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The Law Emprynted and EnglysshedThe Printing Press as an Agent of Change in Law and Legal Culture 1475-1642David J HarveyWhat impact did the printing press – a new means of communicating the written word – have on early modern English lawyers? This book examines the way in which law printing developed in the period from 1475 up until 1642 and the start of the English Civil War. It offers a new perspective on the purposes and structures of the regulation of the printing press and considers how and why lawyers used the new technology. It examines the

way in which lawyers adapted to the use of printed works and the way in which the new technology increased the availability of texts and books for lawyers and the administrative community. It also considers the wider humanist context within which law printing developed.

David J Harvey is a District Court Judge sitting in Auckland, New Zealand.

Feb 2015 | 9781849466684 | 326pp | Hbk | RSP: £70 Discount Price: £56

Magna Carta UncoveredAnthony Arlidge and Igor Judge2015 marked the 800th anniversary of the grant at Runnymede of Magna Carta.The story of how Magna Carta came into being, and has been interpreted since, and its impact on individual rights and constitutional developments has more twists and turns than any work of historical fiction.

In this book the authors bring their wide legal experience and forensic skills to uncover the original meaning of the liberties enshrined in Magna Carta, and to trace their development in later centuries up to

the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America. The book tells the enthralling, ultimately inspirational, story of Magna Carta in a concise and readable fashion and will captivate laymen and lawyers alike.

Anthony Arlidge has been a Queen’s Counsel for over 30 years. Igor Judge was a judge for 25 years and retired as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in 2013.

Oct 2014 | 9781849465564 | 240pp | Hbk | RSP: £25 Discount Price: £20

Entick v Carrington250 Years of the Rule of LawEdited by Adam Tomkins and Paul ScottEntick v Carrington is one of the canons of English public law and in 2015 it is 250 years old. In this collection, leading public lawyers reflect on the history of the case, the enduring importance of the legal principles for which it stands, and the broader implications of Entick v Carrington 250 years on.

Adam Tomkins is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow. Paul Scott is a Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Southampton.

Sept 2015 | 9781849465588 | 288pp | Hbk | RSP: £55 Discount Price: £44

The Safest ShieldLectures, Speeches and EssaysLord JudgeThis selection of lectures, essays and speeches by Lord Judge, nearly all written when he was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, brings together his analysis of a wide range of topics which underpin the administration of justice and the rule of law. Apart from a few personal reflections, the discussion ranges from the development of our constitutional arrangements to matters of continuing constitutional uncertainty, with observations about different aspects of the court process and the

discharge of judicial responsibilities. Based on Lord Judge's experience in the law and a deep interest in history, this selection offers sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes amusing, but always stimulating reading, and will provoke thoughtful reflection on and better understanding of the arrangements by which we are governed and the practical application of the rule of law.

Lord Judge was first appointed a Judge of the High Court in 1988 and was Lord Chief Justice and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales from 2008 until 2013.

Nov 2015 | 9781509901890 | 384pp | Hbk | RSP: £22.50 Discount Price: £18

Law in Theory and HistoryNew Essays on a Neglected DialogueEdited by Maksymilian Del Marand Michael LobbanThis collection of original essays brings together leading legal historians and theorists to explore the oft-neglected but important relationship between these two discplines. Legal historians have often been sceptical of theory. The methodology which informs their own work is often said to be an empirical one, of gathering information from the archives and presenting it in a narrative form. The narrative produced by history is

often said to be provisional, insofar as further research in the archives might falsify present understandings and demand revisions. On the other side, legal theorists are often dismissive of historical works. History itself seems to many theorists not to offer any jurisprudential insights of use for their projects: at best, history is a repository of data and examples, which may be drawn on by the theorist for her own purposes. The aim of this collection is to invite participants from both sides to ask what lessons legal history can bring to legal theory, and what legal theory can bring to history. What is the theorist to do with the empirical data generated by archival research? What theories should drive the historical enterprise, and what wider lessons can be learned from it? This collection brings together a number of major theorists and legal historians to debate these ideas.

Makysmilian Del Mar is Reader in Legal Theory at Queen Mary University London. Michael Lobban is Professor of Legal History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nov 2016 | 9781849467995 | 368pp | Hbk | RSP: £80 Discount Price: £64

Re-Interpreting Blackstone's CommentariesA Seminal Text in National and International ContextsEdited by Wilfrid PrestThis collection explores the remarkable impact and continuing influence of William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, from the work’s original publication in the 1760s down to the present. Contributions by cultural and literary scholars, and intellectual and legal historians trace the manner in

which this truly seminal text has established its authority well beyond the author’s native shores or his own limited lifespan.

