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Vulgate Edition
The Year Books
With
New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming All Justices
and
Serjeants, and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms
by David J.
Seipp, Professor of Law, Boston University, with Carol F. Lee of the
District of Columbia Bar
• Reprint of the Vulgate edition, with new detailed introductions that address the history, content and significance of The Year Books, and tables that list all justices and sergeants, as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp’s Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535, which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here.
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A powerful research tool, Seipp’s Index and Paraphrase
of Printed Year Book Reports, 1268-1535 is a free
online database (www.bu.edu/law/seipp)
of all printed Year Book reports that indexes
and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition.
It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings
of individual cases and to all case references in
abridgments and other sources.
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It is
difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books.
As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography (1847), these were
the “venerable books” from which Littleton, Hobart, Hale and Coke
drew “so much valuable ore, melting it into ingots and refining and
sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law” (756). As a
series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary
sources for our knowledge of medieval common law.
The origin of
The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the
earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied
for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that
The Year Books, like other law reports, were records
of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought
toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first
volumes were compiled, it is clear that the earliest cases date from
1268; the printed series continues to 1535. The first Year
Books were printed in 1481-1482 by William de Machlinia. The
Vulgate edition was published between 1678 and 1680; it remains the
standard edition.
The set
comprises :
Vol. I.:
Edward II 1307-1327
Vol. II.:
1-10 Edward III 1327-1337
Vol. III.:
17-39 Edward III 1343-1366
Vol. IV.:
40-50 Edward III 1366-1377
Vol. V.:
Liber Assissarum 1327-1377
Vol. VI.:
1-14 Henry IV and 1-9 Henry V 1399-1422
Vol. VII.:
1-20 Henry VI 1422-1442
Vol. VIII.:
21-39 Henry VI 1442-1461
Vol. IX.:
1-22 Edward IV 1461-1483
Vol. X.: Long
Quinto, 5 Edward IV 1465-1466
Vol. XI.:
Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII 1483-1535
(Each volume
includes a new introduction.)
1. The
Year Books; Or Reports in the Following Reigns, with Notes to Brooke
and Fitzherbert’s Abridgments
London: by
George Sawbridge, [etc]., 1678-80
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-781-6
Item # 48146 $2,495.
ISBN-10: 1-58477-781-8 April 2007 Cloth, 11 Vols.
Folio
(9" x 14") Pre-publication price until
4/30/07 $1,996.  
Slavery, Race and the American Legal System 1700-1872.
“[The volumes in this series] belong in every library used for
research, and in particular at all
law school libraries. They will prove valuable to historians,
lawyers, law teachers and students,
and all persons interested in the problems of slavery and race in
American experience.”
-William M. Wiecek, American Journal of Legal History 33
(1989) 187.
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With a new introduction by Paul Finkelman
2. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
SERIES: Slavery, Race and the American Legal System 1700-1872
New York: Garland, 1988. 16 Vols. With a new introduction by Paul
Finkelman. Reprint available February 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. Complete series.
* Complete Series. Contains: Items 44-50.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-812-7
ISBN-10: 1-58477-812-1 Item # 50227 16 Vols. Cloth March
2007 Complete Series $1,795.
3. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
Abolitionists in Northern Courts: The Pamphlet Literature
New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. [9], 524 pp. With
a new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprint available February
2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* The 13 pamphlets in this collection address cases that led to the
abolition of slavery, cases against free blacks and abolitionists
and cases dealing with race laws. Reprinted from the Garland series
Slavery, Race and the American Legal System, 1700-1872.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-739-7
ISBN-10: 1-58477-739-7 Item # 45047 [9], 524 pp. Cloth March 2007 $125.
4. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
The African Slave Trade and American Courts: The Pamphlet Literature
New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. 2 Vols. With a
new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprint available February 2007
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* This group of 13 facsimiles relates to cases arising from the
illegal importation of slaves. Highlights include the argument of
John Quincy Adams in the Amistad case (1841) and two charges
to juries by Joseph Story from 1819 and 1820. Reprinted from the
Garland series Slavery, Race, and the American Legal System,
1700-1872.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-743-4
ISBN-10: 1-58477-743-5 Item # 45049 2 Vols. Cloth March 2007 $250.
5. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
Free Blacks, Slaves, and Slaveowners in Civil and Criminal Courts:
The Pamphlet Literature
New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. Two volumes. With
a new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprint available February
2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Facsimiles of 20 scarce pamphlets are collected in these two
volumes. As the title indicates, most are reports of criminal cases
relating to such crimes as murder and assault. Others address
political issues arising from legal rights of free blacks. Also
included are accounts of two fascinating cases relating to problems
caused by the end of slavery. One involves the legal status of
informal marriages between former slaves, the other involves the
validity of slave contracts signed before abolition. Reprinted from
the Garland series Slavery, Race, and the American Legal System,
1700-1872.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-742-7
ISBN-10: 1-58477-742-7 Item # 45051 2 Vols. Cloth March 2007 $250.
6. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
Fugitive Slaves and American Courts: The Pamphlet Literature.
Edited with an introduction by Paul Finkelman
New York: Garland Publishers, 1988. 4 Vols. Illustrated. Reprint
available February 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* This set contains facsimiles of 56 rare pamphlets relating to
court cases involving fugitive slaves. As in the companion set,
Southern Slaves in Free State Courts, some pamphlets were part
of the public debate over judicial decisions. Others used cases to
promote the antislavery cause or, in some instances, support or
justify slavery. Reprinted from the series Slavery, Race and the
American Legal System, 1700-187.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-740-3
ISBN-10: 1-58477-740-0 Item # 45020 4 Vols. Cloth March 2007 $500.
7. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
Slave Rebels, Abolitionists, and Southern Courts: The Pamphlet
Literature
New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. Two volumes. With
a new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprint available February
2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* The facsimiles of antebellum pamphlets in these volumes deal with
slave revolts and efforts to help slaves escape bondage. Most
involve rebel slaves and “slave stealers,” others deal with
activities of white journalists and divines that were considered
inflammatory. Reprinted from the Garland series: Slavery, Race,
and the American Legal System, 1700-1872.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-744-1
ISBN-10: 1-58477-744-3 Item # 45048 2 Vols. Cloth March 2007 $250.
8. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
Southern Slaves in Free State Courts: The Pamphlet Literature
New York: Garland, 1988. 3 Vols. With a new introduction by Paul
Finkelman. Reprint available February 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd.
* This set contains facsimiles of 34 rare pamphlets relating to
court cases involving the status of slaves in non-slave
jurisdictions, including Somerset v. Stewart (1772) and Dred
Scott v. Sandford (1857). As in the companion set Fugitive
Slaves and American Courts, some pamphlets were part of the
public debate over judicial decisions. Others used a case to promote
the antislavery cause or, in some instances, support or justify
slavery. Reprinted from the Garland series: Slavery, Race, and
the American Legal System, 1700-1872.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-738-0
ISBN-10: 1-58477-738-9 Item # 45018 3 Vols. Cloth March 2007 $375.
9. Finkelman, Paul, Editor
Statutes on Slavery: The Pamphlet Literature
New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. 2 Vols. With a
new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprint available February 2007
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* There are 19 facsimiles in these two volumes. All are collections
of slave statutes. Some were intended for practicing lawyers, others
were published by abolitionists or supporters of the peculiar
institution to influence public opinion. Highlights include
Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the
United States of America (1827), Address to the Citizens of
the State of Ohio Concerning What Are Called the Black Laws
(1848), the slave codes of Illinois (1841) and the District of
Columbia (1862). Reprinted from the Garland series Slavery, Race,
and the American Legal System, 1700-1872.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-741-0
ISBN-10: 1-58477-741-9 Item # 45050 2 Vols. Cloth March 2007 $250.
An important anthology of writings
on legal education in the United States
The History of
Legal Education
in the United States
Commentaries and Primary Sources
Edited by Steve Sheppard
Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of
Law
An invaluable and fascinating resource, this carefully edited
anthology presents:
• recent
writings by leading legal historians, many commissioned for this
book. Contributors include Morris Cohen, Daniel R. Coquillette,
Michael Hoeflich, John H. Langbein, William P. LaPiana and Fred R.
Shapiro.
• a wealth
of related primary sources by John Adams, James Barr Ames,
Thomas Jefferson, Christopher C. Langdell, Karl N. Llewellyn, Roscoe
Pound, Tapping Reeve, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Story, John Henry
Wigmore and other distinguished contributors to American law.
The book is
divided into nine sections:
Teaching
Books and Methods in the Lecture Hall
Examinations
and Evaluations
Skills
Courses
Students
Faculty
Scholarship
Deans and
Administration
Accreditation
and Association
Technology
and the Future
10. Sheppard,
Steve, Editor.
The History
of Legal Education in the United States: Commentaries and Primary
Sources
Pasadena,
California: Salem Press, Inc., [1999].
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-690-1 Cloth, 2 vols. 8-1/2” x
11.” Illustrated
ISBN-10: 1-58477-690-0 Reprinted by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. March 2007 Item #44153 $250.
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