Distribution Worldwide Founded 2016 | Headquarters location Birkirkara, Malta Country of origin Malta | |
Publication types Books, academic journals Nonfiction topics Law, History of Law, Philosophy, Theology | ||
Russell Square Publishing publishes law books in English, with some works in the related areas of philosophy and theology.
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The company was named after Russell Square in London, home of the British Museum and the University of London.
Lettou & de Machlinia Press
William de Machlinia and John Lettou, who were England's first printer of law books, formed a partnership in London in about 1481-2. Their first publication was the Abbreviamentum Statutorum, the first printed book of English law, a handbook for lawyers that contained summaries of the laws of the land, alphabetically arranged by subject. The partners published in the following years at least five books of the common law. These include two editions of Sir Thomas Littleton's Tenores novelli or English Tenures, in 1482-3 and 1484. They published Yearbooks of law cases for the 33rd, 35th and 36th years of the reign of Henry VI (that is, 1454, 1456 and 1457) c.1481-1482. Their final joint publication was a full edition of the parliamentary statutes from the reign of Edward II, Nova Statuta Angliae, during the printing of which Lettou is thought to have died. Russell Square Publishing wanted to honour the memory of these pioneers in English legal publishing.