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""The Art Treasures of London: Painting"" is a comprehensive guide to the schools of painting represented in the public galleries of London, written by Hugh Stokes and originally published in…

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

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This book explores the Delphic Oracle and the use made of it by the city of Athens, challenging traditional assumptions about Athenian democracy. Accessible and comprehensive in its discussion of…

Clark provides a detailed look at the history of knighthood in Europe. He explores the religious and military orders that were instituted during the medieval period and provides descriptions of…

Adopted Women and Biological Fathers offers a critical and deconstructive challenge to the dominant notions of adoptive identity. The author explores adoptive women’s experiences of meeting their biological fathers and…

Hugh Collins examines whether the harmonisation of private law in the European Union would be a desirable development, arguing that a gradual movement towards common principles would establish fundamental social…