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Introductions to legal works, their principal subjects and the research interests they serve.

Arabic references

Civil law and evidence

إجراءات الإثبات في قانون المرافعات

سليمان تادرس برسوم

A procedural treatment of evidence in civil litigation, distinguishing the existence of evidence from the legal process of presenting and challenging it. Its legislative context is historical.

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Civil law and evidence

أصول الإثبات وإجراءاته في المواد المدنية — الجزء الأول: الأدلة المطلقة

سليمان مرقس

A comparative treatment of unrestricted forms of evidence in Egyptian civil law and Arab codifications, relevant to evidential authority and procedure.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

أصول الفقه الإسلامي

عبد العزيز رمضان سمك

An introduction to Islamic legal methodology and the interpretation of texts, covering evidence, language and approaches to reasoning.

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Legal history and philosophy

الإسلام وأوضاعنا القانونية

عبد القادر عودة

A work on the relationship between Islamic thought and legal arrangements, presenting an intellectual position to be distinguished from applicable legislation.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

الأصول القضائية في المرافعات الشرعية

علي قراعة

A historical reference on proceedings before Sharia courts and the conduct of litigation within that system, relevant to the development of procedure and representation.

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Legal history and philosophy

الامتيازات الأجنبية

عمر لطفي

A historical study of foreign capitulations and their legal effects, relevant to understanding the background of multiple jurisdictions in Egypt.

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Business and commercial law

الشروط الشكلية والموضوعية لانعقاد اتفاق التحكيم

باسم حسين الجندي

A research study of the formal and substantive requirements of an arbitration agreement, useful for structuring review of consent, capacity and arbitrability.

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Criminal law

القانون الجنائي الدستوري

أحمد فتحي سرور

A treatment of the relationship between constitutional safeguards and substantive and procedural criminal law, useful for rights-based legal analysis.

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Civil law and evidence

القانون المدني

مصطفى كامل منيب، تحرير ومراجعة

An edited historical edition of the Civil Code, useful for studying the arrangement of its provisions. Current research requires the relevant official texts and amendments.

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Legal history and philosophy

القانون المدني الأهلي

An edition of the former National Civil Code, useful for tracing Egyptian legal terminology, provisions and legislative drafting before the present Civil Code.

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Advocacy and legal practice

القواعد العلمية لفحص وتحليل شهادة الشهود

تادرس ميخائيل تادرس

A study of witness testimony and its assessment, useful for structuring questions and comparing an account with the circumstances and other evidence.

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Advocacy and legal practice

المحاماة

أحمد فتحي زغلول

A historical account of advocacy and its professional identity, useful for understanding how the profession was presented in early twentieth-century Egyptian legal writing.

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Criminal law

المشكلات العملية في جرائم السب والقذف والبلاغ الكاذب

A practical reference on insult, defamation and false reporting, useful for distinguishing statements, allegations and the elements requiring proof.

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Civil law and evidence

الموسوعة النموذجية في الملكية العقارية — الجزء الثاني

السيد عبد الوهاب عرفة

The second volume of a property law reference, concerned with registration and related ownership and real-rights questions, subject to later registration reforms.

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Criminal law

الموسوعة النموذجية في شرح جرائم الغش والتدليس وتقليد العلامات التجارية — الجزء الأول

معوض عبد التواب

The first volume of a work on fraud, deception and trademark imitation, addressing their criminal and civil dimensions.

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Criminal law

الموسوعة النموذجية في شرح جرائم الغش والتدليس وتقليد العلامات التجارية — الجزء الثالث

معوض عبد التواب

The third volume of a work on fraud, deception and trademark imitation, to be read with the other volumes and in its publication context.

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Criminal law

الموسوعة النموذجية في شرح جرائم الغش والتدليس وتقليد العلامات التجارية — الجزء الثاني

معوض عبد التواب

The second volume of a work connecting criminal and civil questions in fraud, deception and trademark imitation.

