“A Learned, Keen and Vigorous Essay”

1. Bonner, Robert Johnson. Evidence in Athenian Courts. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1905. 98 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* “This is a learned, keen and vigorous essay dealing with the subject of Evidence in Athenian Courts from the standpoint of English law. (...) Writers on the theory and practice of evidence wherever considered or used, will find this work valuable. And practitioners had better not turn their backs on an account of classics which goes into the human nature of art in the way indicated by the following description of how Greek speech writers served their clients who were conventionally supposed to use their own language about their own cases.”: Charles E. Grinnell, American Law Review 42 (1948) 946.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-723-6

ISBN-10: 1-58477-723-0  Item # 44637  98 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $90.

Important Treatise on Water Rights

2. Farnham, Henry Philip. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State, Municipal, and Individual Including Irrigation, Drainage and Municipal Water Supply. Three volumes. Rochester: The Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1904. clxxx, 896; xvi, 897-1893; xiv, 1894-2956 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the first and only edition of this important treatise on water rights. Takes the approach of an examination of the relationship between states and nations, the public and individuals, and between individuals. Shows how these relationships determine water rights. “[T]he author has properly divided the general subject of waters so as to show the rights depending on these different relations, and not, as is the usual method of division, on the mere characteristics of the body of water on or about which a particular right arises.”: J.M.B., Jr., Harvard Law Review 18 (1904-05):77-78. With an extensive table of cases and thorough subject index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-689-5

ISBN-10: 1-58477-689-7  Item # 45814  3 Vols.  Cloth  December 2006  $495.

Speeches of Oliver Wendell Holmes

3. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. vi, 103 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the last edition compiled by Holmes [1841-1935]. Contents: “Memorial Day” (1884), “Harvard College in the War” (1885), “The Puritan” (1886), “The Profession of the Law” (1886), “On Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws” (1886), “The Use of Law Schools” (1886), “Sidney Bartlett” (1889), “Daniel S. Richardson” (1890), “The Use of Colleges” (1891), “William Allen” (1891), “The Soldier’s Faith” (1895), “Learning and Science.” (1895), “George Otis Shattuck” (1897), “Walbridge Abner Field” (1899), “At a Dinner Given by the Bar Association of Boston” (1900), “John Marshall” (1901), “Ipswich” (1902), “The Class of ’61" (1911) and “Law and the Court” (1913).

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-705-2

ISBN-10: 1-58477-705-2  Item # 45010  vi, 103 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $65.

With a new preface by Jacob A. Stein, author of the

“Legal Spectator” column in The Washington Lawyer

EULOGY OF JUDGES

A classic of legal literature

Reprint of the first American edition. First published in Italian in 1936 and later translated intro French as well as this its first English translation published in 1946, this is a highly regarded collection of witty and charming maxims, anecdotes and observations on the nature of law and justice by a professor of legal procedure at the University of Florence. With its abundance of droll and entertaining anecdotes of the court, it will be especially appreciated and enjoyed by trial lawyers.

Some chapters are: On the Faith of Judges, The Prime Requisite of Lawyers; On Etiquette (Or Discretion) in The Court; On the Relationship Between the Lawyer and the Truth, or on the Necessary Partisanship of the Lawyer.

With a new preface by Jacob A. Stein, prominent Washington D.C. trial lawyer and author of Legal Spectator & More (2003) and other titles.

“This is a little book worth any lawyer’s viewing.”

K. N. Llewellyn
Columbia Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan., 1944), pp. 118-120

4. Calamandrei, Piero. Eulogy of Judges. Translated by John Clarke Adams and C. Abbott Phillips, Jr. Princeton University Press, 1946. 88 pp. With a New Preface by Jacob A. Stein.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-760-1

ISBN-10: 1-58477-760-5  Item # 48462  88 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $75.

First American Treatise on Military Law

5. Macomb, Alexander. A Treatise on Martial Law, and Courts-Martial; As Practised in the United States of America. Charleston: Printed and Published, for the Author, by J. Hoff, 1809. [ii], 340 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the first edition of the first American work on the subject. Based on British models, it considers matters of jurisdiction, apprehension of the accused persons, evidence, sentencing, appeals and courts of inquiry. It also contains an extensive appendix with forms, the articles of war and extracts from relevant supporting texts. Macomb [1782-1841], one of the first officers trained at West Point, was a judge-advocate in the U.S. Army. He was decorated for his conduct in the Battle of Plattsburg during the War of 1812 and ended his career as commander-in-chief of the army, a post he filled with distinction.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-709-0

ISBN-10: 1-58477-709-5  Item # 44805  [ii], 340 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $95.

