179. Rachel, Samuel [1628-1691]. De Jure Naturae et Gentium Dissertationes. 181.Vol. I. Reproduction of the Edition of 1676, with Introduction by Ludwig von Bar, and List of Errata. Washington: Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1916. 16a, [10], 335 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, soiling, fading to spine, internally clean. First signature partially detached, rear hinge starting. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown, perforated stamp to half-title, tiny inkstamp to following leaf.  $75.
* A title in the Carnegie Classics of International Law series. “He opposed Grotius in distinguishing the law of nations from natural law and basing it on agreements or custom, and sought to free his system from theological and moral principles and to introduce utilitarian ideas. He was one of the first to establish international law as a separate science and to stress its legally binding character.”: Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 1029.

181. Rothman, Raymond C. Customs and Practices of Notaries Public and Digest of Notary Laws in the United States. Woodland Hills, CA: National Notary Association, [1966]. viii, 160 pp. Softbound, some shelfwear, internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spine and front board, stamps to binding and front free endpaper.  $20.

182. Sage, George H. Basing-Point Pricing Systems under the Federal Antitrust Laws: A Legal, Business, And Economic Analysis. St. Louis: Thomas Law Book Company, 1951. xvii, 381 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamps to edges and endleaves, card pocket to rear pastedown.  $65.
* “This book will add to the general enlightenment on this controversial subject by sharpening some distinctions in a blurry area.”: Rickard S. Kelley, California Law Review 39 (1951) 617.

183. Schoenbaum, Thomas J. International Relations: The Path Not Taken. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 336 pp. Cloth. New.  $75.
* Provides a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of international law to the conduct of international relations and foreign policy. Written by a distinguished international lawyer and academic with over 35 years of experience, this book contains a systematic treatment of both fields of study. This work serves as an introduction to contemporary theories of international relations and as a primer on international law especially for the non-lawyer. Focusing on contemporary problems of terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation, war and peace, economic development, protection of the global environment, reform of the United Nations, democracy and protection of human rights, this work develops the thesis that international law is a neglected tool of foreign policy that can be used to address many of today’s difficult and unresolved problems. It concludes by advocating a “new global order” in the form of the rule of law and multilateral solidarity in addressing world problems.

184. Scott, Samuel Parsons, Translator and Annotator. Las Siete Partidas. Introduction, Table of Contents and Index by Charles Sumner Lobingier. Bibliography by John Vance. Chicago: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 1931. [ii], xcvii, [ii], 1505 pp. Original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, front hinge partially cracked but secure, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown, stamps to edges and title page, card pocket to rear pastedown. A solid copy.  $250.
* The major law code of thirteenth-century Spain, compiled by Alfonso X the Learned of Castile. Its influence is notable in the law of Spain’s former colonies, including Texas, California and Louisiana. Las Siete Partidas, or Seven Divisions, provides unparalleled insight into the social, intellectual, and cultural history of medieval Spain.

the First Pan-American Conference

185. [Senate, United States]. International American Conference. Reports of Committees and Discussions Thereon. (Revised Under the Direction of the Executive Committee by Order of the Conference, Adopted March 7, 1890). Washington, DC: [Government Printing Office], 1890. Four volumes bound in three books. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2"). Later buckram, light shelfwear, stains (from glue residue) to two boards, internally clean. A nice copy of a rare title.  $250.
* These volumes contain the complete report of the first Pan-American conference, which brought together delegates from the United States with those from the countries of South and Central America. It is a fascinating record of the steps taken to foster positive pan-American relationships during the nineteenth century in such areas as law and monetary policy. Volume 3 is a fascinating diary of a tour taken by the delegates throughout the United States, which brought them to historical sights, natural wonders, factories, farms, stockyards, mills, military installations, prisons, asylums, and institutions of higher learning. No complete copies on OCLC.

