1. Browne, J.H. Balfour. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. Second Edition, with References to the Scotch and American Decisions. San Francisco: Sumner Whitney & Co., 1875. vi, 713 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041365. ISBN 1-58477-347-2. Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of second edition, enlarged with references to Scotch and American decisions. This treatise is notable for its insights into Victorian-era constructions of the legal relations of mental illness and criminal insanity. Topics include legal contracts (including wills) involving the insane, liability for torts, capital punishment, homicide, property law, guidelines for establishing the burden of proof and for dealing with the insane in the courtroom, the admission of evidence demonstrating insanity, the use of medical experts as witnesses and other practical matters. It also offers classifications of insanity by experts and thorough definitions of the legal aspects of amentia, moral mania (including kleptomania, pyromania and erotomania), dementia, melancholia, somnambulism, epilepsy, drunkenness and other interesting topics. With a table of cases and thorough index.

2. Dalton, Michael. The Countrey Justice, Conteyning the Practice of the Justices of the Peace out of their Sessions. Gathered for the Better Helpe of Such Justices of Peace as Have Not Beene Much Conversant in the Studie of the Lawes of this Realme. London: Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1618. [xi], 370, [xiii] pp. 9" x 12.” Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041103. ISBN 1-58477-299-9. Cloth. $125.
* Reprint of the rare first edition. This venerable early English justice of the peace manual went through some twenty editions between 1618 and 1746. Rooted in Crompton, Fitzherbert and Lambard, The Countrey Justice offers advice on such matters as customs, highways, prisons, riots, soldiers, murder, felonies, rogues and vagabonds, wool, and high treason. It is also noteworthy for originating an alphabetically arranged topical structure which was adopted in later texts.

3. Henderson, Gerard C. The Federal Trade Commission: A Study in Administrative Law and Procedure. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. xiii, 382 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN . ISBN 1-58477-315-4. Cloth. $80.
* The Federal Trade Commission was established in 1915 to enforce antitrust and consumer protection legislation. Written during its first decade of existence, this book offers a first-hand early history and analysis of the commission. “This is a remarkably able book. It gives a vivid and informing account of the Federal Trade Commission’s performance in a new and important field of administrative law.” George Rublee, Harvard Law Review 38:269-271 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 343.

4. Hudson, Manley O. International Tribunals: Past and Future. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Brookings Institution, 1944. xii, 285 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-321-9. Cloth. $75.
* An authoritative survey of significant international courts and tribunals over the last 150 years, beginning with a brief history from the American-British Treaty of 1794 to the time of publication. The work goes on to offer a constructive analysis of the place of tribunals in problems of world affairs, with an emphasis on their organization, operation, function as well as a critical examination of the merits and defects. Hudson concludes with his recommendations for the future as to the continuance of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

5. Laski, Harold J. The Foundations of Sovereignty and Other Essays. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. xi, 317 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002044372. ISBN 1-58477-330-8. Cloth. $80.
* This influential study develops aspects of his theory of the state, ideas he introduced in his first important publication, Authority in the Modern State (1919). According to Laski, the state is not a supreme entity, but is rather one association among many that must compete for the people’s loyalty and obedience.

6. Sellers, Alvin V. The Loeb-Leopold Case with Excerpts from the Evidence of the Alienists and Including the Arguments to the Court by Counsel for the People and the Defense. Brunswick, GA: Classic Publishing Co., 1926. 321 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041366. ISBN 1-58477-338-3. Cloth $75.
* Reprint of first and only edition. The Loeb-Leopold case was one of the most fascinating and sensational trials of the twentieth century. On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confessed to the thrill killing of fourteen-year old Bobby Franks. Clarence Darrow led their defense team. Robert Crowe, the prosecutor, was an equally skillful adversary. What is more, both attorneys called “alienists” to the stand who offered conflicting assessments of the defendants’ mental states. Though their guilt was beyond question, Darrow hoped to save them from the electric chair. His successful twelve-hour plea, one of the greatest courtroom speeches in history, moved the presiding judge to tears. This chronicle includes extensive excerpts from the court transcript and the complete speeches of the attorneys and “alienists.”

7. Seidman, J.[acob] S[eidman]. Seidman’s Legislative History of Federal Income and Excess Profits Tax Laws 1953-1939. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1954. Two volumes, 1,884 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041364. ISBN 1-58477-335-9. Cloth. $350.
* Covering the years 1939-1954 in inverse chronology, a collection of the texts of United States congressional committee reports, Congressional Records, reports of hearings, and laws passed or rejected, relating to all of the income tax provisions of the Revenue Acts that are of interpretive significance, this legislative history will be of interest to those arguing or ruling on tax cases. A continuation of Seidman’s Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws 1938-1861, (see below) with the addition of extensive material relating to excess profit tax laws.

8. Seidman, J.[acob] S[eidman]. Seidman’s Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws 1938-1861. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1938]. xviii, 1166 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041358. ISBN 1-58477-336-7. Cloth. $225.
* This legislative history of the course of federal income tax laws as they have proceeded through Congress will be useful to those arguing or ruling on tax cases.The work collects the texts of the committee reports and discussions on the floor of Congress relating to all of the income tax provisions of the Revenue Acts from 1861 to 1938 that are of interpretive significance. Material is arranged act by act in inverse chronology. “The principle contribution is that it gathers together in compact and organized form these essential materials, which are otherwise scattered through many volumes of the Congressional Record, committee reports, and elsewhere. Many of these reports, particularly in the case of the earlier acts, are either unavailable or are extremely difficult or expensive to obtain. [T]he work has been carefully and thoroughly done.” A. H. Kent, American Bar Association Journal 25:479 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the law Collection at New York University (1953) 852.

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