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Laura Flannigan, Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xv, 304. $110.00 hardcover (ISBN 978-1-009-37136-0). doi:10.1017/9781009371346 Laura Flannigan, Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547 Cambridge：剑桥大学出版社，2023 年。第 xv 页，第 304 页。110.00 美元精装（ISBN 978-1-009-37136-0）。 doi:10.1017/9781009371346

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248024000166

Daniel F. Gosling

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“Lost in Translation”: Extraterritoriality, Subjecthood, and Subjectivity in the Anglo–Yemeni Treaty of 1821 "翻译中的迷失1821 年英也条约》中的治外法权、主体性和主体性

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248024000105

Itamar Toussia Cohen

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A Grand Jury Exhortation 大陪审团训诫

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248024000075

Benjamin Keener

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Witnesses for the State: Children and the Making of Modern Evidence Law 国家的证人：儿童与现代证据法的形成

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248024000099

Laura Savarese

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The Cartojuridism of the British East India Company 英国东印度公司的卡特尔主义

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248024000051

Sabarish Suresh

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Legal Pluralism as a Category of Analysis 作为分析范畴的法律多元主义

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248023000196

Jessica Marglin, Mark Letteney

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LHR volume 42 issue 2 Cover and Back matter LHR 第 42 卷第 2 期封面和封底

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Law and History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0738248024000208

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“Above the Written Law”: Iran-Contra and the Mirage of the Rule of Law "凌驾于成文法之上"：伊朗-康特拉事件与法治的幻影

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