This volume is a sequel to the well-received collection Blackstone and his Commentaries: Biography, Law, History (Hart Publishing, 2009, see overleaf).

Wilfrid Prest is Professor Emeritus in Law and History at the University of Adelaide.

Aug 2014 | 9781849465380 | 221pp | Hbk | RSP: £50 Discount Price: £40

Blackstone and his CommentariesBiography, Law, HistoryEdited by Wilfrid PrestAmong the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) is currently attracting renewed scholarly interest. Whilst the Commentaries no longer dominate legal education, they continue to be regularly cited in superior courts throughout the common law world, besides providing a remarkably comprehensive account of public and private law in England on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution.

The life and character of Blackstone himself, the nature and sources of his jurisprudence and the impact of his great book are the main themes of the collection. Individual essays treat Blackstone's early architectural treatises and their relationship to the Commentaries; his idiosyncratic bibliophilia; his views of the role of judges, interpretation of statutes, the law of marriage, natural law, property law and the legalities of colonisation. Together with the dissemination and the reception of the Commentaries, Blackstone's bibliography and iconography also receive attention. Combining the work of both eminent and emerging scholars, this interdisciplinary venture sheds welcome new light on a legal classic and its continued influence.

Wilfrid Prest is Professor Emeritus in Law and History at the University of Adelaide.

Jul 2014 | 9781849466424 | 280pp | Pbk | RSP: £21.99 Discount Price: £17.59

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The Causes of WarVolume II: 1000 CE to 1400 CEAlexander GillespieThis is the second volume of a projected five-volume series charting the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day, written by a leading international lawyer, and using as its principal materials the documentary history of international law, largely in the form of treaties and the negotiations which led up to them. These volumes seek to show why millions of people, over thousands of years, slew each other. In departing from the various theories put forward by historians,

anthropologists and psychologists, Gillespie offers a different taxonomy of the causes of war, focusing on the broader settings of politics, religion, migrations and empire-building. These four contexts were dominant and often overlapping justifications during the first four thousand years of human civilisation, for which written records exist.

Alexander Gillespie is Professor of Law at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Dec 2016 | 9781849466455 | 280pp | Hbk | RSP: £50 Discount Price: £40

Fifty Years of the Law CommissionsThe Dynamics of Law ReformEdited by Matthew Dyson, James Lee and Shona Wilson StarkThis book brings together past and present law commissioners, judges, practitioners, academics and law reformers to analyse the past, present and future of the Law Commissions in the United Kingdom and beyond. Its internationally recognised authors bring a wealth of experience and insight into how and why law reform does and should take place, covering statutory and non-statutory reform from national and

international perspectives. The chapters of the book developed from papers given at a conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Law Commissions Act 1965.

Matthew Dyson is a Fellow in Law at Trinity College, Cambridge. James Lee is Senior Lecturer in Private Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London and an Associate Academic Fellow of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Shona Wilson Stark is Fellow and College Lecturer in Law at Christ's College, Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.

Nov 2016 | 9781849468572 | 448pp | Hbk | RSP: £95 Discount Price: £76

The House of Lords 1911-2011A Century of Non-ReformChris BallingerHouse of Lords reform is often characterised as unfinished business: a riddle that has been left unanswered since 1911. But rarely can an unanswered riddle have had so many answers offered, even though few have been accepted; indeed, when Viscount Cave was invited in the mid-1920s to lead a Cabinet committee on Lords reform, he complained of finding 'the ground covered by an embarrassing mass of proposals'.That embarrassing mass increased

throughout the twentieth century. Much ink has been spilled on what should be done with the upper House of Parliament; much less ink has been expended on why reform has been so difficult to achieve.

This book analyses in detail the principal attempts to reform the House of Lords. Starting with the Parliament Act of 1911 the book examines the century of non-reform that followed, drawing upon substantial archival sources, many of which have been under-utilised until now. These sources challenge many of the existing understandings of the history of House of Lords reform and the reasons for success or failure of reform attempts. The book begins by arguing against the popular idea that the 1911 Act was intended by its supporters to be a temporary measure.

Chris Ballinger is Academic Dean and Official Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

Aug 2014 | 9781849466608 | 264pp | Pbk | RSP: £20 Discount Price: £16

LANDMARK CASES SERIESSeries Editor: Paul MitchellThe books in this series seek to highlight the historical antecedents of what are widely considered to be the leading cases in the common law. These edited volumes feature original archival research by eminent scholars in the field, and are intended to provide a context, or contexts, in which to better understand how and why certain cases came to be regarded as the 'Landmark' cases in any given field.

Published in the series Landmark Cases in

- Family Law- Land Law - Medical Law- Property Law

- The Law of Contract- The Law of Restitution- The Law of Tort

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