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  | | The Watsons of Kilconnor, County Carlow, 1650 - present by Alan Watson, Peter Coutts, John Watson Paperback, 602 Pages, Published 2019 by Paragon Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-78222-621-5, ISBN: 1-78222-621-4 "This book describes the history of a humble family that migrated from England to Ireland in the mid 17th c and put down roots at Kilconnor, County Carlow. By the end of the century many members of the family had joined the Society of Friends and were part of the landed gentry. During the late 17th c and 18th c family members established themselves elsewhere in Ireland and later in Australia, England and New Zealand where they rose to pr ..." |
 | | Spirit of Roman Law (The Spirit of the Laws) by Alan Watson Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3061-7, ISBN: 0-8203-3061-2 "This book is not about the rules or concepts of Roman law, says Alan Watson, but about the values and approaches, explicit and implicit, of those who made the law. The scope of Watson's concerns encompasses the period from the Twelve Tables, around 451 B.C., to the end of the so-called classical period, around A.D. 235. As he discusses the issues and problems that faced the Roman legal intelligentsia, Watson also holds up Roman law as a ..." |
 | | Legal Transplants(2nd Edition) An Approach to Comparative Law by Alan Watson Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1532-4, ISBN: 0-8203-1532-X "In "Legal Transplants," one of the world's foremost authorities on legal history and comparative law puts forth a clear and concise statement of his controversial thesis on the way that law has developed throughout history.When it was first published in 1974, "Legal Transplants" sparked both praise and outrage. Alan Watson's argument challenges the long-prevailing notion that a close connection exists between the law and the society in ..." |
 | | The Digest of Justinian, Volume 1(Updated) by Alan Watson Paperback, 768 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-2033-9, ISBN: 0-8122-2033-1 "The Digest of Justinian, Volume 1 Revised English-Language Edition Edited by Alan Watson "A major achievement, and an event of the first importance."--Journal of Legal History "Definitive."--The Retainer "A landmark."--Religious Studies Review "Superb."--Texas Bar Journal When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpu ..." |
 | | The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3(Updated) by Alan Watson Paperback, 768 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-2035-3, ISBN: 0-8122-2035-8 "When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the legal pronouncements of the Roman emperors, the Institutes, an elementary student's textbook, and the Digest, by far the largest and most highly prized of the three compilations. The Di ..." |
 | | The Digest of Justinian, Volume 2(Updated) by Alan Watson Paperback, 768 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-2034-6, ISBN: 0-8122-2034-X "When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the legal pronouncements of the Roman emperors, the Institutes, an elementary student's textbook, and the Digest, by far the largest and most highly prized of the three compilations. The Di ..." |
 | | The Germans Who Are They Now by Alan Watson Hardcover, Published 1992 by Thames Methuen, London ISBN-13: 978-0-413-65650-6, ISBN: 0-413-65650-0 |
 | | The Evolution of Law(Reprint) by Prof Alan Watson Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1989 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-3940-5, ISBN: 0-8018-3940-8 "One of the world's foremost scholars of Roman and comparative law here describes the nature of legal traditions and develops a general and coherent view of legal change." |
 | | Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity by Alan Watson 192 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5128-2156-7, ISBN: 1-5128-2156-X "Alan Watson. Afterword to the 1998 Edition W hen I began preparing a second edition of this book I was astonished to find that I would make no changes. Still, I realized that there was much more to be said, and I wish to add a short Afterword. In this I will consider one deeply significant development in lawmaking that previously I chose to ignore. I discussed in the book the sources of Roman law, but not what might be regarded as ..." |
 | | Churchill's Legacy Two Speeches to Save the World by Alan Watson 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-8023-4, ISBN: 1-4088-8023-7 "Two Speeches to Save the World Alan Watson. Afterword. While writing this book , the status of the speeches that are its subject has changed. In November 2015 the United Nations heritage body – UNESCO – determined that the Churchill Archives at Churchill College, Cambridge, including the drafts of his speeches, rank alongside the Magna Carta in the register of pivotal documents of world history. They are recognised as a legacy left ..." |
