Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays
Author: James Barr Ames
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13:
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Legal History Matters
Author: Amanda Whiting
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Published: 2020-11-03
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0522877141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a field of study, legal history has an unsteady place in Australian law schools yet academic research and writing in the field of legal history and at the intersections of the disciplines of ‘law’ and ‘history’ is undergoing something of a renaissance, with rich and vibrant new works regularly appearing in specialist journals and scholarly monographs. This collection seeks to reinvigorate the study of history within the law school curriculum, by showcasing what students of the law can achieve when, addressing topics from the use of Magna Carta as history and precedent in sixteenth-century England to the political manoeuvres behind the failed impeachment of President Bill Clinton in late twentieth-century America, they seek to understand legal processes and institutions historically. The volume comprises outstanding legal history papers authored by graduate (final year JD) students in the Melbourne Law School. This collection is dedicated to two women who championed the teaching of legal history at the Melbourne Law School in the 1960s—Dr Ruth Campbell and Mrs Betty Hayes.
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
Author: Henry Sumner Maine
Publisher:
Published: 1875
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Constitutional History of England
Author: Frederic William Maitland
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 1584771488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908. xxviii, 547 pp. Although Maitland never intended to publish these lectures, they have long been regarded as one of the best introductions to the English Constitution. Delivered in the winter of 1887 and spring of 1888, and edited and published in 1908 by one of Maitland's students, Herbert A.L. Fisher, they cover the period from 1066 to the end of the nineteenth century. Rather than a narrative historical format, they focus on describing the work of the constitution during five distinct moments in English history: 1307, 1509, 1625, 1702 and 1887. They provide an entry to some of the major concepts he later expounded in his seminal work written with Sir Frederick Pollock, The History of English Law. Widely considered the father of modern legal history, FREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLAND 1850-1906] was an English jurist and historian best known for The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I (1895), written with Sir Frederick Pollock. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and studied at Lincoln's Inn, London. Maitland was called to the bar in1876 and practiced until 1884, when he became a reader in English law (1884) and professor (1888) at Cambridge. He founded the Selden Society in 1887. Hailed for his original outlook on history, his works had a profound influence on legal scholarship and remain important today.
Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays
Author: James Barr Ames
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 574
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ages of American Law
Author: Grant Gilmore
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015-01-13
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 030021104X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing its publication in 1974, Grant Gilmore's compact portrait of the development of American law from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century became a classic. In this new edition, the portrait is brought up to date with a new chapter by Philip Bobbitt that surveys the trajectory of American law since the original publication. Bobbitt also provides a Foreword on Gilmore and the celebrated lectures that inspired The Ages of American Law. "Sharp, opinionated, and as pungent as cheddar."—New Republic "This book has the engaging qualities of good table talk among a group of sophisticated and educated friends—given body by broad learning and a keen imagination and spiced with wit."—Willard Hurst
Lectures on Legal History
Author: William John Victor Windeyer
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781014207616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Law and History
Author: A. D. E. Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780199264148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaw and History contains a collection of essays by prominent legal historians, which explore the ways in which history has been used by lawyers past and present to answer legal questions. In common with earlier volumes in the Current Legal Issues series, it seeks both a theoretical and methodological focus. This volume covers a broad range of topics, from a discussion of the nature of norms in the middle ages to the role of war crimes trials in the twentieth century. It includes wide-ranging historiographical discussions, which examine the nature and aims of the legal historian, as well as contributions which explore the methodology and aims of writers such as Coke, Maine, Weber, Montesquieu, and Kames, who sought to use historical models to explain law. A number of contributions examine developments in legal doctrine, particularly in the nineteenth century, including developments in the law of contract, administrative law, and perjury. These raise important questions about the nature of the legal categorizations which developed in that era. Law and History also includes a collection of contributons on the use of history in twentieth century trials, including the Nuremberg trials, the trial of the Gang of Four, and trials arising from the events in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Law's Picture Books
Author: Michael Widener
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781616191603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollecting Yale Law Library's picture books / Michael Widener -- Reflections on an exhibition / Mark S. Weiner -- Ars Memoria in early law : looking beneath the picture / Jolande Goldberg -- Law's picture books and the history of book illustration / Erin C. Blake -- Law's picture books: The Yale Law Library collection. Symbolizing the law -- Depicting the law -- Diagramming the law -- Calculating the law -- Staging the law -- Inflicting the law -- Arguing the law -- Teaching the law -- Laughing-and crying-at the law -- Beautifying the law
A Short History of European Law
Author: Tamar Herzog
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018-01-08
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0674980344
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and place to the next. Only by considering Continental civil law and English common law together do we see how they drew from and enriched this shared tradition. “A remarkable achievement, sure to become a go-to text for scholars and students alike... A must-read for anyone eager to understand the origins of core legal concepts and institution—like due process and rule of law—that profoundly shape the societies in which we live today.” —Amalia D. Kessler, Stanford University “A fundamental and timely contribution to the understanding of Europe as seen through its legal systems. Herzog masterfully shows the profound unity of legal thinking and practices across the Continent and in England.” —Federico Varese, Oxford University “Required reading for Americanists North and South, and indeed, for all of us inhabiting a postcolonial world deeply marked by the millennia of legal imaginings whose dynamic transformations it so lucidly charts.” —David Nirenberg, University of Chicago
