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How to Plead in the Courts of King’s Bench and Common Pleas
1. Bohun, William.
Institutio Legalis, Or, An Introduction to the Study and Practice
of the Laws of England: As Now Regulated and Amended by Several Late
Statutes. Divided Into Four Parts, Viz. I. The Practice of the Court
of King’s Bench. II. The Practice of the Court of Common Pleas. III.
The Nature of All Actions Usually Brought in Either of the Said
Courts. IV. The Order and Method of Pleading. With Useful Precedents
Throughout; And a Compleat Table to the Whole. Corrected and
Enlarged. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling
[et. al.], 1732. viii, 610, [14] pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd.
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Reprint of the fourth and final edition. Useful for its insights
into the practice of the period, this is a practical guide for the
courts of King’s Bench and common pleas that gives detailed
instructions about the steps to take in an action and in making up a
record. It even includes information about proper contractions for
Latin words. The main rules of pleading are set out as bare
principles. Bohun, a barrister of the Inner Temple, wrote treatises
on a variety of subjects, such as tithes, juries and the laws of
London.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-676-5
ISBN-10: 1-58477-676-5 Item # 42507 viii, 610, [14] pp. Cloth March 2007 $125.  
The Great and Generall Offences of the Realme
2. Pulton, Ferdinand[o] [1536-1618].
De Pace Regis Et Regni, Viz. A Treatise Declaring Which be the
Great and Generall Offences of the Realme, and the Chiefe
Impediments of the Peace of the King and the Kingdome, as Treasons,
Homicides, and Felonies, Menaces, Assaults, Batteries, Ryots, Routs,
Unlawfull Assemblies, Forcible Entries, Forgeries, Perjuries,
Maintenance, Deceit, Extortion, Oppression: And How Many, And What
Sorts of Them There Be, And by Whom and What Meanes the Said
Offences, and the Offendores Therein are to be Restrained,
Repressed, or Punished. Which Being Reformed or Duely Checked,
Florebit Pax Regis & Regni. Collected Out of the Reports of the
Common Laws of This Realme, and of the Statutes in Force, and Out of
the Painefull Workes of the Reverend Judges, Sir Anthonie
Fitzharbert, Sir Robert Brooke, Sir William Stanford, Sir Iames
Dyer, Sir Edward Coke, Knights, and other Learned Writers of Our
Lawes. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1609. 5
p. l., 258 (i.e. 516) l., [42] pp. Folio (8" x 11"). Reprinted 2007
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
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Reprint of the first edition. With comprehensive index, glosses and
side-note references to the works of Fitzherbert, Brooke and others.
Pulton is best known for his respected abridgements An Abstract
of all the Penal Statutes Which are General (1560) and A
Calendar or Table of All the Statutes (1606). De Pace Regis
et Regni, which was first published in 1609, took his earlier
works as the starting point for a comprehensive overview of criminal
law. Holdsworth, who holds this work in high regard, observes that
it was only the second title devoted to the subject. (The first,
Staunford’s Les Plees del Coron, was published posthumously
in 1560.) Holdsworth adds that a comparison between Pulton and (the
less comprehensive) Staunford “enables us to appreciate the effect
of the additions to and alterations of the criminal law made during
this period, both by the legislature, and by the judges of the
common law courts and of the Court of Star Chamber” (392-393). This
is especially evident is his discussion of topics like “Triall by
Battaile,” “The King’s Pardon,” “Maihem” and “Corruption of Bloud.”
In all, Pulton’s treatise offers a fascinating perspective on
criminal law as it was understood in Shakespeare’s England.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-697-0
ISBN-10: 1-58477-697-8 Item # 44617 5 p. l., 258 (i.e. 516)
l., [42] pp. Cloth March 2007 $175.
Ancient Scottish Legal Terms
3. Skene, John [1543?-1617].
De Verborum Significatione: The Exposition of the Termes and
Difficill Wordes, Conteined in the Foure Buikes of Regiam
Majestatem, and Uthers, In the Acts of Parliament, Infestments; And
Used in Practicque of this Realme; With Divers Rules, and Common
Places, Or Principalles of the Lawes. 1681. [Edinburgh:
Alexander Smellie, Printer, 1815]. [iii], 4-146 pp. Reprinted 2007
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
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Reprint of the 1815 edition. With side-notes. Also published as an
appendix to Bell’s Dictionary of the Law of Scotland, this
edition of Skene’s dictionary reprints the text of the 1681 edition
issued in Edinburgh by David Lindsay. Originally printed as an
appendix to Skene’s great Lawes and Actes of Parliament Maid be
King James the First and His Successors, Kings of Scotland
(1597), it is a valuable dictionary of ancient Scottish legal terms.
Skene was an important Scottish jurist and legal historian.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-813-4
ISBN-10: 1-58477-813-X Item # 50215 [iii], 4-146 pp.
Cloth March 2007 $95.
Statham’s
Abridgment With a New Introduction and Table of Contents by David
Seipp
4. [Statham, Nicholas
(d.1472)]. Klingelsmith, Margaret Center, Translator.
Statham’s Abridgment of the Law. Boston: The Boston Book
Company, 1915. 2 Vols. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
With a New Introduction and Table of Contents by David J. Seipp,
Professor of Law, Boston University.
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The first book of its kind, Statham’s Abridgment was
originally published around 1495. Drawn from the Year Books and
arranged alphabetically, it contains 258 titles and about 3,700
notes on cases and points of law. Some of the earlier entries are
brief, but it also contains some long reports that do not appear in
the printed Year Books. Statham, to whom this work is attributed,
devotes much attention to criminal law, trespass and procedure. It
is, on the whole, a fascinating document and a landmark in the
development of the common law.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-696-3
ISBN-10: 1-58477-696-X Item # 44433 2 Vols. Cloth
March 2007 $350.
Important History of the Cravath Firm
5. Swaine, Robert T.
The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors, 1819-[1948]. New York:
Privately Printed at Ad Press, Ltd., 1946-1948. 3 Vols.
Illustrations, portrait plates. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd.
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Volume I: The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors 1819-1906;
Volume II: The Cravath Firm Since 1906; Volume III: The
Cravath Associates; (With Photographs of the Cravath Partners).
Cravath, Swaine and Moore, as it is known today, one of the most
prestigious law firms in the United States, was involved in some of
the most important events in history. It was also a decisive
influence on the direction of American legal practice. Under the
leadership of Paul D. Cravath in the 1890s, it developed the
organizational model based on a large staff of associates, partners
and clerical helpers that continues to dominate the modern urban law
firm. Swaine [1886-1949], then a principal partner, drew heavily on
the Cravath archives in the preparation of this work. The most
extensive history of the firm, it is enhanced by Swaine’s personal
perspective. (He joined Cravath in 1910). The final volume lists
biographical data for every associate and partner from 1899 to 1948.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-622-2
ISBN-10: 1-58477-622-6 Item # 43172 3 Vols. Illustrations,
portrait plates.
Cloth March 2007 $395.
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