Legal Wit and Wisdom

6. Moncreiff, F[rederick] C[harles]. The Wit and Wisdom of the Bench and Bar. London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the only edition “of a digest of “jokes and humourous anecdotes connected with the English Bench and Bar (...) [that] are at once witty and wise.” (Preface). They are arranged under the following headings: “Judicature,” “Legal and Judicial Wisdom,” “Advocacy” and “Amenities.” A charming book, it is also a valuable piece of social history that offers insights into popular beliefs about the legal profession in Victorian England. Moncrieff [1847-1929] was a barrister of the Inner Temple.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-724-3

ISBN-10: 1-58477-724-9  Item # 44752  viii, 192 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $75.

Influential Essays on Medieval Law and Statecraft

7. Post, Gaines. Studies in Medieval Legal Thought: Public Law and the State, 1100-1322. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. xv, 633 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Though conceived independently, this collection of eleven distinguished essays explores a common theme: The legal thought that grew out of the revival of Roman law and its subsequent contributions to the development of public law and early modern theories of the state. “This very fine book deserves to be judged as something more than a mere collection of scattered essays. There is an impressive unity of thought and argument running through all the various studies, and together they form a coherent and extremely valuable contribution to a recent movement of thought that has been reshaping our understanding of the principles on which medieval government was based.”: Brian Tierney Harvard Law Review 78 (1964-1965):1502.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-692-5

ISBN-10: 1-58477-692-7  Item # 42405  xv, 633 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $150.

Excesses and Abuses of the Legal Profession

8. [Purves, J.A.]. The Law and Lawyers Laid Open, In Twelve Visions, To Which Is Added, Plain Truth, In Three Dialogues, Between Truman, Skinall, Dryboots, Three Attornies, and Season a Bencher. London: T. Woodman and J. Chrichley, 1737. xlviii, 269 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the second edition. First published in 1736, this satirical allegory takes aim at the excesses and abuses of the legal profession. An uncommon book with OCLC locating 19 copies. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:215(53).

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-761-8

ISBN-10: 1-58477-761-3  Item # 48515  xlviii, 269 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $95.

Congress and the Postal Power

9. Rogers, Lindsay. The Postal Power of Congress: A Study in Constitutional Expansion. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1916. 189 pp. Reprint available November 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Based on a doctoral dissertation written under the direction of William Westel Willoughby, this study explores the development of federal postal powers from the 1790s, when people doubted if the government could do more than carry the mail over existing roads, to the early 1900s, when the government began to assert the right to acquire the nation’s railway system under the postal clause. Though restricted to a single topic, this study raises several valuable points concerning the relationship between the states and the federal government and the use of legislation to address social needs.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-677-2

ISBN-10: 1-58477-677-3  Item # 43534  189 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $70.

Classic Satire of the English Bench and Bar

10. Ruggle, George. Hawkins, John Sidney, Editor. Ignoramus, Comoedia; Scriptore Georgiop Ruggle, A.M. Aulae Clarensis, Apud Cantabrigienses, Olim Socio; Nunc Denuo in Lucem Edita cum Notis Historicis et Criticis; Quibus Insuper Praeponitur Vita Auctoris, et Subjicitur Glossarium Vocabula Forensia Dilucide Exponens: Accurante Johanne Sidneio Hawkins, Arm. London: Prostat Venalis Apud T. Payne et Filium, 1787. vii, cxxii, [2], 319, [1] pp. Illustrations. Reprint available December 2006 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the first critical edition. With extensive notes in English, a life of Ruggle [1575-1622], commentary explaining the jokes and an extensive glossary of legal terms. Main text in Latin. Ruggles’ classic acerbic satire of the English bench and bar was written in Latin and first performed in 1615. Designed to ridicule the language of the common law and the dullness of lawyers, the play is based on events relating to a legal dispute between the vice-chancellor of Cambridge University and the mayor of Cambridge, Francis Brakin. As one would expect, it incensed the legal community. “The keenness of the satire created quite a sensation among the lawyers of those times, and even aroused the ire of Lord Coke.... The Comedy, however, was so highly relished for its wit and satire, that no less than nine Latin and two English editions have been published. Hawkins’ is the best Latin edition, and Codrington’s the best English edition.”: 64 Critical Review 333 cited in Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 622.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-675-8

ISBN-10: 1-58477-675-7  Item # 43874  vii, cxxii, [2], 319, [1] pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $95.

