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Legal Origins and Legal Change
Alan Watson
Essays in Roman law, with an emphasis on private law. Some essays relate to the making of law, studying aspects of the sources, legal change, legal culture, and law and society, and others deal with very early law or with the origins of legal ideas, and some of these are as much philological as legal.
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Roman Law & Comparative Law
Alan Watson
Provides a comprehensive description of the system of Roman law and the ways in which Roman law influenced later European legal systems.
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Studies in Roman Private Law
Alan Watson
Essays on Roman private law, including laws related to persons, property, inheritance and liability.
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Slave Law in the Americas
Alan Watson
Focuses on differences between slave law in various European colonies and former-colonies in America to deepen understanding of the interplay between law and society.
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Wills and Administration in Georgia: Including Estate Planning, Guardian and Ward, Trusts, and Forms (5th edition)
Sarajane N. Love
A a comprehensive guide to the administration of estates, including forms designed to set forth the procedure in the preparation and probate or wills and administration of estates.
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Neighboring Property Owners
James Smith and Jacqueline P. Hand
Covers issues related to property law, including land use, rights, and federal, state, and local regulations.
Excerpt reproduced with permission of Thomson Reuters.
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Failures of the Legal Imagination
Alan Watson
Watson examines legal evolution through an analysis of the relationship between legal rules and the societies in which they operate.
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Criminal Offenses and Defenses in Georgia (2nd edition)
Paul M. Kurtz and Leslie A. Jeffries
A digest of the Statute Laws of Georgia. All crimes and defenses are outlined and the relevant case law interpreting them is presented in as clear and straight-forward a manner as possible.
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Roman Slave Law
Alan Watson
Contrasts the law of slavery in the American South with that in ancient Rome. Focuses on the inherently racist nature of American slavery.
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Federal and State Postconviction Remedies and Relief (2nd edition)
Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.
This book examines postconviction relief in U.S. federal and state courts, including postconviction remedies for federal convicts, federal habeas corpus remedies for state convicts, and state postconviction remedies and relief
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