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Legacy of Violence : Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota

John D. Bessler
Paperback - $32.95

Minnesota is one of only twelve states that does not allow the death penalty, but that was not always the case. In fact, until 1911 executions in the state were legal and frequently carried out. In Legacy of Violence, John D. Bessler takes us on a co ...

Book cover for Melville M. Bigelow: The Law of Fraud and the Procedure

The Law of Fraud and the Procedure : Pertaining to the Redress Thereof Volume 1

Melville M. Bigelow
Paperback - $68.95



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The Law of Fraud and the Procedure : Pertaining to the Redress Thereof Volume 2

Melville M. Bigelow
Paperback - $68.95



Book cover for Mary Sarah Bilder: The Transatlantic Constitution

The Transatlantic Constitution : Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire

Mary Sarah Bilder
Hardcover - $123.95

Departing from traditional approaches to colonial legal history, Mary Sarah Bilder argues that American law and legal culture developed within the framework of an evolving, unwritten transatlantic constitution that lawyers, legislators, and litigants ...

Book cover for Frederick Edwin Smith Birkenhead: Famous Trials of History

Famous Trials of History

Frederick Edwin Smith Birkenhead
Paperback - $48.95

This book contains some trials in which the author was himself engaged for which it cannot be claimed that they fall into the category of "famous." The treatment of the cases is untechnical throughout, so that the narratives may easily be comprehende ...

Book cover for Black Issues in Higher Education: The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education

The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education

Black Issues in Higher Education
Hardcover - $41.95

Praise for The Unfinished Agenda of Brown V. Board of Education

"My father, Oliver L. Brown, for whom Brown v. Board of Education is named, was a proud member of a group of a few hundred people, across the country, who took risks by taking a stan ...

Book cover for Maxwell Bloomfield: American Lawyers in a Changing Society, 1776-1876

American Lawyers in a Changing Society, 1776-1876

Maxwell Bloomfield
Paperback - $36.95



Book cover for David J. Bodenhamer: The History of Indiana Law

The History of Indiana Law

David J. Bodenhamer
Hardcover - $107.95

In addition to having a reputation as an epicenter for middle American values, Indiana is a cultural crossroads that has produced a rich and complex legal and constitutional heritage. The History of Indiana Law traces this history though a series of ...

Book cover for Frederic L. Borch: Judge Advocates in Combat

Judge Advocates in Combat : Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti

Frederic L. Borch
Paperback - $74.95

Presents a narrative history of Army lawyers in military operations from 1959 to 1996. Focuses on the evolution of the role of judge advocates in military operations and how this development has enhanced commanders' ability to succeed. Explores how s ...

Book cover for Allen D. Boyer: Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age

Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age

Allen D. Boyer
Hardcover - $145.95

" [Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age] is well written with flashes of brilliance." -- Sixteenth Century Journal
" It would have been easy to provide a portrait of a successful if idiosyncratic lawyer, but Boyer gives us warts and all and man ...

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