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Volume 26 - Summer 2008

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Book Reviews

Peter King, Crime and Law in England, 1750–1840: Remaking Justice from the Margins, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 348. $99.00 (ISBN 978-0-521-78199-2).
Thomas P. Gallanis
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18 August 2010, pp. 197-198
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Robin Chapman Stacey, Dark Speech: The Performance of Law in Early Ireland, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. Pp. 354. $59.95 (ISBN 978-0-8122-3989-8).
Lisa Bitel
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18 August 2010, pp. 732-733
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David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. 300. $23.95 (ISBN 978-0-674- 02282-9).
Lauren Benton
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18 August 2010, pp. 438-440
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Allyson N. May, The Bar and the Old Bailey, 1750–1850, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Pp. 242. $55.00 (ISBN 0-8078-2608-8).
Wendie Ellen Schneider
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18 August 2010, pp. 198-200
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Michael P. Breen, Law, City, and King: Legal Culture, Municipal Politics, and State Formation in Early Modern Dijon, Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2007. Pp. xiii + 307. $75 (ISBN 978-1-58046-236-5).
Gail Bossenga
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18 August 2010, pp. 733-735
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Arthur H. Cash, John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii + 482. $37.50 (ISBN 9780-300-10871-0).
Timothy Milford
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18 August 2010, pp. 200-201
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John Fabian Witt, Patriots and Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. 406. $29.95 (ISBN 978-0-02360).
Lawrence M. Friedman
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18 August 2010, pp. 440-441
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Alan Cooper, Bridges, Law and Power in Medieval England, 700–1400, Rochester: Boydell Press, 2006. Pp. 185. $80 (ISBN 978-1-84383-275-5).
Victoria D. List
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18 August 2010, pp. 735-736
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Charles J. ReidJr., Power over the Body, Equality in the Family: Rights and Domestic Relations in Medieval Canon Law, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. Pp. xii + 335. $35.00 (ISBN 978-0-8028-2211-6).
Kenneth Pennington
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18 August 2010, pp. 737-738
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Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in Early America, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. 270. $30.00 (ISBN 0-19-514786-3).
Adam Winkler
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18 August 2010, pp. 441-443
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R. W. Kostal, A Jurisprudence of Power: Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 529. $140.00 (ISBN13:9780198260769).
Michael Ashley Stein
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18 August 2010, pp. 201-203
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Stephen L. Elkin, Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. xiii + 413. $35.00 (ISBN 0-226-20134-1).
Alison L. LaCroix
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18 August 2010, pp. 203-205
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Nikki M. Taylor, Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community, 1802– 1868, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2005. Pp. 315. $55.00 cloth (ISBN 0-8214-1579-4); $24.95 paper (ISBN 0-8214-1580-8).
Bernie Jones
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18 August 2010, pp. 443-444
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Penny Tucker, Law Courts and Lawyers in the City of London, 1300–1550, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. 424. $100 (ISBN 978-0-521-86668-2).
Daniel Klerman
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18 August 2010, pp. 738-740
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William E. Wiethoff, Crafting the Overseer's Image, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2006. Pp. 256. $39.95 (ISBN 1-57003-646-2).
Daniel J. Sharfstein
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18 August 2010, pp. 445-446
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Mark R. Killenbeck, M'Culloch v. Maryland: Securing A Nation, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. Pp xii + 226. $35.00 cloth (ISBN 0-7006-1472-9); $16.95 paper (ISBN 0-7006-1473-7).
Gerard N. Magliocca
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18 August 2010, pp. 205-206
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James Kelly, Poynings' Law and the Making of Law in Ireland, 1660–1800, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007. Pp. 424. €55 (ISBN 978-1-84682-078-2).
T. C. Barnard
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18 August 2010, pp. 740-741
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Eugenia Lean, Public Passions: The Trial of Shi Jianqiao and the Rise of Popular Sympathy in Republican China, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Pp. 304. $45.00 (ISBN 978-0-520-24718-5).
Matthew H. Sommer
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18 August 2010, pp. 741-743
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Kathleen S. Sullivan, Constitutional Context: Women and Rights Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Pp. 181. $45.00 (ISBN 10-0-8018-8552-3).
Nancy Isenberg
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18 August 2010, pp. 446-448
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Robin L. Einhorn, American Taxation, American Slavery, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. xii + 337. $35.00 (ISBN 0-226-19487-6).
Ajay K. Mehrotra
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18 August 2010, pp. 206-208
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Peter King, Crime and Law in England, 1750–1840: Remaking Justice from the Margins, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 348. $99.00 (ISBN 978-0-521-78199-2).

Robin Chapman Stacey, Dark Speech: The Performance of Law in Early Ireland, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. Pp. 354. $59.95 (ISBN 978-0-8122-3989-8).

David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. 300. $23.95 (ISBN 978-0-674- 02282-9).

Allyson N. May, The Bar and the Old Bailey, 1750–1850, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Pp. 242. $55.00 (ISBN 0-8078-2608-8).

Michael P. Breen, Law, City, and King: Legal Culture, Municipal Politics, and State Formation in Early Modern Dijon, Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2007. Pp. xiii + 307. $75 (ISBN 978-1-58046-236-5).

Arthur H. Cash, John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii + 482. $37.50 (ISBN 9780-300-10871-0).

John Fabian Witt, Patriots and Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. 406. $29.95 (ISBN 978-0-02360).

Alan Cooper, Bridges, Law and Power in Medieval England, 700–1400, Rochester: Boydell Press, 2006. Pp. 185. $80 (ISBN 978-1-84383-275-5).

Charles J. ReidJr., Power over the Body, Equality in the Family: Rights and Domestic Relations in Medieval Canon Law, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. Pp. xii + 335. $35.00 (ISBN 978-0-8028-2211-6).

Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in Early America, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. 270. $30.00 (ISBN 0-19-514786-3).

R. W. Kostal, A Jurisprudence of Power: Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 529. $140.00 (ISBN13:9780198260769).

Stephen L. Elkin, Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. xiii + 413. $35.00 (ISBN 0-226-20134-1).

Nikki M. Taylor, Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community, 1802– 1868, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2005. Pp. 315. $55.00 cloth (ISBN 0-8214-1579-4); $24.95 paper (ISBN 0-8214-1580-8).

Penny Tucker, Law Courts and Lawyers in the City of London, 1300–1550, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. 424. $100 (ISBN 978-0-521-86668-2).

William E. Wiethoff, Crafting the Overseer's Image, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2006. Pp. 256. $39.95 (ISBN 1-57003-646-2).

Mark R. Killenbeck, M'Culloch v. Maryland: Securing A Nation, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. Pp xii + 226. $35.00 cloth (ISBN 0-7006-1472-9); $16.95 paper (ISBN 0-7006-1473-7).

James Kelly, Poynings' Law and the Making of Law in Ireland, 1660–1800, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007. Pp. 424. €55 (ISBN 978-1-84682-078-2).

Eugenia Lean, Public Passions: The Trial of Shi Jianqiao and the Rise of Popular Sympathy in Republican China, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Pp. 304. $45.00 (ISBN 978-0-520-24718-5).

Kathleen S. Sullivan, Constitutional Context: Women and Rights Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Pp. 181. $45.00 (ISBN 10-0-8018-8552-3).

Robin L. Einhorn, American Taxation, American Slavery, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. xii + 337. $35.00 (ISBN 0-226-19487-6).

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