Judiciary as Constituted Power offers a comparative history of the functionality of ordinary judicial competences, contemporary findings of its protective needs in the court internal and external sphe
The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking: The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933, by Frederic Delano Grant, Jr., details the evolution of modern deposit insura
In Contributory Negligence, Emanuel van Dongen gives an overview of the historical development of the effect of contributory negligence on delictual liability, from Antiquity until today.
In National Socialist Family Law, Mariken Lenaerts gives an overview of the most important changes adopted in marriage and divorce law by the Nazis in Germany and the Netherlands and analyses the Nati
In Six Centuries of Criminal Law Jos Monballyu provides an overview of the theory and practice of criminal law in the Southern Netherlands and Belgium between 1400 and 2000.
This study deals with the concept of contracts for a third-party beneficiary, which is nowadays generally accepted in Western European jurisdictions. The subject is discussed in its development throug
This is the first research study on Tobias Asser, the Nobel Peace laureate, based on his personal files. It sheds new light on all aspects of Asser’s imposing career and enlightens the dramatic intera
Christopher Rossi’s Whiggish International Law refreshes English School and Cambridge contextualist concerns for historical abridgment as jurists and scholars revive complexities and discussions of in
In Taming Ares Emiliano J. Buis studies the narrative foundations of the (il)legality of warfare in the classical Greek world in order to demonstrate its contribution to a better historical understand
The contributions of Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law show an excellent assemblage of sources which historians of commercial law use. Besides normative sources, othe
In the Shadow of Vitoria: A History of International Law in Spain (1770-1953) offers the first comprehensive treatment of the intellectual evolution of international law in Spain from the late 18th ce
The Historical Foundations of Grotius’ Analysis of Delict explores the origins of the generalised model of liability for wrongdoing presented in the writings of Grotius, analysing the extent to which
This volume brings together nine chapters that address the topic of the scale and size of companies, in both legal and economic history, in the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period, and in the ninetee
This history of legislation regulating ownership in North and South America focuses on three places (Louisiana, Chile, and Argentina) in three different time periods. The book’s introduction explai
In the ‘Scramble for Africa’ during the Age of New Imperialism (1870-1914), European States and non-State actors mainly used treaties to acquire territory. The question is raised whether Europeans did
In The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775 Mauricio Novoa offers an account of the institution that developed in the vice-royalty of Peru
In Legal Practice in Eighteenth-Century Scotland John Finlay offers a comprehensive account of lawyers and their world in Enlightenment Scotland set within the wider European context.
Balance of Power and Norm Hierarchy. Franco-British Diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht offers a detailed study of practical legal argumentation in French and British diplomacy in the age of ‘Walpole
The Twelve Years Truce covers the legal history of a crucial text in the formation of the Republic of the Northern Netherlands as a sovereign power and highlights its significance in the formation of
This collection of essays gathers contributions from leading international lawyers from different countries, generations and angles with the aim of highlighting the multifaceted history of internation
The Roman legal tradition is the ancestor of modern contract law but there is no agreement as to how and when a general law of contract emerged. Wim Decock s thesis is that an important step in this e
A historian now retired from Bar-Ilan University, Altman shares with historians of international law information widely known by historians of the Near East about attested conduct and proclaimed state
At the end of the 19th century, internationalisation and standardisation fundamentally changed business law. More and more industries such as insurance, transport, wholesale and finance used standard
This study pertains to Dutch law, and the author explains in his introduction that it addresses two central questions: "First, under what circumstances is a creditor legally entitled to seek specific
The series editor offers an introductory note explaining that this is the first volume in a new series titled "Studies in the History of International Law." He describes the series as a response to in
