32. Amos, Sheldon. The Science of Law. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. xx, 417, [6] pp. Fold-out table. With a three-leaf publisher catalogue. Octavo (5" x 7-1/2"). Maroon cloth with decorative gilt and black stamping, moderate wear to extremities, corner lacking from rear endleaf. Signature of M.C.M Beecher in pencil to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $60.
* First edition. A title in the International Scientific Series. Amos examines the relation of morality to law, the nature of society and the state. Marke 899. HLC I:48.

33. [Baylies, Edmund Lincoln, Edmund Morley Parker and Frank Bolles (editors)]. A Collection of Important English Statutes Showing the Principal Changes in the Law of Property; Together With Some Other Enactments of Common Reference. Third Edition. Cambridge: Waterman and Amee, 1888. 189 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Contemporary calf, gilt-edged raised bands, lettering piece. Moderate wear to edges and joints, chip to head of spine, lettering piece crudely mended with tape. Light dampstaining to lower margins, notes in faint pencil to a few leaves. Ex-library (Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon). Card pocket to front pastedown, institution stamp to front free endpaper. Still a solid copy. $85.
* Third Edition. “The following pages contain in compact form the most important of those English statutes which, passed before the establishment of the colonies, form to-day part of our law. To these are added such subsequent acts of parliament as have had, through their direct or indirect adoption, the greatest influence on the case law of this country” (Preface).

34. Baylies, Edwin. New Trials and Appeals, or The Rules of Practice Applicable to the Review of Judicial Determinations in Civil Actions and in Special Proceedings Under the Civil Practice Act and Rules of Civil Practice With an Appendix of Forms. Third Edition by Arthur F. Curtis. New York: Matthew Bender & Co., 1923. xli, 1039 pp. Lightly soiled tan buckram, red and black lettering pieces. Small bookseller stamp to front pastedown, interior otherwise clean. $65.
* Third edition. This popular treatise was published in 1888 when the Code was new. It became the standard text on the subject within a few years. A second edition appeared in 1900. The third edition, which adds notes, new chapters and accounts of recent cases, was published to reflect developments since 1900, such as the Civil Practice Act. HLC I:134. Marke 307.

35. Bell, H.E. Maitland: A Critical Examination and Assessment. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. 150 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. $35.
*First edition. The best critical biography of Maitland.

36. Berlanstein, Lenard R. The Barristers of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century (1740-1793). Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1975]. xii, 210 pp. Cloth. Very good. $35.

37. Beth, Loren P. The American Theory of Church and State. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1958. vii, 183 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001023455. ISBN 1-58477-179-8. Cloth. $65.
* Beth questions the relevance of the principle of the separation of church and state in light of the modern American political system and modern society in general. In his impassioned theory, Beth defends this separation, and supports his thesis with a historical perspective that traces the idea from its origins in seventeenth-century English thought to the present day.

38. [Bradford, Andrew]. [Legal Manual]. Conductor Generalis, or The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Goalers, Coroners, Constables, Jury Men, Over-seers of the Poor, and also The Office of Clerks of Assiza And of the Peace &c. Collected out of all the Books hitherto written on those Subjects, whether of Common or Statute Law. To which is added, A Collection out of Sir Matthew Hales concerning The Descent of Lands. The Whole Alphabetically Digested Under the Several Titles, With a Table Directing to the Ready finding out Proper Matter under those Titles. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, 1722. [8], xii, 232 pp. [with] The Office, Duty and Authority of Sheriffs, How and in what Manner to execute the same, according to the Common and Statute Laws of Great-Britain, which are now in Force and Use. Likewise, Of Under-Sheriffs and their Deputies; and where the High-Sheriff shall be answerable for their Defaults, and where not, &. Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford, 1722. [233]-299, [1] pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-058810. ISBN 1-58477-123-2. Cloth. $80.
* The office of justice of the peace was an English institution transplanted to the American colonies. Soon after the arrival of the institution, it became apparent that some sort of vade mecum or manual outlining the essentials of the job would be useful to those numerous officials who needed the help these quick reference manuals could provide. First published in 1711, the Conductor Generalis was the first of these, and was issued by various printers in numerous large print run editions. Printed in Philadelphia by the colonial printer Andrew Bradford and issued with the Sheriff’s manual (1721) paginated consecutively. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 15215. Evans, American Bibliography, 1639-1800: 2327. James, A List of Treatises Printed in The British Colonies... before 1801, 7. Parrish, ‘Law Books and Legal Publishing in America, 1760-1840’ in Law Library J. (72:355-452) 129. Cohen 7955.

