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Mistakes in Contract Law

Mistakes in Contract Law


Catharine Macmillan



It is a matter of some difficulty for the English lawyer to predict the effect of a misapprehension upon the formation of a con...
Race, Law, and American Society: 1607-Present

Race, Law, and American Society: 1607-Present


Gloria J. Browne-Marshall



Race, Law, and American Society: 1607-Present...
Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy

Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy


James T. Patterson



Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy...
A Tough Act to Follow?: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Separation of Powers Failure

A Tough Act to Follow?: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Separation of Powers Failure


Harold Furchtgott-Roth



This provocative book follows MGM's Gene Kelly musical Brigadoon through the worlds of 1940s Broadway theatre and 1950s Hollywo...
The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest

The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest


Robert A. Williams



Exploring the history of contemporary legal thought on the rights and status of the West's colonized indigenous tribal peoples,...
Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor

Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor


Martha T. Roth



The law collections presented in this volume are compilations, varying in legal and literary sophistication, recorded by scri...
The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the  Law

The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law


Timothy Sandefur



"There are larger reference texts but the simplicity of this book makes it an ideal place to start." -British Journal of Surger...
A NEW MISCELLANY-AT-LAW: YET ANOTHER DIVERSION FOR LAWYERS AND OTHERS

A NEW MISCELLANY-AT-LAW: YET ANOTHER DIVERSION FOR LAWYERS AND OTHERS


Bryan A. Megarry, Sir Robert Garner



A NEW MISCELLANY-AT-LAW: YET ANOTHER DIVERSION FOR LAWYERS AND OTHERS...
Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates

Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates


Adrian Johns



From Publishers Weekly The recording industry's panic over illegal downloads is nothing new; a century ago, London publis...
Freedom and the Rule of Law

Freedom and the Rule of Law


Anthony A. Peacock



Freedom and the Rule of Law...
Usus Antiquus Juris Romani: Antikes Recht in lebenspraktischer Anwendung

Usus Antiquus Juris Romani: Antikes Recht in lebenspraktischer Anwendung


Eva Jakab, Wolfgang Ernst



This unique book adds an ethics dimension to the debate and research about poverty, hunger, and globalization. Scholars and pract...
Intangible Finance Standards: Advances in Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis

Intangible Finance Standards: Advances in Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis


Ken Standfield



Reports of Cases from the time of Henry VIII. ...
ROOTS OF LIBERTY, THE

ROOTS OF LIBERTY, THE


Ellis Sandoz



ROOTS OF LIBERTY, THE...
Early Greek Law

Early Greek Law


Michael Gagarin



Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law...
Saving the City: Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms

Saving the City: Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms


Malcolm Schofield



From Nietzsche to the present, the Western philosophical tradition has been dominated by a secular thinking that has dismissed ...
Humaniora: Medizin - Recht - Geschichte: Festschrift f?r Adolf Laufs zum 70. Geburtstag

Humaniora: Medizin - Recht - Geschichte: Festschrift f?r Adolf Laufs zum 70. Geburtstag


Bernd-RĂ¼diger Kern, Christian Katzenmeier, Elmar Wadle, Klaus-Peter Schroeder



Humaniora: Medizin - Recht - Geschichte: Festschrift f?r Adolf Laufs zum 70. Geburtstag...
Transforming Privacy: A Transpersonal Philosophy of Rights

Transforming Privacy: A Transpersonal Philosophy of Rights


Stefano Scoglio



Using an innovative history of the constitutional right to privacy, and inspired by Emersonian Justices like Brandeis and Douglas...
Justice at Nuremberg: Leo Alexander and the Nazi Doctors' Trial

Justice at Nuremberg: Leo Alexander and the Nazi Doctors' Trial


Ulf Schmidt



Justice at Nuremberg: Leo Alexander and the Nazi Doctors' Trial...
Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier

Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier


Lea Vandervelde



Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford. Despite the case's signal importance as a turn...
Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)


Malcolm Gaskill



Crime and the law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. This book attempts to...