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Public and administrative law

الوجيز في شرح قانون تنظيم الجامعات ولائحته التنفيذية

أحمد إبراهيم دهشان؛ يحيى إبراهيم دهشان

A reference on university governance, councils, leadership, committees, disciplinary arrangements and staff rights and duties.

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Criminal law

الوسيط في النقض الجنائي

أحمد فتحي سرور

A specialist reference on criminal cassation, useful for distinguishing factual argument from legally material grounds of review.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 1: مصادر الالتزام

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Examines contract, wrongful acts, unjust enrichment and legislation as sources of obligations, helping identify the basis of a claim before its effects and remedies.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 2: الإثبات وآثار الالتزام

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Addresses evidence and the effects of obligations, distinguishing the existence of a right from its proof and enforcement.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 3: الأوصاف والحوالة والانقضاء

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Examines modalities, transfer and extinction of obligations and their effects on creditors, debtors, maturity and the continued existence of a debt.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 4: البيع والمقايضة

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Treats sale and exchange as transactions concerning ownership, relevant to contractual duties, warranties and legal effects.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 5: الهبة والشركة والقرض والدخل الدائم والصلح

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Discusses gifts, partnership, loans, perpetual income and settlement, allowing comparison of their purposes and legal consequences.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 6: الإيجار والعارية

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Examines lease and loan for use, including use, delivery, return and the parties’ duties, subject to relevant special legislation.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 7، المجلد 1: المقاولة والوكالة والوديعة والحراسة

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

The first volume of Part Seven concerns works, agency, deposit and custody, relevant to performance, authority and liability.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 7، المجلد 2: التأمين والمقامرة والرهان والمرتب مدى الحياة

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

The second volume of Part Seven treats insurance, gaming, wagering and life annuities, focusing on uncertainty and risk within obligations.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 8: حق الملكية والأشياء والأموال

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Examines ownership, things and property as a basis for analysing proprietary powers and distinguishing ownership from other rights.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 9: أسباب كسب الملكية والانتفاع والارتفاق

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Treats the acquisition of ownership and related real rights, including usufruct and easements, connecting the basis of a right with its scope.

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Civil law and evidence

الوسيط في شرح القانون المدني — الجزء 10: التأمينات الشخصية والعينية

عبد الرزاق أحمد السنهوري؛ تنقيح أحمد مدحت المراغي

Examines personal and proprietary security for obligations, relevant to the extent of guarantees, priority and creditors’ positions.

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Criminal law

الوسيط في قانون الإجراءات الجنائية — الكتاب الأول

أحمد فتحي سرور

The first book of Al-Wasit on criminal procedure, covering general procedural principles and the pre-trial stage.

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Criminal law

الوسيط في قانون الإجراءات الجنائية — الكتاب الثاني

أحمد فتحي سرور

The second book of Al-Wasit on criminal procedure, addressing trial, judgments and review, subject to subsequent legislative changes.

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Criminal law

الوسيط في قانون العقوبات — القسم العام

أحمد فتحي سرور

A treatment of general criminal law principles, including offence, liability and sanction, providing a foundation for analysing specific offences.

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Business and commercial law

ترجمة العقود — الجزء الأول: العقود المدنية

محمود محمد علي صبرة

A reference on translating contracts and the features of legal English, including applications to civil agreements and the legal effects of terminology.

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Criminal law

جرائم البغاء — دراسة مقارنة

محمد نيازي حتاتة

A comparative study of prostitution-related offences, relevant to criminalization policy and the elements of offences within its historical context.

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Public and administrative law

جوازات السفر وإقامة الأجانب في مصر

يحيى عبد القادر

A historical reference on passports and the residence of foreign nationals in Egypt, useful for tracing administrative regulation rather than establishing current requirements.

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Legal history and philosophy

خواطر في القضاء والاقتصاد والاجتماع

علي أبو الفتوح

Reflections on the judiciary, economics and society, placing legal questions in their wider setting and offering material for the history of judicial thought.

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Civil law and evidence

دروس في أسباب كسب الملكية

حسن حسين البراوي

Lectures on the acquisition of ownership, useful for identifying the legal basis of a property right and distinguishing title from possession.