 | | Jamestown The Voyage of English by Alan Watson Paperback, 83 Pages, Published 2007 by Artesian Publishing Llp ISBN-13: 978-0-9551164-1-4, ISBN: 0-9551164-1-4 |
 | | Legal Origins and Legal Change(1st Edition) by Alan Watson Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2003 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-85285-048-7, ISBN: 1-85285-048-5 "I feel this the more keenly in that my views on the scope of the Chair of Civil Law differ radically from his. I take Civil Law in its traditional meaning: Roman Law. The historical study of Roman Law is still in its infancy, but in Britain at the present ..." |
 | | Society and Legal Change(2nd Edition) by Alan Watson, Paul Finkelman Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2001 by Temple University Press,U.S. ISBN-13: 978-1-56639-920-3, ISBN: 1-56639-920-3 "In this first U.S. edition of a classic work of comparative legal scholarship, Alan Watson argues that law fails to keep step with social change, even when that change is massive. To illustrate the ways in which law is dysfunctional, he draws on the two most innovative western systems, of Rome and England, to show that harmful rules continue for centuries. To make his case, he uses examples where, in the main, "the law benefits no recog ..." |
 | | Law Out of Context by Alan Watson Hardcover, 213 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2161-5, ISBN: 0-8203-2161-3 "53. For a skilled attempt at reconstructing the precise sources used for each text, see above all Contardo Ferrini, Open, vol. 2 (Milan, 1929), 307ff. 54. D.20.1.5.1. « . See, e.g.., D.20.1.1.2. jj O 56. See, e.g., D.20.1.3. 57. D.43.33. 58. Cf. the absence of any attributed source in Ferrini, Opere, vol. 2, 410. 59. Such, indeed, is the translation of J. A. C. Thomas, The Institutes of Justinian (Cape Town, 1975 ), 307. 60. See, e.g ..." |
 | | Jesus A Profile by Alan Watson Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1970-4, ISBN: 0-8203-1970-8 "What kind of man was Jesus Christ? A close examination of the Gospels in their historic and religious context, Alan Watson argues, reveals St. Mark's text as the most plausible account of how Jesus saw himself and how he was perceived by his contemporaries. Finding in Mark that Jesus felt himself beyond the law, basically apolitical, hostile to dogma, and deliberately incomprehensible to his followers and enemies, Watson concludes that ..." |
 | | The Germans Who Are They Now by Alan Watson Hardcover, 356 Pages, Published 1993 by Edition Q ISBN-13: 978-0-86715-268-5, ISBN: 0-86715-268-0 "Of German Music (Oswald Wolff, 1976) Schulze, Hagen, Gibt es uberhaupt eine deutsche Geschichte? (1989) ... International Affairs, journals of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1990 and 1991 Simmons, Michael, Berlin: The ... Heimat und Nation: Zur Geschichte und Identitat der Deutschen (V. Hase und Kohler Verlag, 1984) Wighton, Charles, Adenauer: ... Die deutsche Nation ( Hohenheim, 1982) Willms, Johannes, Nationali ..." |
 | | State, Law and Religion Pagan Rome (Hardback) by Alan Watson Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 1992 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1387-0, ISBN: 0-8203-1387-4 "Pagan Rome Alan Watson. Preface. It is a curious fact that no one has written a comprehensive account of the interaction of law and religion in ancient Rome.1 Law and religion are among the most powerful organized forces in society; hence ..." |
 | | Roman Law and Comparative Law by Alan Watson Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1991 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1261-3, ISBN: 0-8203-1261-4 "To understand how law develops and how legal rules and structures relate to society, one must examine the issues both comparatively and historically, Alan Watson asserts. And in the Western world, he adds, in order to understand law comparatively, one must have knowledge of Roman law.As his title suggests, Watson has divided the book into two related but independent parts. The first part, a revised and enlarged version of his 1970 volum ..." |
 | | Slave Law in the Americas by Alan Watson Hardcover, 179 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1179-1, ISBN: 0-8203-1179-0 "6 PORTUGAL AND SLAVE LAW IN AMERICA The situation in Portugal and the Portuguese colonies was again different. The Visigothic Code with its rules on slavery would appear to have applied, but after the Reconquista there seem to have been no more slaves except Moorish captives.1 Various municipal forais, collections of town law, from the twelfth century contain regulations on slaves, but they had little impact on later developments. ..." |
 | | Cultured Mussel Cookbook by Alan Watson, Julie V. Watson Paperback, Published 1987 by Down East Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89272-249-5, ISBN: 0-89272-249-5 |
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