39. Brand, Donald R. Corporatism and the Rule of Law: A Study of the National Recovery Administration. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. ix, 340 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear. $45.
* Part I: Origins of the NRA; Part II: Business and the NRA; Part III: Labor and the NRA.

40. Butts, I[saac] R[idler]. The Business Man’s Law Library, and Merchants’, Mechanics’, Landlords’, Tenants’, Insurers’ & Insured, Shippers’, Common Carriers’, Notaries’, Magistrates’, Lumber, Iron, Wood & Coal Dealers’ Practical Assistant. These Books Comprise all the Most Useful Forms Which Occur in Business, With the Rules of Law which Govern Their Application... Assisted by Members of the Bar. Boston: I.R. Butts, 1853. 13; 132; 120; 108; 116 pp. Four volumes bound as one, each with title page (pp. 1-13 contains a general index and advertisement). Original cloth with decorative blind stamping, worn with loss to backstrip, tips and joints. Owner initials to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean and bright. Solid. $45.
* The titles of the individual volumes are: The New Business Man’s Assistant and Ready Reckoner, The Trader’s Guide and Business Man’s Legal Companion, Improved Edition of the Landlord’s & Tenant’s Assistant and The Merchant’s Assistant and Common Carrier’s Guide.

Lives of the Lord Chancellors

41. Campbell, John, Lord [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. Third Edition. London: John Murray, 1848-1850. Eight volumes. Octavo (6" x 9"). Cloth with decorative gilt and blind-stamping. Moderate wear to extremities, some chipping to spines, spotting to boards and backstrip, hinges starting. Owner signature in pencil to each front free endpaper, sporadic foxing. A sound set nevertheless. $125.
* This popular study, which went through several editions, is a notable storehouse of legal history and anecdote. Marke 151.

42. Clark, W[illia]m. L. Handbook of Criminal Procedure. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1895. viii, 658, [32] pp. Includes 32-page publisher catalogue. Lightly soiled tan buckram with red and black lettering pieces. Small dealer stamp to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean and bright. $85.
* Hornbook Series. “It can justly be said of the book that it will prove a useful one both for practicioner and student.” Ralph W. Gifford, Columbia Law Review 18: 620-622 cited in Marke 449.

43. Cochran, William C. The New Pronouncing Edition of the Students’ Law Lexicon. A Dictionary of Legal Words and Phrases and Two Appendices. Appendix A- Gives the Meaning of Latin and French Maxims Commonly Found in Lawbooks. Appendix B- Explains the Meaning of Abbreviations Found in Lawbooks and Reports. Revised and Enlarged Pronouncing Edition by Howard L. Bevis. Cincinnati: The W.H. Anderson Company, [1924]. xi, 362 pp. Cloth, moderate wear to extremities, remains of paper spine label. Front and rear pastedowns partially detached, owner inscription to front free endpaper. $50.
* Third edition of work first published in 1888 updated with additional diacritical markings and rules of Latin pronunciation.

Law, and How to Keep Out of It

44. Coggins, Paschal H. Law, and How to Keep Out of It. In Which is Explained and Illustrated Those Legal Principles Which Concern the Everyday Affairs of Busy People. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1905. 204, 15 pp. Includes fifteen-page publisher catalogue. Cloth stamped in black and silver. Moderate edgewear, soiled. Dampstaining to fore-edge of text, rear hinge cracked. Still a solid copy. $45.