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Legal history and philosophy

روح الشرائع

مونتسكيو؛ ترجمة عادل زعيتر

A study of laws, political systems and societies, relevant to the intellectual background of the separation of powers and constitutional comparison.

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Business and commercial law

شرح قانون التجارة المصري: الإفلاس وإعادة الهيكلة والصلح الواقي وعمليات البنوك

خليل فيكتور تادرس

A treatment of bankruptcy, restructuring, preventive arrangements and banking operations, useful for organizing research into financial distress and commercial transactions.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

شرح مرشد الحيران إلى معرفة أحوال الإنسان

محمد زيد الإبياني ومحمد سلامة السنجلفي

A commentary on Murshid al-Hayran that develops the juristic meaning of its rules on transactions and the connections between them.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

قانون العدل والإنصاف للقضاء على مشكلات الأوقاف

محمد قدري باشا

A reference on endowments and their legal questions, relevant to the organization of juristic rules and the legal history of waqf.

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Civil law and evidence

قانون المرافعات المدنية والتجارية وقانون نظام القضاء

A historical compilation concerning civil and commercial procedure and judicial organization, intended for comparison with later developments rather than determining current procedure.

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Legal history and philosophy

قانون تحقيق الجنايات الأهلي

A historical source on criminal investigation and trial in Egypt's National Courts, relevant to the evolution of procedural safeguards and judicial institutions.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

قضاء الأحوال الشخصية للطوائف الملية

أحمد زكي صفوت

A historical treatment of personal status adjudication for religious communities, useful for comparative study of the development of family justice in Egypt.

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Legal history and philosophy

محاضرات في الحقوق الرومانية

محمد محسن البرازي

Lectures introducing Roman law and its institutions, useful for tracing terminology and classifications later adopted by civil law systems.

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Business and commercial law

محاضرات في الشركات التجارية

هاني سري الدين

Lectures on commercial companies, offering a framework for studying legal forms, shareholder relationships and management before examining the applicable legislation.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

مرشد الحيران إلى معرفة أحوال الإنسان

محمد قدري باشا

A systematic presentation of civil transactions in article form, useful for comparing juristic reasoning with civil codification without treating the work as binding legislation.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 1

رجائي عطية

Volume 1 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 2

رجائي عطية

Volume 2 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 3

رجائي عطية

Volume 3 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 4

رجائي عطية

Volume 4 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 5

رجائي عطية

Volume 5 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 6

رجائي عطية

Volume 6 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 7

رجائي عطية

Volume 7 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 8

رجائي عطية

Volume 8 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 9

رجائي عطية

Volume 9 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 10

رجائي عطية

Volume 10 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 11

رجائي عطية

Volume 11 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 12

رجائي عطية

Volume 12 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 13

رجائي عطية

Volume 13 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 14

رجائي عطية

Volume 14 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 15

رجائي عطية

Volume 15 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 16

رجائي عطية

Volume 16 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 17

رجائي عطية

Volume 17 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 18

رجائي عطية

Volume 18 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 19

رجائي عطية

Volume 19 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 20

رجائي عطية

Volume 20 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 21

رجائي عطية

Volume 21 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 22

رجائي عطية

Volume 22 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 23

رجائي عطية

Volume 23 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Advocacy and legal practice

من حصاد المحاماة — الجزء 24

رجائي عطية

Volume 24 of Ragaa Attia’s series on legal practice and advocacy. It belongs to his writing on professional experience and offers material for considering the construction and presentation of legal argument.

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Public and administrative law

موجز العقود الإدارية

رفعت عيد

An introduction to administrative contracts in the context of legislation governing public contracting and its implementing regulations.

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English references

Legal history and philosophy

A Book About Lawyers

John Cordy Jeaffreson

A historical account of lawyers, their lives and professional traditions in England, offering cultural context rather than a universal model of legal practice.

