Essays In Law And History

Author : Susan Lewthwaite,Tina Loo,Jim Phillips
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1994-12-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442659087

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Essays in the History of Canadian Law by Susan Lewthwaite,Tina Loo,Jim Phillips Pdf

This fifth volume in the distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the important issues of crime and criminal justice. In examining crime and criminal law specifically, the volume contributes to the long-standing concern of Canadian historians with law, order, and authority. The volume covers criminal justice history at various times in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. It is a study which opens up greater vistas of understanding to all those interested in the interstices of law, crime, and punishment.

Author : Sir William Searle Holdsworth
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781886363137

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Essays in Law and History by Sir William Searle Holdsworth Pdf

xv, 302 pp. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1946. Compiled and edited by A.L. Goodhart and H.G. Hanbury, editors of the last four volumes of Holdsworth's History of English Law, this volume presents a selection of seventeen essays by the great legal scholar. Highlights from his long and prolific career, they address such topics as martial law, the English constitution, case law, equity, trusts, libel, law reporting, contracts and land law. "These essays tend to enlarge the mind and to stir the imagination. They are the work of one of the most distinguished of the great line of English legal historians." --Bernard L. Shientag, Columbia Law Review 47 (1947) 1255 WILLIAM S. HOLDSWORTH [1871-1944] was a professor of constitutional law at Cambridge from 1903-1908 and the Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford from 1922-1944. He is well-known for his monumental History of English Law (1st ed. 1908) and other works, such as Charles Dickens as a Legal Historian (1929) and Some Makers of English Law (1938). ARTHUR LEHMAN GOODHARD [1891-1978] was an American-born British academic jurist and lawyer. He was editor of the Cambridge Law Journal from 1921 to 1925, editor the Law Quarterly Review in 1926, a professor of jurisprudence at Oxford University from 1931-1951 and the first American to be the master of an Oxford College. HAROLD GREVILLE HANBURY [1898-1993] was a Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford, from 1921-1949 and All Souls College, Oxford, from 1949-1964. His works include Modern Equity: Being the Principles of Equity (1935), The Principles of Agency (1952) and The Vinerian Chair and Legal Education (1958).

Author : Michael Stolleis
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134028108

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The Eye of the Law by Michael Stolleis Pdf

Written by the eminent German legal historian, Michael Stolleis, these two ‘Essays on Legal History’ offer an original and compelling history of the symbolism through which law is characterised as being 'above' us. In ‘The Eye of the Law’, the history of this metaphor is followed from antiquity through to the present day: from the Greek Eye of Justice, the eye of the impartial judge of the Underworld, the Eye of God watching past, present and future, the Eye of the Prince, guiding his subjects, to the almighty Eye of the Law. While our belief in the law may have become brittle, nothing escapes what is now the Eye of Big Brother. ‘In the Name of the Law’ takes up the various formulas used to legitimate the decisions of the courts, from the times of absolutism over the 19th century until today. The speaker who speaks in the name of a higher being underlines his function: his authority comes from above. And it is ‘in the name of’ god, king, people, state, nation, or law, that a weak, earthly, justice receives its support.

Author : Carol Wilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law firms
ISBN : 0802009352

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Inside the Law by Carol Wilton Pdf

Author : Robert W. Gordon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107193239

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Taming the Past by Robert W. Gordon Pdf

A critical catalogue of how lawyers use history - as authority, as evocation of lost golden ages, as a nightmare to escape and as progress towards enlightenment.

Author : R. C. B. Risk,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780802094247

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A History of Canadian Legal Thought by R. C. B. Risk,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Pdf

This volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law is a collection of the principal essays of Professor Emeritus R.C.B. Risk, one of the pioneers of Canadian legal history and for many years regarded as its foremost authority on the history of Canadian legal thought. Frank Scott, Bora Laskin, W.P.M. Kennedy, John Willis and Edward Blake are among the better known figures whose thinking and writing about law are featured in this collection. But this compilation of the most important essays by a pioneer in Canadian legal history brings to light many other lesser known figures as well, whose writings covered a wide range of topics, from estoppel to the British North America Act to the purpose of legal education. Written over more than two decades, and covering the immediate post-Confederation period to the 1960s, these essays reveal a distinctive Canadian tradition of thinking about the nature and functions of law, one which Risk clearly takes pride in and urges us to celebrate.

Author : Barrington Walker
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442646896

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The African Canadian Legal Odyssey by Barrington Walker Pdf

The African Canadian Legal Odyssey explores the history of African Canadians and the law from the era of slavery until the early twenty-first century. This collection demonstrates that the social history of Blacks in Canada has always been inextricably bound to questions of law, and that the role of the law in shaping Black life was often ambiguous and shifted over time. Comprised of eleven engaging chapters, organized both thematically and chronologically, it includes a substantive introduction that provides a synthesis and overview of this complex history. This outstanding collection will appeal to both advanced specialists and undergraduate students and makes an important contribution to an emerging field of scholarly inquiry.