Was Shakespeare a Lawyer?

11. Rushton, William L. Shakespeare A Lawyer. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858. 50 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* The frequent occurrence of legal terms, phrases and concepts in Shakespeare’s works have led several scholars to conclude that he was trained as a lawyer, or that he studied the law during his youth. This belief is bolstered by a few tantalizing bits of biographical data that link him to legal London. This subject attracted a great deal of attention during the nineteenth century, particularly in Great Britain. This brief book by Rushton, a London barrister, is among the most sophisticated. Unlike other studies, he restricts his attention to legal words and phrases that laymen would not have known. He locates and discusses around a hundred examples that were “used by Shakespeare with a consciousness of their original technicality and of their legal purport” (7). Whether or not you support Rushton’s thesis, his book is appealing for its quotations and commentary.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-699-4

ISBN-10: 1-58477-699-4  Item # 43986  50 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $65.

Interesting Comparative Study of Droit Administratif

12. Schwartz, Bernard. French Administrative Law and the Common-Law World. Introduction by Arthur T. Vanderbilt. New York: New York University Press, 1954. xxii, 367 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the sole edition. Schwartz provides a masterly exposition of administrative law through a comparative study of the French droit administratif, arguably the most sophisticated Continental model. As Vanderbilt points out in his Introduction, this is an important field that involves much more than administrative procedure. It deals directly with some of the most crucial issues of modern government regarding the distribution of power between governmental units, the resulting effect on the freedom of the individual and on the strength and stability of the state. “[T]his book represents a significant achievement.... Unlike so many volumes that roll off the press these days, it fills a real need; and, though perhaps not the definitive work in English on the subject, it fills it extremely well.”: Frederic S. Burin, Columbia Law Review 54 (1954) 1016.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-704-5

ISBN-10: 1-58477-704-4  Item # 44990  xxii, 367 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $95.

Don’t Leave Home Without It

13. [Travelers]. The Laws Concerning Travelling, &c. Viz. 1. Robbery. 2. Such Accidents as the Traveller is Liable to Upon the Road. 3. What Satisfaction He Shall Have Where He Suffers by Bad Ways; And of Trespasses to Avoid Them. 4. Of Land-Carriage, And Where Carriers Are Responsible for Goods Delivered Them. 5. Of Innkeepers, And the Remedies Against Their Extortions, And Where They Are Answerable For the Goods of Their Guests. 6. Of Water-Carriage; And Therein of Importation and Exportation of Merchandize. 7. Of Negotiating Bills of Exchange. 8. Of the Currency of Money. 9. Of the Laws for Regulating Hackney-Coaches, Chairs, Carrmen, and Watermen In and About London. [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, 1718. [xii], 237, [3] pp. Includes three-page publisher list. Reprint available December 2006 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the only edition. This digest of statutes with explanatory glosses was the first book of its kind. Conceived for the layman, it was intended to be a pocket companion for the traveler and a useful addition to his reference shelf. The anonymous editor felt a need for this book because the British were a mobile people “whose Dominions and Factories lie dispersed in every Quarter of the habitable World, whose Traffick is unlimited, and extends to every Thing that either Earth or Seas produce” (v). Equally valuable to social historians, it documents the difficulties and dangers of eighteenth-century travel.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-685-7

ISBN-10: 1-58477-685-4  Item # 44326  [xii], 237 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $95.

The American and English Constitutions Compared

14. Tremenheere, Hugh Seymour. The Constitution of the United States Compared With Our Own. London: John Murray, 1854. xvi, 389 pp. Reprint available December 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* In this work, a useful compendium of authorities as well as a comparative analysis of the differences between the American and English constitutions, Tremenheere follows the arrangement of Story’s Commentaries and “state[s] in as compendious a manner as is consistent with clearness, the substance of that learned judge’s remarks and opinions, upon each of the most important articles of the Constitution.” To this he adds “the observations of the authors of the ‘Federalist,’ and also those of Mr. Justice Kent, under the same heads, together with extracts from any other writers whose facts and opinions may seem worthy of consideration in connection with those of the above principal authorities” (Introduction). Tremenheere [1804-1893] was a member of the Inner Temple. The author of six exhaustive reports on child labor, his work was the foundation for at least fourteen acts of Parliament.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-604-8
ISBN-10: 1-58477-604-8  Item # 42174  xvi, 389 pp.  Cloth  December 2006  $125.