Important Study of the U.S. Constitution

45. Cooley, Thomas M[cIntyre] [1824-1898]. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Two Volumes. cciii, 730; xix, 733-1565 pp. Original cloth, ex-private law firm library with library location labels at head of spines, stamps front and rear endpapers, and a strip of tape across foot of spines. Wear to extremities. A solid set. $350.
* Eighth and last edition edited by Walter Carrington. Cooley established a reputation for scholarship early in his career. His Constitutional Limitations places him with Story as among the foremost commentators on the Constitution. Corwin believes it to be "the most influential work ever published on American constitutional law" (TheConstitutional Revolution). Rogers adds that like "Blackstone, Pomeroy and many other legal works, the influence of Constitutional Limitations rests partly upon literary qualities, upon clarity and grace of unaffected statement" (American Bar Leaders). Corwin and Rogers cited in Marke 396.

46. Cooley, Thomas M[cIntyre]. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1903. cxxiii, 1036 pp. Contemporary buckram, red and black lettering pieces. Moderate shelfwear, front board and title page starting, small chip to following leaf with no loss to text. Ex-library. Location label to spine, institution stamps to front pastedown, card pocket to rear pastedown, institution stamps to endleaves and boards. A solid copy. $95.
* Seventh edition. “His discussion attained immediate fame and his views and suggestions practically dominated American Constitutional Law, particularly in the state courts...” Marke 396.

Study of State Administrative Law

47. Cooper, Frank E. State Administrative Law: A Research Project of the American Bar Foundation and the University of Michigan Law School. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1965]. Two volumes. Original cloth very good in moderately worn slipcase. $150.
* “The purpose of this study is primarily to analyze the statutory and case law of the several states bearing upon problems of administrative procedure. The analysis has been in light of the provisions of the Revised Model State Administrative Procedure Act, as drafted and promulgated by the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1961. It is thought that an analysis of the state laws and court decisions, in terms of the provisions of the Revised Model State Act, will serve to demonstrate the desirability and importance of enacting, in states where no adoption of the Model Act is in effect, legislation following the general pattern of that Act. The adoption of such administrative procedure acts, it is believed, will afford a means of significantly improving the performance of those agencies which now carry on their work without the guiding direction such legislation affords. An attempt to document this conclusion is made in the following pages” (Preface, xi).

48. Cooper, Thomas. A Treatise on the Law of Libel and the Liberty of the Press; Showing the Origin, Use, and Abuse of the Law of Libel: With Copious Notes and References to Authorities in Great Britain and the United States: As Applicable to Individuals and to Political and Ecclesiastical Bodies and Principles. New York: G.F. Hopkins & Son, 1830. xxxviii, 184 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-134-8. Cloth. $75.
* Cooper [1759-1835] was an attorney, chemistry professor and influential Jeffersonian political pamphleteer who was, according to Dictionary of American Biography, “one of the first to sow the seeds of secession.” DAB II: 415. His “passionate hostility to tyranny in any form” (DAB II: 415) is evident in this commentary on freedom of the press wherein he links the law of libel to the Sedition Act of 1798. During the six months he spent in prison for his objection to the Sedition Act he wrote the first treatise on American bankruptcy laws, The Bankrupt Law of America, Compared with The Bankrupt Law of England, which was published in 1801. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 3445. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 16619.