Author : David H. Flaherty
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780802099112

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Essays in the History of Canadian Law by David H. Flaherty Pdf

Covering a broad range of topics, this volume examines developments over the last two hundred years in the legal profession and the judiciary, nineteenth-century prison history, as well as the impact of the 1815 Treaty of Paris.

Author : Maksymilian Del Mar,Michael Lobban
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509903870

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Law in Theory and History by Maksymilian Del Mar,Michael Lobban Pdf

This collection of original essays brings together leading legal historians and theorists to explore the oft-neglected but important relationship between these two disciplines. Legal historians have often been sceptical of theory. The methodology which informs their own work is often said to be an empirical one, of gathering information from the archives and presenting it in a narrative form. The narrative produced by history is often said to be provisional, insofar as further research in the archives might falsify present understandings and demand revisions. On the other side, legal theorists are often dismissive of historical works. History itself seems to many theorists not to offer any jurisprudential insights of use for their projects: at best, history is a repository of data and examples, which may be drawn on by the theorist for her own purposes. The aim of this collection is to invite participants from both sides to ask what lessons legal history can bring to legal theory, and what legal theory can bring to history. What is the theorist to do with the empirical data generated by archival research? What theories should drive the historical enterprise, and what wider lessons can be learned from it? This collection brings together a number of major theorists and legal historians to debate these ideas.

Author : John William Salmond
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1016214871

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Essays in Jurisprudence and Legal History by John William Salmond Pdf

This 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. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Paul Vinogradoff
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781584773511

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Essays in Legal History Read Before the International Congress of Historical Studies Held in London in 1913 by Paul Vinogradoff Pdf

Author : Ronan Deazley,Martin Kretschmer,Lionel Bently
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781906924188

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Privilege and Property by Ronan Deazley,Martin Kretschmer,Lionel Bently Pdf

What can and can't be copied is a matter of law, but also of aesthetics, culture, and economics. The act of copying, and the creation and transaction of rights relating to it, evokes fundamental notions of communication and censorship, of authorship and ownership - of privilege and property. This volume conceives a new history of copyright law that has its roots in a wide range of norms and practices. The essays reach back to the very material world of craftsmanship and mechanical inventions of Renaissance Italy where, in 1469, the German master printer Johannes of Speyer obtained a five-year exclusive privilege to print in Venice and its dominions. Along the intellectual journey that follows, we encounter John Milton who, in his 1644 Areopagitica speech 'For the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing', accuses the English parliament of having been deceived by the 'fraud of some old patentees and monopolizers in the trade of bookselling' (i.e. the London Stationers' Company). Later revisionary essays investigate the regulation of the printing press in the North American colonies as a provincial and somewhat crude version of European precedents, and how, in the revolutionary France of 1789, the subtle balance that the royal decrees had established between the interests of the author, the bookseller, and the public, was shattered by the abolition of the privilege system. Contributions also address the specific evolution of rights associated with the visual and performing arts. These essays provide essential reading for anybody interested in copyright, intellectual history and current public policy choices in intellectual property. The volume is a companion to the digital archive Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC): www.copyrighthistory.org.

Author : John Henry Wigmore,Ernst Freund,Association of American Law Schools
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0344326918

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Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History; by John Henry Wigmore,Ernst Freund,Association of American Law Schools Pdf

This 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.

Author : Tracy A. Thomas,Tracey Jean Boisseau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0814784267

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Feminist Legal History by Tracy A. Thomas,Tracey Jean Boisseau Pdf

Attuned to the social contexts within which laws are created, feminist lawyers, historians, and activists have long recognized the discontinuities and contradictions that lie at the heart of efforts to transform the law in ways that fully serve women's interests. At its core, the nascent field of feminist legal history is driven by a commitment to uncover women's legal agency and how women, both historically and currently, use law to obtain individual and societal empowerment. Feminist Legal History represents feminist legal historians' efforts to define their field, by showcasing historical research and analysis that demonstrates how women were denied legal rights, how women used the law proactively to gain rights, and how, empowered by law, women worked to alter the law to try to change gendered realities. Encompassing two centuries of American history, thirteen original essays expose the many ways in which legal decisions have hinged upon ideas about women or gender as well as the ways women themselves have intervened in the law, from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's notion of a legal class of gender to the deeply embedded inequities involved in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, a 2007 Supreme Court pay discrimination case. Contributors: Carrie N. Baker, Felice Batlan, Tracey Jean Boisseau, Eileen Boris, Richard H. Chused, Lynda Dodd, Jill Hasday, Gwen Hoerr Jordan, Maya Manian, Melissa Murray, Mae C. Quinn, Margo Schlanger, Reva Siegel, Tracy A. Thomas, and Leti Volpp

Author : William Eves,John Hudson,Ingrid Ivarsen,Sarah B. White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108845274

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Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law by William Eves,John Hudson,Ingrid Ivarsen,Sarah B. White Pdf

A selection of outstanding papers from the 24th British Legal History Conference, celebrating scholarship in comparative legal history.