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Personal status and jurisprudence

A History of Matrimonial Institutions · Volume 3

George Elliott Howard

A volume in a comparative history of matrimonial institutions, examining family arrangements in their social and legislative settings.

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Intellectual property

A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright

Evan James MacGillivray

A historical treatise on copyright, useful for tracing the development and limits of protection within the legal system discussed.

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Advocacy and legal practice

An Essay on Professional Ethics

George Sharswood

A historical essay on the lawyer's responsibilities to clients, courts and the profession, exploring the relationship between advocacy and integrity.

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Legal history and philosophy

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

Roscoe Pound

An introduction to the philosophy and purposes of law, exploring the theoretical foundations of rights, interests and liability.

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Legal history and philosophy

Ancient Law

Henry Sumner Maine

A study of ancient law and social institutions, addressing the development of property, family and obligation within a historical framework.

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Legal history and philosophy

Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters

C. H. W. Johns

A collection concerning Babylonian and Assyrian laws, transactions and letters, useful for studying legal practice in ancient societies.

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International and comparative law

Commentaries on the Laws of England · Book I

William Blackstone

The first book of Blackstone's Commentaries, concerned with the rights of persons and institutional structure, relevant to the history of English legal exposition.

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Intellectual property

Copyright: Its History and Its Law

R. R. Bowker

A historical and legal account of copyright, offering context for debates about the protection and availability of intellectual works.

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Criminal law

Crimes and Punishments

Cesare Beccaria · James Anson Farrer

A work on the philosophy of punishment, the limits of penal authority and proportionality, relevant to the intellectual history of criminal justice reform.

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Criminal law

Criminal Psychology

Hans Gross

A historical work on psychology in criminal investigation and the assessment of evidence. Its scientific claims require evaluation against current research.

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Legal history and philosophy

Jurisprudence

John W. Salmond

An introduction to general jurisprudence and its foundational concepts, useful for studying rights, duties, liability and sources of law.

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Legal history and philosophy

Studies in History and Jurisprudence · Volume 1

James Bryce

The first volume of studies linking history, jurisprudence and comparison of institutions, placing legal rules in their political and social context.

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Legal history and philosophy

Studies in History and Jurisprudence · Volume 2

James Bryce

The second volume of studies in history and jurisprudence, continuing the author's comparative examination of legal systems and institutions.

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Advocacy and legal practice

The Art of Cross-Examination

Francis L. Wellman

A treatment of cross-examination, including the design and sequence of questions and the testing of testimony, to be read with regard to differences between procedural systems.

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International and comparative law

The Common Law

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

A historical examination of common law concepts and judicial development, useful for comparison with civil law approaches.

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Legal history and philosophy

The Institutes of Justinian

J. B. Moyle, translator

An instructional account of Roman legal institutions associated with Justinian, introducing persons, property, obligations and actions.

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Advocacy and legal practice

The Man in Court

Frederic DeWitt Wells

An account of the human side of court proceedings, useful for considering courtroom behaviour and communication alongside formal legal argument.

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Legal history and philosophy

The Old Yellow Book

Charles W. Hodell, editor and translator

Material connected with an historical Italian trial and the Old Yellow Book, combining a legal record with historical study of facts and argument.

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Legal history and philosophy

The Path of the Law

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

An essay on practical legal reasoning and the prediction of legal consequences, examining the relationship between rules, morality and experience.

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International and comparative law

The Rights of War and Peace

Hugo Grotius

A historical treatment of the law of war and peace and relations between political communities, to be distinguished from contemporary international instruments.

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Advocacy and legal practice

The Seven Lamps of Advocacy

Edward Abbott Parry

A reflection on the qualities of an advocate through seven professional virtues, addressing the character and responsibilities of legal practice.

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Legal history and philosophy

The Social Contract & Discourses

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · G. D. H. Cole

A collection of Rousseau's Social Contract and discourses, relevant to political legitimacy, the general will and the relationship between individuals and the state.

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Advocacy and legal practice

Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future

Richard Susskind

A study of the future of legal services and the effects of technology and changing client expectations on lawyers, professional skills and service models.

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