186. Simes, Lewis M., and Paul E. Basye. Problems in Probate Law: Including a Model Probate Code. Prepared for the Probate Law Division of the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the American Bar Association by Its Model Probate Code Committee in Cooperation with the Research Staff of the University of Michigan Law School and Monographs by Lewis M. Simes and Paul E Basye. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1946. xlix, 782 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamps to front endleaves, card pocket to rear pastedown.  $95.

187. [Spain]. Ordenanzas de las Reales Alcaldias del Real Sitio del Pardo, Ano 1781: Por las que S.M. Don Corlos III (Q.D.G.) Manda Observar las que Promulgo en 14 de Septiembre de 1752 la Catholica Magestad de Don Fernando VI de Gloriosa Memoria. [Madrid: Graficas L.G., 1989]. 12 fascicles (no pagings) housed in solander case with ties. Color portrait frontispiece of King Juan Carlos III, Color map of Madrid and its environs. Folio (9" x 13"). Some shelfwear, joints just starting at head, internally fine.  $500.
* From an edition limited to 765 copies, this number 510. The first part contains an introduction and transcription of the Ordonanzes, the second part is a facsimile of the original code, which is a manuscript with a portrait frontispiece and a map. Promulgated in 1781, the Ordenanzes of King Juan Carlos III [1716-1788] was a code that liberalized game laws and rights of pasture. It was part of the King’s efforts to modernize Spain’s economy and align it with Enlightenment principles. KVK locates copies in the National Library of Spain and Polish national Library. OCLC locates copies at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Law School. See illustration below.

190. Stone, Julius. Law and the Social Sciences in the Second Half Century. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1966]. 121 pp. Cloth very good in somewhat worn price-clipped dust jacket.  $45.

191. Street, Howard A. A Treatise on the Doctrine of Ultra Vires: Being an Investigation of the Principles Which Limit the Powers and Liabilities of Corporations, Quasi-Corporate Bodies and Non-Sovereign Legislatures. Based on the Work on the Same Subject by Mr. Seward Brice, K.C. Including an Appendix Containing References to Decisions from the Great Dominions. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1930. lxxxviii, 591 pp. Original textured cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Some shelfwear to spine ends and corners, internally clean. Ex-library. Shelf label to spine, small inkstamp to verso of title page.  $350.
* First edition. “It would be difficult within the scope of a review to do anything like justice to this book. Founded on the divisions of Brice’s well-known work it is nevertheless a new and challenging book. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the most important contributions made to legal literature within recent years, without which a lawyer’s library will remain somewhat incomplete.”: Current Legal Literature, American Bar Association Journal 17 (1931) 681.

193. Taft, William Howard [1857-1930]. Marburg, Theodore, and Horace Flack, Editors. Taft Papers on League of Nations. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. xx, 340 pp. Original starched buckram, calf lettering piece, light shelfwear, some soiling to spine, internally clean.  $150.
* Taft, a longtime advocate of international cooperation, strongly supported President Wilson’s efforts to create the League of Nations. President from 1909 to 1913, Taft was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930.

194. Teller, Ludwig. The Law Governing Labor Disputes and Collective Bargaining. New York: Baker Voorhis & Co., 1940. 3 Vols. Paged continuously, 1951 pp. Original cloth, gilt titles to spines. Light shelfwear, internally clean. [With] 1943 Cumulative Pocket Part Supplements. A nice set.  $450.
* Intended for practitioners, this handbook reflects the important developments in American labor law during the 1930s, such as the National Labor Relations Act.

195. Textor, Johann Wolfgang [1638-1701]. Synopsis of the Law of Nations. Vol. I. A Reproduction of the First Edition, with Introduction by Ludwig von Bar, and List of Errata. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1916. 28a, [vi], 148, 168, pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth, some shelfwear, soiling, fading to spine, front hinge cracked but secure, internally clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown, perforated stamp to half-title, tiny inkstamp to following leaf.  $85.
* A title in the Carnegie Classics of International Law series. Little known to the English-speaking world, “[o]ne can have no two opinions of the importance of the work. It forms, as it were, an antidote to the writers of the school of natural law of which Pufendorf is so eminent a protagonist. Textor...occupies an important place among the writers of the positive school.”: Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 582.

