch merchants, planters, jurists, judges, soldiers and seamen forged the frontiers of a ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion

    de Christopher Michael Curtis ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies on the American South
    Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion explores the historical processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state. It focuses on changing conceptualizations of ownership and emphasizes the persistent influence of the English common law on Virginia's postcolonial political culture. The book explains how the traditional ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • No Bond but the Law

    Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 1780–1870

    de Diana Paton, Inderpal Grewal, Caren Kaplan, Robyn Wiegman ...
    Series series Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
    Investigating the cultural, social, and political histories of punishment during ninety years surrounding the 1838 abolition of slavery in Jamaica, Diana Paton challenges standard historiographies of slavery and discipline. The abolition of slavery in Jamaica, as elsewhere, entailed the termination of slaveholders’ legal right to use violence—which they defined as “punishment”—against those they ... Leer más

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  • Elements of Legislation

    de Neil Duxbury ...
    In Elements of Legislation, Neil Duxbury examines the history of English law through the lens of legal philosophy in an effort to draw out the differences between judge-made and enacted law and to explain what courts do with the laws that legislatures enact. He presents a series of rigorously researched and carefully rehearsed arguments concerning the law-making functions of legislatures and ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • The U.S. Women's Jury Movements and Strategic Adaptation

    A More Just Verdict

    de Holly J. McCammon ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
    When women won the vote in the United States in 1920 they were still routinely barred from serving as jurors, but some began vigorous campaigns for a place in the jury box. This book tells the story of how women mobilized in fifteen states to change jury laws so that women could gain this additional right of citizenship. Some campaigns quickly succeeded; others took substantially longer. The book ... Leer más

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  • St. Paul, the Natural Law, and Contemporary Legal Theory

    Edición de Jane Adolphe, Robert Fastiggi, Michael Vacca ...
    The editors of this unique collection of essays exploring the relationship of St. Paul and the natural law bring together contributions by scripture scholars, theologians, philosophers, and international lawyers. Inspired by the special Jubilee Year from June 2008 to June 2009 – proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate the 2,000-year anniversary of the birth of St. Paul – the chapters in this ... Leer más

    $105.99 USD

  • Against Dharma

    Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics

    de Wendy Doniger ...
    Series series The Terry Lectures Series
    An esteemed scholar of Hinduism presents a groundbreaking interpretation of ancient Indian texts and their historic influence on subversive resistanceAncient Hindu texts speak of the three aims of human life: dharma*,artha,* and kama*.* Translated, these might be called religion, politics, and pleasure, and each is held to be an essential requirement of a full life. Balance among the three is a ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • The Government of Social Life in Colonial India

    Liberalism, Religious Law, and Women's Rights

    de Rachel Sturman ...
    Series Libro 21 - Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
    From the early days of colonial rule in India, the British established a two-tier system of legal administration. Matters deemed secular were subject to British legal norms, while suits relating to the family were adjudicated according to Hindu or Muslim law, known as personal law. This important new study analyses the system of personal law in colonial India through a re-examination of women's ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD