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Legal history books delve into the evolution of law, examining landmark cases, significant statutes, and the historical context that shaped modern legal systems. This category includes essential readings for legal professionals, historians, and students interested in understanding how legal principles have developed over time. Key topics include the history of constitutional law, the impact of landmark rulings, and the progression of legal thought. Leading publishers such as Sweet & Maxwell, LexisNexis, and CCH offer authoritative texts that serve as vital resources for anyone studying or practicing law.

Mestizo International Law: A Global Intellectual History 1842-1933

Author: Arnulf Becker Lorca
Published In: January 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,560.00

HKD 1,513.20 Save HKD 46.80 (3%)

Contributory Negligence: A Historical and Comparative Study

Author: Emanuel van Dongen
Published In: January 2015
Jurisdiction: Netherlands

HKD 2,540.30

A Selection of Cases Illustrative of the Law of Contract: Based on the Collection of G. B. Finch Reissue

Author: Courtney Stanhope Kenny
Published In: January 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 559.00

HKD 542.23 Save HKD 16.77 (3%)

Impossibility of Performance: A Treatise on the Law of Supervening Impossibility of Performance of Contract, Failure of Consideration, and Frustration Reissue

Author: Roy Granville McElroy
Published In: January 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 442.00

HKD 428.74 Save HKD 13.26 (3%)

The Principles of Legal Liability for Trespasses and Injuries by Animals Reissue

Author: William Newby Robson
Published In: January 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 351.00

HKD 340.47 Save HKD 10.53 (3%)

A Selection of Cases Illustrative of the English Law of Tort

Author: Courtney Stanhope Kenny
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 598.00

HKD 580.06 Save HKD 17.94 (3%)

The Day the King Died: A Terrible Miscarriage of Justice

Author: Jim Morris
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 265.33

The Origins of Western Law from Athens to the Code Napoleon

Author: John Ecklund
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

HKD 2,021.60

The Old Munster Circuit

Author: Maurice Healy
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

The Law Emprynted and Englysshed: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change in Law and Legal Culture 1475-1642

Author: David J. Harvey
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,430.00

HKD 1,387.10 Save HKD 42.90 (3%)

Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain: The Crisis of Care Under the English Poor Law, C1834-1900

Author: Kim Price
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

HKD 1,862.00

Fascism and Criminal Law: History, Theory, Continuity

Author: Stephen Skinner
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,170.00

HKD 1,134.90 Save HKD 35.10 (3%)

The Creation of the Common Law: The Medieval Year Books Deciphered

Author: Thomas Lund
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

HKD 691.60

The Laws of Solon: A New Edition with Introduction, Translation and Commentary

Author: D. F. Leao; P. J. Rhodes
Published In: February 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

The Code Napoleon or The French Civil Code

Author: George Spence
Published In: March 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

HKD 478.00

Unwritten Verities: The Making of England's Vernacular Legal Culture, 1463-1549

Author: Sebastian I. Sobecki
Published In: March 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

HKD 504.00

Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy

Author: Claire Breay; Julian Harrison
Published In: March 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 332.50

Economics of Legal History

Author: Daniel Klerman
Published In: March 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 4,953.00

HKD 4,804.41 Save HKD 148.59 (3%)

The Big Leagues Go to Washington: Congress and Sports Antitrust, 1951-1989

Published In: April 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

HKD 665.00

Magna Carta and its Modern Legacy

Author: Robert Hazell; James Melton
Published In: April 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 377.00

HKD 365.69 Save HKD 11.31 (3%)

Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law

Author: Robin Griffith-Jones; Mark Hill
Published In: April 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,118.00

HKD 1,084.46 Save HKD 33.54 (3%)

The Nuremberg Trials: The Nazis Brought to Justice

Author: Alexander Macdonald
Published In: April 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945

Author: Felice Batlan
Published In: April 2015
Jurisdiction: U.S.

List Price: HKD 377.00

HKD 365.69 Save HKD 11.31 (3%)

Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law

Author: Robin Griffith-Jones; Mark Hill
Published In: April 2015
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 494.00

HKD 479.18 Save HKD 14.82 (3%)

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