The Oxford Companion to American Law
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Author | : Kermit L. Hall |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 939 |
Release | : 2002-05-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199771162 |
A landmark in legal publishing, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court is a now classic text many of whose entries are regularly cited by scholars as the definitive statement on any particular subject. In the tradition of that work, editor in chief Kermit L. Hall offers up The Oxford Companion to American Law, a one-volume, A-Z encyclopedia that covers topics ranging from aging and the law, wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping, the Salem Witch Trials and Plessy vs. Ferguson. The Companion takes as its starting point the insight that law is embedded in society, and that to understand American law one must necessarily ask questions about the relationship between it and the social order, now and in the past. The volume assumes that American law, in all its richness and complexity, cannot be understood in isolation, as simply the business of the Supreme Court, or as a list of common law doctrines. Hence, the volume takes seriously issues involving laws role in structuring decisions about governance, the significance of state and local law and legal institutions, and the place of American law in a comparative international perspective. Nearly 500 entries are included, written by over 300 expert contributors. Intended for the working lawyer or judge, the high school student working on a term paper, or the general adult reader interested in the topic, the Companion is the authoritative reference work on the subject of American law.
Author | : Kermit L. Hall |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1272 |
Release | : 2005-05-19 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199725357 |
The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two new justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the Court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under Rehnquists's leadership, a bare majority of the justices have rewritten significant areas of the law dealing with federalism, sovereign immunity, and the commerce power. This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. These developments make the second edition of this accessible and authoritative guide essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Court's decisions on American society.
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Total Pages | : 1366 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Kermit L. Hall |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 1066 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Law |
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Guide to the United States Supreme Court containing more than a thousand alphabetically arranged entries.
Author | : Kermit L. Hall |
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Total Pages | : 912 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Lawyers |
ISBN | : 9780195340907 |
Author | : Simon Stern |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 2019-12-17 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0190695641 |
How does materiality matter to legal scholarship? What can affect studies offer to legal scholars? What are the connections among visual studies, art history, and the knowledge and experience of law? What can the disciplines of book history, digital humanities, performance studies, disability studies, and post-colonial studies contribute to contemporary and historical understandings of law? These are only some of the important questions addressed in this wide-ranging collection of law and humanities scholarship. Collecting 45 new essays by leading international scholars, The Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities showcases the work of law and humanities across disciplines, addressing methods, concepts and themes, genres, and areas of the law. The essays explore under-researched domains such as comics, videos, police files, form contracts, and paratexts, and shed new light on traditional topics, such as free speech, intellectual property, international law, indigenous peoples, immigration, evidence, and human rights. The Handbook provides an exciting new agenda for scholarship in law and humanities, and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections of law and humanistic inquiry.
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Total Pages | : 906 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Sally E. Hadden |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 2021-02-23 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1119711657 |
A Companion to American Legal History presents a compilation of the most recent writings from leading scholars on American legal history from the colonial era through the late twentieth century. Presents up-to-date research describing the key debates in American legal history Reflects the current state of American legal history research and points readers in the direction of future research Represents an ideal companion for graduate and law students seeking an introduction to the field, the key questions, and future research ideas
Author | : Thomas Herbert Johnson |
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Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : United States |
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