1. [Field, Stephen Johnson]. Pomeroy, John Norton. Some Account of the Work of Stephen J. Field as a Legislator, State Judge, and Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. [n.p.]: [[S.B. Smith], 1881. 464 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-326-X Cloth. $90.
* Stephen Johnson Field [1816-1899] began his career as a legislator and member of the Supreme Court of California. One of his earliest accomplishments was his work as draftsman of the 1851 California Practice Act. He was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1863 and remained on the bench until 1897. He also served a concurrent term as a circuit court judge for the Pacific states. One of the great justices of the nineteenth century, he had a lasting influence on constitutional law through his contributions to Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence and its Due Process Clause. Dictionary of American Biography III:373. In this book Pomeroy [1828-1885], the equally influential author of the Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence and other important works, surveys and analyzes every significant opinion delivered by Field throughout his career, with an emphasis on his years in the U.S. Supreme Court and on the circuit.

2. Flanders, Henry. A Treatise on the Law of Shipping. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1853. [ix]-xxx, [31]-580 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-373-1. Cloth. $150.
* Flanders [1826-1911] covers aspects of admiralty law relevant to ship owners, ship’s officers and other individuals involved in the maritime trade, as well as the law concerning passengers and freight. Topics include the rights and duties of sailors, the punishment of offences committed at sea, the master’s relation to the ship’s owners, his duties in time of war and the carriage of goods. The Dictionary of American Biography describes this and his Treatise on Maritime Law (1852) as works that “gave evidence of deep research and unusual ability. Distinguished for lucid exposition and attractive style, these works in a short time became acknowledged authorities upon the subject with which they dealt” (III:454). Along with those of Hall, Kent, Phillips and Wheaton, Flander’s Treatise on the Law of Shipping belongs to the select list of American works that defined the field in the years before the Civil War.

3. Hare, J.[ohn] I.[nnes] Clark. The Law of Contracts. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1887. xxxiv, 679 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-311-1. Cloth. $125.
* Hare’s objective was to trace the doctrine of consideration and to show its influence on contracts in common law. Beginning with Roman law, where the doctrine of consideration was unknown, he proceeds to an examination of the practical importance of the law of sales. This treatise was taken from a course of lectures given by the author in the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a trustee. Hare [1816-1905] edited a number of selections and reports of cases and “...was one of the half-dozen greatest judges that Pennsylvania has produced. He ascended the bench just after equity was introduced, as a general system, into Pennsylvania, and his contribution to its establishment was of great importance.” Dictionary of American Biography IV:262.

4. Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars, with Brief Biographical Notices. [London]: The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, 1902. xiv, 284 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-323-5. Cloth. $80.
* Brief biographies of nearly one thousand distinguished Templars admitted between 1501 to 1901, such as Sir William Blackstone, Joseph Chitty, Henry Fielding, Sir William Jones, Lord Kenyon and Sir John Skene. A handy volume for the scholar of English law.

5. Lieber, Francis. Manual of Political Ethics, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and Students at Law. Second Edition, Revised. Edited by Theodore D. Woolsey. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890. Two volumes. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-345-6. Cloth $160.
* Reprint of second edition. First published in 1838 and 1839, Lieber’s Manual of Political Ethics, a comprehensive theory of the state, is one of his most significant and influential works. It was one of the first treatises on political science, and the first written in the United States. Strongly influenced by German Idealism, it argues that the state is the ultimate expression of humanity’s ancient quest for moral, ethical and spiritual fulfillment. As much a work of advocacy as it is of theory, it urges the reader to consider the moral obligations that arise from his participation in government and other civil institutions. Lieber’s influence as an educator will make the work of interest to scholars of legal education as well as students of law and government. Theodore D. Woolsey [1801-1889], a professor at Yale (and later its president), was one of the founding fathers of American political science.

6. Parnell, Henry. A History of the Penal Laws Against the Irish Catholics, from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union. Dublin: Printed by H. Fitzpatrick, 1808. 226, xxii pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-310-3. Cloth $80.
* Reprint of first edition. Sir Henry Parnell [1776-1842], later Lord Congleton, was an Anglo-Irish parliamentarian and treasury official sympathetic to the plight of Irish Catholics. Enhanced by its extensive quotation of source records, this book traces the history of laws against “religious non-conformists” between 1689 and 1801. Though certainly partisan, it is valuable for Parnell’s perspective and first-hand knowledge of several crucial events of the 1780s and `90s.

7. Ringgold, James T. Sunday. Legal Aspects of the First Day of the Week. Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn & Co., 1891. xxii, 321 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-332-4. Cloth. $75.
* This treatise surveys all known laws relating to Sunday and urges their rejection while it refutes any arguments defending their legality. Contents: “Constitutionality of Sunday Laws in the United States,” “Sunday as a Dies Non Juridicus,” “Sunday in the Computation of Time,” “Sunday Liquor-Selling” and “The Prohibition of Sunday-Labor.” With a chronological outline of laws concerning Sunday observance from Antiquity to the present and a table of Sunday laws in each state.

8. Whitmore, William H. The Law of Adoption in the United States, and Especially in Massachusetts. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1876. vii, 111 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-344-8. Cloth $80.
* Reprint of first and only edition. In 1875 the Massachusetts legislature considered a proposal to revise the state’s adoption laws. Before it proceeded, however, it commissioned this study from Whitmore to serve as a reference for the legislators. Written in two parts, the first contains the texts of laws and related cases from twenty-two states. (He also includes a brief summary of relevant European statutes.) Organized by topic, the second describes how these laws compare and differ. Though written for a specific purpose, this study remains a valuable guide for the scholar of the history of adoption law or family law to all aspects of American adoption law during the nineteenth century.