Reprint of First Edition of Cowell’s Controversial Interpreter

49. Cowell, John [1554-1611]. The Interpreter: Or Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Foorth the True Meaning of All, or the Most Part of Such Words and Termes, as are Mentioned in the Lawe Writers, or Statutes of This Victorious and Renowned Kingdome, Requiring Any Exposition or Interpretation. A Worke not Onely Profitable, but Necessary for Such as Desire Throughly to be Instructed in the Knowledge of Our Lawes, Statutes, and Other Antiquities. Cambridge: Printed by John Legate, 1607. Unpaginated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-265-4. Cloth. $125.
* Reprint of the rare first edition. The Interpreter was considered to be the best law dictionary until Jacob’s, and was, and still is, used by scholars of early English legal texts. Indeed, Walker describes Cowell as “reputed the most learned civilian of his time.” But its publication sparked enormous controversy. At a time when Parliament and crown were vying for power, the Commons disapproved of Cowell’s monarchical orientation, which was evident in such definitions as “King,” “Parliament,” “Prerogative,” “Recoveries” and “Subsidies.” When a joint committee of Lords and Councillors reviewed the work, the ensuing controversy nearly halted the affairs of government. James I intervened in fear that his own fiscal interests would not be approved by the Parliament, and ordered a proclamation that imprisoned Cowell, suppressed the book and ordered all copies burned by a public hangman on March 10, 1610. Moreover, The Interpreter contained a quotation that criticized Littleton’s scholarship, which alienated and enraged Sir Edward Coke. It comes as no surprise that he was instrumental in the book’s suppression and in Cowell’s persecution. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 311. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 233-4. HLC I:477. Marke, Vignettes of Legal History 309-312. Cowley, A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digest, Dictionariesand Indexes to the Year 1800 106. Sweet and Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I: 7 (18).

50. Cumming, Sir John. A Contribution Towards a Bibliography Dealing With Crime and Cognate Subjects. Third Edition Reprinted with Corrections. Montclair: Patterson Smith, 1970. xiv, 107, [3] pp. Includes three-page publisher catalogue. Cloth, light shelfwear. Very good. $30.
* A title in the Patterson Smith Reprint Series in Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Social Problems.

51. Dawson, Samuel Arthur. The Freedom of the Press: A Study of the Legal Doctrine of “Qualified Privilege.” With a foreword by Henry Woodward Sackett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1924. 120 pp. Quarter cloth over printed paper boards, paper spine labels. Wear to extemities, soiling to boards. Owner stamp and bookplate to front pastedown, interior otherwise clean. $85.
* Contents: The Scope of Qualified Privilege, Development of the Libel Law in England, Publication of Parliamentary Debates, The Struggle in America, Reporting Legislative Proceedings, Judicial Interpretation of the Libel Laws, Present Status of Qualified Privilege, Qualified Privilege a Requisite of Democracy.

“Scholarly” and “Thoroughly Practical”

52. DeFuniak, William Quimby. Principles of Community Property. Two volumes with 1948 pocket part supplements. Blue textured cloth, gilt spines, moderate shelfwear, strips of reinforcement tape to foot of each spine. Ex-library. Card pocket to rear pastedowns, institution stamps to endleaves and edges. $125.
* First edition. “There has long been a need for an adequate and modern treatment of the subject of community property. Concerning this subject there there is more than a little confusion on the part of lawyers outside the community property states; and about an equal amount on the part of lawyers and courts in the community property states themselves. (...) [This study] will help to dispel some of the present confusion. It appears to be scholarly and at the same time thoroughly practical.” H.R. Coffey, Michigan Law Review 42: 1090 cited in Marke 765.

53. Dickerson, Reed. The Fundamentals of Legal Drafting. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. xx, 203 pp. Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket with minor tear. Institution stamp and annotation to front free endpaper, text bright and clean. $65.
* This thorough guidebook discusses the architecture of legal instruments, the steps involved in their creation and fundamental aspects of legal prose. The author is particularly concerned with matters of clarity and style.

The History of Gray’s Inn

54. Douthwaite, William Ralph. Gray’s Inn: Its History & Associations Compiled from Original and Unpublished Documents. London: Reeves and Turner, 1886. xxiii, 283 pp. Illustrated. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary morocco, light edgewear, internally clean. Very good. $150.
* A thorough history of Gray’s Inn, from its origins to the present. Sweet and Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations II: 102.