196. Toulmin, Harry Aubrey, Jr. A Treatise on the Law of Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. Introduction by Paul V. McNutt. Cincinnati: The W.H. Anderson Company, [1942]. xxxviii, 1422 pp. [With] 1945 Cumulative Supplement. Original buckram, black-stamped titles to spine and front board. Moderate shelfwear, some fading to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown, internally clean.  $150.
* “The social philosophy underlying these statutes constitutes the noblest foundation of any laws on our books. These statutes represent the efforts of American democracy to implement by law social change for the benefit of the entire people in an orderly and creative fashion after long field investigations, the careful and enlightened testimony of practical witnesses before our legislative committees and the testing of the proposal through the fire of legislative debate before the enactment of the laws.”: Franklin D. Roosevelt, cited in the preface, v.

197. [Trial]. Bok, Curtis, Presiding Judge. Commonwealth v. Gordon, Et. Al.: The Opinion of Judge Bok, March Eighteenth 1949. [Introduction by Blanche and Alfred Knopf]. [N.p: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for Blanche and Alfred Knopf, Christmas 1949]. [vi], 57, [1] pp. Folio (9-1/2" x 12-1/2"). Quarter linen over decorated paper boards, paper spine label, deckle edges, in cellophane wrapper and paper-covered slipcase. Text printed on wide-margined laid paper within red ruled borders. Matching Christmas card from the Knopfs laid in. Slipcase has light rubbing, a brief annotation is fine hand, minor dampstaining with some bubbling and light wear to corners, book has negligible wear and is internally pristine.  $95.
* From an edition of 500 copies. This trial concerned five booksellers who were brought to trial on January 3, 1949 on the charge of violating a Pennsylvania obscenity statute. The obscene books included titles by Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Harold Robbins and James T. Farrell.

198. Tsuno, Ryuichi, Editor. Katalog Juristischer Dissertationen, Disputationen, Programme und Anderer Hochschulschriften im Zeitraum von 1600 bis 1800 aus den Bestanden der Universitat Rostock. Tokyo: Chuo University Library, 1989. Two volumes. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean.  $450.
* With thorough indexes. The University of Rostock, Germany contains nearly 12,500 theses and other examples of non-monographic legal literature produced in Germany (and other lands that were part of the Holy Roman Empire). It is one of the largest collections of its kind. Tsuno’s bibliography is an invaluable companion to this literature. OCLC locates 8 copies.

199. van Caenegem, R.C. Judges, Legislators and Professors: Chapters in European Legal History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 224 pp. Cloth. New.  $70.
* Based on van Caenegem’s Goodhart Lectures delivered at Cambridge in 1987-1988, this fascinating book explores the reasons why continental law and common law have some to be so different. Contents: “The Common Law is Different: Ten Illustrations,” “The Masters of the Law: Judges, Legislators and Professors,” “The Divergent Paths of Common Law and Civil Law” and “Which is Best, Case Law, Statute Law or Book Law?”

202. Watson, Alan. The Law of Persons in the Later Roman Republic. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1967. xii, 269 pp. Tables. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket with lightly faded spine. Small owner stamps to front free endpaper and title page, interior otherwise clean.  $150.
* This book, which develops themes in The Law of Obligations in the Later Roman Republic, traces the law of person during the final 200 years of the Republic, the most fertile period in the development of Roman law.

203. White, Stephen D. Sir Edward Coke and “The Grievances of the Commonwealth,” 1621-1628. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, [1979]. xv, 327 pp. Cloth very good in lightly rubbed dust jacket.  $20.
* In this first extended study of Coke’s career, White analyzes Coke’s highly prominent activities in the parliaments of the 1620s and discusses his attempts to remedy what he called “the grievances of the commonwealth.”