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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.

A.V. Dicey and the Common Law Constitutional Tradition: A Legal Turn of Mind

Author: Mark D. Walters
Published In: August 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 390.00

HKD 378.30 Save HKD 11.70 (3%)

The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World

Author: Fernanda Pirie
Published In: August 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 239.84

The Signature in Law: From the Thirteenth Century to the Facsimile

Author: Stephen Mason
Published In: August 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 332.50

Explaining Tort and Crime: Legal Development Across Laws and Legal Systems, 1850–2020

Author: Matthew Dyson
Published In: July 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,352.00

HKD 1,311.44 Save HKD 40.56 (3%)

Great Trials and the Law in the Historical Imagination: A Law and Humanities Approach

Author: Russell L. Dees
Published In: July 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 2,015.00

HKD 1,954.55 Save HKD 60.45 (3%)

Invisible Voices: The Black Presence in Crime and Punishment in the UK, 1750-1900

Author: Martin Glynn
Published In: July 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 532.87

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Love, Hate, and the Law in Tudor England: The Three Wives of Ralph Rishton

Author: L.R. Poos
Published In: July 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,332.50

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The Ten Legal Cases That Made Modern Britain

Author: Inigo Bing
Published In: July 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

Collaboration in Authoritarian and Armed Conflict Settings

Author: Juan Espindola; Leigh A. Payne
Published In: June 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 910.00

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The Profession of Ecclesiastical Lawyers: An Historical Introduction

Author: R. H. Helmholz
Published In: May 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 325.00

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Case Studies of Famous Trials and the Construction of Guilt and Innocence

Author: Caroline Gorden; Christopher Birkbeck
Published In: April 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 372.27

Law as Performance: Theatricality, Spectatorship, and the Making of Law in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Europe

Author: Julie Stone Peters
Published In: April 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,300.00

HKD 1,261.00 Save HKD 39.00 (3%)

Gender and Punishment in Ireland: Women, Murder and the Death Penalty, 1922-64

Author: Lynsey Black
Published In: April 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 1,130.50

Criminality and the Common Law Imagination in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Author: Erin Sheley
Published In: March 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 268.98

Regicide: The Trials of Henry Marten

Author: John Worthen
Published In: March 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 266.00

Marriage, Separation, and Divorce in England, 1500-1700

Author: K.J. Kesselring; Tim Stretton
Published In: February 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,196.00

HKD 1,160.12 Save HKD 35.88 (3%)

Making Murder Public: Homicide in Early Modern England, 1480-1680

Author: K.J. Kesselring
Published In: February 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 480.87

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Preparing for War: The Making of the 1949 Geneva Conventions

Author: Boyd van Dijk
Published In: February 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,495.00

HKD 1,450.15 Save HKD 44.85 (3%)

Character: Writing and Reputation in Victorian Law and Literature

Author: Cathrine O. Frank
Published In: January 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 1,170.00

The Madman and the Churchrobber: Law and Conflict in Early Modern England

Author: Jason Peacey
Published In: January 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 597.87

HKD 579.93 Save HKD 17.94 (3%)

The Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law

Author: Anders Winroth; John Wei
Published In: January 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 2,093.00

HKD 2,030.21 Save HKD 62.79 (3%)

Social Rights and the Politics of Obligation in History

Author: Steven L.B. Jensen; Charles Walton
Published In: January 2022
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 1,287.00

HKD 1,248.39 Save HKD 38.61 (3%)

London's Pall Mall Clubs: History, Law, Customs, and Modern Purpose

Author: David Palfreyman
Published In: December 2021
Jurisdiction: U.K.

HKD 399.00

Tracing British West Indian Slavery Laws: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Transplants

Author: Justin K. Collins
Published In: December 2021
Jurisdiction: U.K.

List Price: HKD 2,015.00

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