55. Duker, William F. A Constitutional History of Habeas Corpus. Westport: Greenwood Press, [1980]. 349 pp. Original cloth, negligible shelfwear. Very good. $95.
* First edition. Number 13 in the series Contributions in Legal Studies. A comprehensive history of Habeas Corpus in Great Britain and the United States.

By an Influential German Criminologist

56. Feuerbach, Paul Anselm Ritter von [1775-1833]. Narratives of Remarkable Criminal Trials. Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. x, 339, [1] pp. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7"). Brown textured cloth with decorative blind and gilt-stamping, deckled edges. Moderate wear to edges, some rubbing to boards. Sporadic light foxing, text otherwise clean and bright. An appealing copy. $150.
* Feuerbach was Bavaria’s Minister of Justice from 1805 to 1814. An influential pioneer in criminology and criminal reform, he worked successfully to abolish torture and other vindictive punishments. He is best known for drafting the Bavarian Criminal Code of 1813, which became the model for criminal legislation in several German states. He was also the author of A Revision of Criminal Law (1799) and the Textbook of General Criminal Law in Germany (1801). The present volume is a collection of fourteen cases that illustrate different aspects of criminal procedure. Encyclopedia of World Crime II:1153-1154. Walker 467.

It Didn’t Begin With ENRON

57. Finlason, W[illiam] F[rancis]. [1818-1895], Reporter. A Report of the Case of the Queen v. Gurney and Others, in the Court of Queen’s Bench: (The Summing Up Revised by the Lord Chief Justice.) With an Introduction, Containing a History of the Case, and an Examination of the Cases at Law and Equity, Applicable to It; or Illustrating the Doctrine of Commercial Fraud. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1870. x, 270, 8 pp. Includes eight-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Original brown textured cloth, moderate edgewear, light rubbing to boards, chip to head of spine. Signature to front free endpaper, a few small notes in pencil to text, interior otherwise clean. A nice copy. $150.
* The discovery of fraudulent profit statements in 1865 led to the collapse of Gurney, Overland and Company, one of England’s largest and most respected banking houses. This event triggered the London Stock Market Crash of 1866. Given the impact of the bank’s collapse, and the scandalous nature of its downfall, it is not surprising that the trial of Gurney and the other bank directors was an event that dominated headlines. Aside from its spectacular aspects, this trial was interesting because it addressed issues that straddled the boundary of civil and criminal law. What is more, it involved two of the finest jurists in Victorian England. John Taylor Coleridge defended the bankers; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn represented the state. Although the defendants were acquitted, the trial initiated demands for stricter banking regulations. An era of stringent governmental oversight followed.

58. Freed, Donald. Agony in New Haven: The Trial of Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and the Black Panther Party. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1973]. 347 pp. Original cloth, light shelfwear. Ex-library. Location label to spine, card pocket to front pastedown, institution stamps to edges and endleaves. $30.

59. Gardner, George E. Handbook of the Law of Wills. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1903. xv, 736, 28 pp. Includes a 28-page publisher catalogue. Contemporary law calf, maroon lettering pieces. Worn, some scuffing to tips and joints. Front hinge starting, notes in pencil to endleaves, some underlining to text. A good copy. $75.
* First edition. A title in West’s venerable Hornbook Series. “This book embodies an attempt to express clearly and concisely the law of wills, together with a general discussion of their probate. It is hoped that its statements are sufficiently clear to commend the work to students, and that the full citation of authorities—for it is believed that no case decided in the last fifteen years in any court of last resort in the United States genuinely illustrative of a principle has been overlooked—may render the book serviceable to practitioners” (Preface, vii). HLC I:741.

60. Gautte, J.H.H. and Robin Odell. Murder ‘Whatdunit.’ London: Harrap, [1982]. xvi, 247 pp. Illustrated. Original cloth, gilt spine. Very good. $20.

