Historic U.S. Court Cases - An Encyclopedia 2nd Ed.

Historic U.S. Court Cases offers 201 signed essays by political scientists, historians, and legal scholars that highlight major legal issues in five thematic areas: crime and criminal law; governmental organization, power, and procedure; economics and economic regulation; race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability; and civil liberties. Essays generally focus on one or two U.S. Supreme Court cases, although influential cases decided by lower federal courts, the colonial courts, and state courts are also covered. These range from the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials to the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials in California state court in the mid-1990s.

The English Legal System - 6 Ed

This book draws together a wide range of material from statutes, cases, reports, professional codes and academic commentaries.The topics covered include sources of law; the civil courts; the criminal courts; the judiciary; case and statute law; the legal profession and legal services; legal aid and advice; the civil process; the criminal process; the jury; arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; and the theory of the system. This book aims to help the reader to develop a sound understanding of each topic and the theory which underlies the legal system. Each theme is given an introduction in which the outlines and issues are made clear.

The Royal Doctors 1485 - 1714 - Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts

Drawing upon a myriad of primary and secondary historical sources, The Royal Doctors: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts investigates the influential individuals who attended England's most important patients during a pivotal epoch in the evolution of the state and the medical profession. Over three hundred men (and a handful of women), heretofore unexamined as a group, made up the medical staff of the Tudor and Stuart kings and queens of England (as well as the Lord Protectorships of Oliver and Richard Cromwell).

Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England - The Local Courts in Kent 1460 - 1560

A large proportion of late medieval people were accused of some kind of misdemeanour in borough, manorial or ecclesiastical courts at some stage in their lives. The records of these courts bring us as close to ordinary townspeople and villagers as it is possible to get, and show what behaviour was considered reprehensible in men and women.

In the Courts of the Sun - Brian D'Amato

Wonderful research, plodding storyline!
I believe that your personal politics will play a big part in whether you like this book or not. Conservatives will probably not like it and liberals probably will. As a moderate, the authors unrelenting desire to inject politics into a sci-fi/time travel/adventure was simply annoying.
In the world according to Mr. D'Amato, the United States, Caucasians, Mormons, the C.I.A., Corporations, Haliburton (ok, he got that one right) Tom Clancy, Alicia Keys and National Geographic are all bad.