In Torture and the Law of Proof John H. Langbein explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal ...

In-depth, expert discussion of the rules and principles of estates in land and future interests. Text illustrates concepts with examples to enhance understanding of the subject ...

This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to distinguish it from ...

This publication has been the leading casebook in the field for 15 years. It is the most authoritative work available on this topic, extensively cited by the Supreme Court and ...

The adversary system of trial, the defining feature of the Anglo-American legal procedure, developed late in English legal history. For centuries defendants were forbidden to ...