61. Gautte, J.H.H. and Robin Odell. Murder Whereabouts. London: Harrap, [1986]. xvi, 286 pp. Illustrated. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. $20.

62. Gautte, J.H.H. and Robin Odell. The Murderers’ Who’s Who. London: Harrap, [1979]. 269 pp. Illustrated. Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket. $20.

63. Goodenough, Edwin R. The Jurisprudence of the Jewish Courts in Egypt: Legal Administration by the Jews under the Early Roman Empire as Described by Philo Judaeus. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. vii, 268 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-152-6. Cloth. $75.
* Goodenough takes a look at the work of the great ancient Jewish philosopher from the unique point of view of the practical lawyer, rather than the theologian, and as such illuminates much about law as practiced in the Jewish courts in Alexandria. “...an absorbingly interesting monograph on Philo’s `De Specialibus Legibus.’” Marke 238.

64. Gould, James. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Action. Boston: Lilly and Wait, 1832. x, 536 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-059549. ISBN 1-58477-158-5. Cloth. $95.
* Gould [1770-1838] was the preeminent law professor at Litchfield Law School, the nation’s first law school. This treatise is taken from his Litchfield lectures and puts forth his system of principles of pleading in an orderly, scientific, reasonable manner. “Gould’s Pleading is a legal classic of the highest order, and has placed its author among the very best legal writers of the age.” Marvin 342. Dictionary of American Biography IV:453-454.

The Right to Enjoy One’s Property

65. Gray, John Chipman. Restraints on the Alienation of Property. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1894. xv, 217 pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8"). Original maroon cloth, moderate shelfwear. A few brief annotations, text otherwise clean. $200.
* Second edition. “[A]t the time of the first edition, the doctrine which it was one of the purposes of the book to discredit was still in its infancy. As yet few jurisdictions had followed the dictum in Nichols v. Eaton, 91 U.S. 716, in declaring that a man could enjoy the benefit of his property without being compelled to subject it to the payments of his debtors, and the task of the writer at that time was to protest against the growth of this new doctrine, and to show by argument and authority how at variance it was with good morals and previous law.” H.W., Harvard Law Review 9:367-368 cited in Marke 787.

66. [Great Britain. Parliament]. Standing Orders of the House of Lords. 1844. [London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1845]. [iv], 263, [84] pp. Quarto (6" x 8-1/2"). Original brown cloth, top edge rouged, faint stain to spine. Early owner signature to front free pastedown, light soiling to title page, interior otherwise clean. $45.
* With glosses and index. A compilation of orders concerning parliamentary procedure and the presentation of written and oral legislation.

67. Haines, Charles Grove. The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1789-1835. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944. xiii, 679 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-207-7. Cloth. $120.
* Haines’ colorful history of the Supreme Court surrounding the John Marshall years gives particular attention to the “local, particularist and democratic” principles (Introduction, 4) that Haines, an ardent Jeffersonian, believed were neglected in favor of a conservative and nationalistic viewpoint found in earlier histories of the Court. He shows that the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall established the doctrine of judicial review as part of a Federalist effort to strengthen the central government, and goes on to discuss attacks upon the Court and the decline of authority and prestige of the Court. In his description of the Court’s major decisions, he examines the issue of state versus national sovereignty and the status of common- law principles in the federal courts. He includes a discussion of opinions regarding the Dartmouth College case and the trial of Aaron Burr. Haines was a political scientist and professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles for twenty years. Marke 173.

68. Haines, Charles Grove and Foster Sherwood. The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1835-1864. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957. x, 533 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-197-6. Cloth. $95.
* Haines’ untimely death while writing this the continuation to The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1789-1835 led to the work’s completion by Haines’ colleague at the University of California at Los Angeles, Foster H. Sherwood. This volume follows the Marshall years with a history of the Taney era, and examines the political and economic issues as well as the prominent legal issues of the era such as states rights and slavery that shaped the Court’s decisions.

