The Law Book: From Hammurabi to the International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones in the History of Law (Sterling)

• Main Author: Roffer, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@NYLS 2015
• Subjects: Legal History; Law; Milestones; Gun Control; Supreme Court; Bork; Thomas; Endangered Species; Nixon; Subpoena; Special Prosecutor; Confirmation; Supreme Court Nomination; Presidential Immunity; Impeachment; Starr; Heller; McDonald; 2nd Amendment; Business; Education; History; Legal Studies; Second Amendment; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_books/8; https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=fac_books

The Law Book explores 250 of the most significant legal issues, cases, trials, and events that have profoundly changed our world. Although the heaviest emphasis is on American law it also touches on more than a dozen countries and the European Union, laws relating to Antarctica and Outer Space, and principles of international law. Among the topics it explores are the earliest legal codes, the role of juries, slavery and emancipation, civil rights, Native Americans, copyright, the press and free speech, immigration, censorship and obscenity, the environment, war and international relations, war crimes and trials, the insanity defense, taxation, prohibition, voting rights, women’s rights, labor unions and workers’ rights, Social Security, workers’ compensation laws, the securities laws, the origins of Legal Aid, surrogacy, the right of privacy, cameras in the courts, food and drug regulation, antitrust law, South Africa’s Constitution, assisted suicide, gun control, the death penalty, civil commitment, juvenile sentencing, legalization of marijuana, same-sex marriage, tort law, the Affordable Care Act, and many others. https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_books/1029/thumbnail.jpg