The Oxford History of the Laws of England series continues with three volumes that deal with the Legal System, Public Law and Private Law from the Coronation (solo) of George IV to the outbreak of war against the Kaisers The industrialisation of England in the period brings a massive demand for legal change The volumes will be indispensable for Law and History Libraries The Series provides not only a history of law, but a history of the impact of law on English society The History of English Law contributes fundamentally to the development of US and Commonwealth Law A landmark series, The Oxford History of the Laws of England is the first full-length history of the English law that takes unpublished sources into account. The thirteen volumes provide not merely a history of law, but also a history of the impact of law on English society. Given its unprecedented scope and coverage, this series will be an indispensable resource for law and history libraries.
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"Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the selfseeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the publicschool system and the whole structure of nineteenthcentury liberal values.
Takes the reader inside one of the most secretive countries in the world, exposing the internal chaos, blind faith, rampant corruption, and terrifying cruelty of its rulers. This work details the vain efforts to change North Korea by actors inside and outside the country and the dangers this highly volatile country continues to pose.
What kind of superpower will China become, cooperative or aggressive? This work argues that the West's greatest danger is not China's economic or military strength but its internal fragility, and unless Western states understand the fears that motivate Chinese leaders, they are likely to misread and mishandle China.
In sum, by showing how and why local regional disputes quickly develop into global crises through the paired power of historical memory and time-space compression, Near Abroad reshapes our understanding of the current conflict raging in the centre of the Eurasian landmass and international politics as a whole.
A panoramic account of the Russian empire from the last years of the nineteenth century, through revolution and civil war, to the brutal collectivization and crash industrialization under Stalin in the late 1920s.
This comparative ethnography explores Islamic revival movements in France and India, home to the largest numbers of Muslim minorities in Western Europe and Asia. Parvez provides an in-depth view into how Muslims in two cities struggle to improve their lives as denigrated minorities, amid national crises of secular democracy.
The Roman emperor Julian (361-363) was raised as a Christian, but soon after apostatized, and, during his short reign, attempted to revive paganism. This provoked the anger of the Christians, who raised accusations against him as a persecutor. In The Last Pagan Emperor, these claims are carefully investigated.