Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Legal History

Das Kaufrecht der kontinentalen Rechtsordnungen beruht auf dem Recht des romischen Vertrages emptio venditio. Auch das englische Recht ist von romischen Vorstellungen nicht unberuhrt geblieben. Was einen Kaufvertrag im Gegensatz zum Tausch ausmacht, wurde von den romischen Juristen ermittelt. Die antiken romischen Vorschriften zum Kauferschutz gegen Sachmangel wurden ebenso wie der Satz vom sofortigen Ubergang der Gefahr Grundlagen der Rechtsentwicklung seit dem Mittelalter. Uberall in Europa ist modernes Kaufrecht das Ergebnis einer produktiven Auseinandersetzung um die Sachgerechtigkeit...

Written to honour the life and work of the late Peter N. Oliver, the distinguished historian and editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History from 1979-2006, this collection assembles the finest legal scholars to reflect on the issues in and development of the field of legal history in Canada.

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. The introduction also provides insight into...

In 2006 Philadelphia, graduate student Jonathan Love sued the organization that publishes the Law School Admissions Test. Love had attained average scores on the test, but claimed he should have been given extra time because he qualified as a person with a disability - and allowances provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act - due to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The case, which drew in author psychologist Michael Gordon as an expert witness for the defense, reached federal court and resulted in a precedent-setting ruling still as controversial as the disorder that...

• Includes documents relating to aspects of constitutional history, such as disputes over parliamentary elections, the payment of the wages of members of the commons, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest
• Illustrates a variety of aspects of the life of the medieval parliament and the members of both houses
• Contains texts never before...

Local newspaper reporter Lauri Lebo was handed the story of a lifetime when the Dover (Pennsylvania) School Board adopted a measure to require its ninth-grade biology students to learn about intelligent design. In a case that recalled the famed 1925 Scopes monkey trial and made international headlines, eleven parents sued the school board. When the case wound up in federal court before a George W. Bush appointed judge, Lebo had a front-row seat.

Destined to become required reading for a generation of journalists, scientists, and science teachers, as well as for anyone concerned about...

In a groundbreaking work, Klaus MUhlhahn offers a comprehensive examination of the criminal justice system in modern China, an institution deeply rooted in politics, society, and culture.

In late imperial China, flogging, tattooing, torture, and servitude were routine punishments. Sentences, including executions, were generally carried out in public. After 1905, in a drive to build a strong state and curtail pressure from the West, Chinese officials initiated major legal reforms. Physical punishments were replaced by fines and imprisonment. Capital punishment, though removed from the...