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Kelsen’s
Incisive Critique of Bolshevism
1. Kelsen, Hans
[1881-1973]. The
Political Theory of Bolshevism: A Critical Analysis. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1948. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd.
* Written
during a tense period of the Cold War, this study views Bolshevism
as a system that embraces anarchism in theory and totalitarianism in
practice. In order to survive the Bolshevist state must obliterate
the potentially destabilizing forces inherent in democracy through a
party dictatorship that is presented as the political
self-determination of a free people. “A deep-cutting analysis of
some of the fundamental contradictions in Communist theory and
practice, particularly in regard to democracy and the dictatorial
function of the state.”: Foreign Affairs 27 (1948-49) 679.
ISBN-13: 978-158477-764-9
ISBN-10: 1-58477-764-8 Item # 47118 iv, 60 pp. Cloth April 2007 $65.  
The 1846 Little, Brown Law
Book Catalogue
2. Little, Charles, and James
Brown. Catalogue
of Law Books Published and For
Sale By Charles Little and by
Charles C. Little and James Brown.
Boston: Printed by Freeman and Bolles, 1846. Title page vignette of
John Marshall in silhouette. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd.
* This
fascinating catalogue lists every law title published or distributed
by Little, Brown. Several entries have endorsements and annotations.
(Some of these, by Joseph Story and other distinguished jurists, are
unique to this catalogue.) Another interesting feature is a section
by Joseph Greenleaf entitled “Catalogue of a Select Law Library”
that lists “the Books which are useful to every American Lawyer, in
whatever State he may reside” (xxx-xl). Based on the Harvard Law
School reading list, the titles are arranged by subject in parallel
columns. Essential titles are in listed in one column, useful, but
supplemental, titles in the other. The Harvard Law School
advertisement describes its philosophy, curriculum and fees.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-825-7
ISBN-10: 1-58477-825-3 Item # 50485 160 pp. Cloth April 2007 $75.
Civil Law for “Persons of
Quality”
3. Wood, Thomas.
A New Institute of the Imperial or, Civil Law. With Notes Shewing
in Some Principal Cases Amongst Other Observations, How the Canon
Law, The Laws of
England, And the Laws and Customs of Other Nations Differ From It.
In Four Books. Composed For the Use of Some Persons of Quality. To
Which is Added, As an Introduction, A Treatise of the First
Principles of Laws in General; Of Their Nature and Design, And of
the Interpretation of Them.
London: Printed by W.B. for Richard Sare, 1721. Reprinted 2007 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint
of the third edition. Wood’s New Institute went through four
editions in 1704, 1712, 1721 and 1730. It was the standard
Anglo-American treatise of the eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries and a well-thumbed reference for jurists who liked to add
an element of civilian learning to their work, such as Joseph Story.
Wood also considers its role as an auxiliary to English law. As the
title suggests, it is not only a summary of Roman law adapted to the
needs of students of English law, but also a pioneering essay in
comparative law. Wood pays some attention as well to Roman law’s
influence on the historical development of English law. Indeed, he
observes that “Fleta and Bracton would look very naked if every
Roman lawyer should pluck away his feathers” (ix).
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-687-1
ISBN-10: 1-58477-687-0 Item #44854 [x], 144, xvi, 414, 9 pp. Cloth April 2007 $125.
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