69. Harno, Albert J. Legal Education in the U.S.: A Report Prepared for the Survey of the Legal Profession. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1953. v, 211 pp. Cloth very good in worn dust jacket. $65.
* A concise yet detailed survey. Contents: Our English Heritage, The Formative Period of American Legal Education, Early American Law Schools and the Laissez Faire Period, The Case Method, Impact of Professional Organizations, Criticisms of Modern Legal Education, Legal Education-A Present Appraisement.

70. Hayward, Arthur L. [Editor]. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who Have Been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or Other Offences. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1927. xv, 640 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Original cloth, worn. front hinge cracked but secure. Light dampstaining to margins of a few leaves, text block starting near rear hinge. Ex-library. Library slip to rear pastedown. Still a good copy. $25.

71. Hurst, James Willard. Dealing With Statutes. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. ix, 140 pp. Original cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. $65.
* Hurst discusses the broad range of legislative jurisdiction, emphasizing the freedom of legislators to modify existing common or statutory law in order to shape social conduct. The first chapter explores the process of legislative jurisdiction. The second deals with issues of statutory interpretation and the separation of powers by legislatures, the courts and the bar. The final chapter examines tensions between statute law and the Constitution.

72. Johns, C.H.W. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904. xviii, 424 pp. Original red cloth with gilt stamped spine and embossed binding, shaken. Top edge spine slightly frayed. $125.
* First edition. From the series “Library of Ancient Inscriptions.” “Recommended by Sherman for references to Ante-Roman sources of law in Babylon, Phoenicia and Judaea.” Marke 109.

73. Jones, Leonard A. Forms in Conveyancing, and General Legal Forms, Comprising Precedents for Ordinary Use, and Clauses Adapted to Special and Unusual Cases. With Practical Notes. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1899. lxxxii, 908pp. Full contemporary calf with contrasting red and black gilt spine labels. Minor exterior wear, else very good. $125.
* Fifth edition, revised, with an appendix containing recent statutory changes. The author was known for his authorship of the first Index to Legal Periodical Literature in 1888.

74. Karlen, Delmar. Appellate Courts in the United States and England. New York: New York University Press, 1963. x, 180 pp. Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket. $40.

We Will Bury You...

75. Kelsen, Hans. The Communist Theory of Law. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1955. viii, 203 pp. Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket. Publisher ticket tipped in to front free endpaper. A very good copy. $200.
* A title in the series Praeger Publications in Russian History and World Communism. This was the first comprehensive study of legal theory based on the ‘materialist’ interpretation inaugurated by Marx. Kelsen points out the contradictions in this doctrine and its related tendency to convert the science of law into a political instrument. He explores this thesis through an analysis of the legal theories of Lenin, Stuchka, Reisner, Pashakanis, Stalin, Vishinsky, Strogovich and others.

Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law

76.Kelsen, Hans. Pure Theory of Law. Translation from the Second (Revised and Enlarged) German Edition by Max Knight. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. x, 356 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. Owner name to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $125.
* A completely revised version of the first edition that was published in 1934. Kelsen [1881-1973], was the author of more than forty works on law and legal philosophy, and is best known for this title and General Theory of Law and State. He was also the author of the Austrian Democratic Constitution, which was published in 1920, abolished during the Nazi regime, restored in 1945, and in force today. Walker calls Kelsen “possibly the most influential jurisprudent of the twentieth century.” Walker 699.

77. Kitchin, S.B. A History of Divorce. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1912. xvi, 293 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001041400. ISBN 1-58477-190-9. Cloth. $75.
* A history of divorce from the early Roman era to the present. “It covers in a brief, readable way the law during the Roman period, in the Eastern Church and Eastern Europe, in the canon law and Western Europe, from the Reformation to the French Revolution, in England, the United States, and the British Colonies.” Marke 758.

