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…

Controversial for centuries, Hannibal’s route over the Alps was the subject of an extended scholarly dispute between William John Law (1786-1869) and Robert Ellis (1820-85). This two-volume 1866 publication, Law’s…

John Law: The Projector (1881) is a historical novel written by William Harrison Ainsworth. The book is set in 18th century France and tells the story of John Law, a…

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With the 50th anniversary of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? comes a new look behind the legendary film and Joan Crawford’s foray into the horror genre that would make…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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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…