Athenian power and prosperity in the fourth century B.C. was based largely on commerce. The complex litigation arising from commercial activities was heard in special maritime courts, dikai emporikai, the…

A New Orleans lawyer discovers his father is sleeping with a beautiful attorney in their firm. To save his parents’ marriage, he decides to seduce her. She’s murdered; he defends…

In the first and second centuries CE a small elite of affluent slaves and wealthy free persons prospered in Rome amidst a mass of impoverished free inhabitants and impecunious enslaved…

This is a biography of Wilbur J. Cohen. He was a key player in the creation of the American welfare state. From the Social Security Act (1935) to the establishment…

Money, Labour and Land explores a wide range of case studies in the economic history of the ancient Greek world to reveal an explosion of ideas which open new pathways…

All drawings in this collection originally appeared in The New Yorker and were published in the years 1966 through 2014 inclusive by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. –Title page verso.

This books fills a gap in the existing literature by providing analysis of international practice methods which can be used by developing countries to develop their own professional and educational…