Law, Lawyers and Lambs

78. Kneeland, Stillman, F. [1845-1926]. Law, Lawyers and Lambs. New York: The Banks Law Publishing Co., 1910. vii, 124 pp. Original blue ribbed cloth. Gilt lettered cover with paper decorative illustration. Moderate wear to extremities.  $95.
* “This sketchy ingathering of ideas relating to Law, Lawyers and Clients (herein termed “Lambs”) is a “refresher” to the mind, when those to the purse are unduly withheld and ‘the world and all that dwell therein’ seem dark and dreary. (Preface). The author acted as a chairman of a committee of citizens of New York City which framed and secured the passage of a bill abolishing perpetual imprisonment for debt, and was later instrumental in securing the passage of a law limiting imprisonment for civil contempt to six months. He was also vice-president of the department of paintings of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

History of Courts in Colonial Pennsylvanian

79.Loyd, William H. The Early Courts of Pennsylvania. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1910. vii, 287 pp. Original navy cloth, maroon and black lettering pieces. Moderate edgewear, some chipping to lettering pieces, internally clean. Nice. $175.
* This study, which was published in the University of Pennsylvania Law School Series, comprises a detailed history of Pennsylvania’s courts from their colonial origins to the early nineteenth century. Loyd devotes particular attention to the history of Equity jurisprudence, decisions regarding roadways, the Register’s Court and the Orphans’ Court.

80. Lube, D[enis] G[eorge]. An Analysis of the Principles of Equity Pleading Containing a Compendium of the Practice of the High Court of Chancery, and the Foundation of Its Rules, Together With an Illustration of the Analogy Between Pleadings at Common Law and in Equity. Edited by B.M. Thompson. Ann Arbor: Currier Printing Establishment, 1880. xii, 144, iv pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8"). Original blind-stamped brown textured cloth, gilt spine. Moderate wear to extremities, light fading to spine. Owner stamps to front pastedown, signature to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean and bright. Nice. $85.
* “Since the publication in 1823 (...) [this work] has been recognized by the profession as a standard treatise upon that subject. the two generations of lawyers and judges who have come and gone since Lube wrote have contributed little to the art and science of equity pleading, so that to-day Lube’s work is the best in existence” (Editor’s Preface, iv).

81. Maitland, F.W. Equity: A Course of Lectures. Edited by A.H. Chaytor & W.J. Whittaker. Revised by John Brunyate. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1949. xxiv, 343 pp. Original cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket. $95.
*Second edition, revised. “[These lectures combine] profound learning and vivid expression...No one who reads them could fail to profit by the clear statement of principles, which are sometimes overlooked in the details of a complicated case.” Many scholars consider this to be the best edition. Law Quarterly Review 26:178-179 cited in Marke 518.

Illinois Law School in the Late 1930s

82. [Manuscript]. [J. Otis Brown]. Student Notebooks, University of Illinois College of Law, 1937-1939. Ten clothbound ledgers with ruled leaves. Eight contain 180 leaves and measure 8" x 10,” two contain 149 leaves and measure 7-1/2" x 9-1/2.” Neatly-written notes fill both sides of most leaves, several additional typed and handwritten notes laid in. Moderate shelfwear, backstips of two ledgers starting. $500.
* Three ledgers were compiled in 1937, four were compiled in 1938, three were compiled in 1939. These contain notes for classes taken by J. Otis Brown during his years in Champaign. These include Wills, Administrative Law, Bankruptcy, Vendor or Purchaser, Contracts, Possessory Estates, Constitutional Law, Trial Practice, Torts and Equity, Sales, Trusts, Business Organizations, Pleading, Bills and Notes, Landlord and Tenant, Credit Transactions, Taxation, Corporations and Suretyship. They also include several course outlines and reading lists. Taken together, these carefully compiled volumes offer a unique perspective on the Law School’s philosophy and pedagogical approach during the late 1930s.

83. [McClellan, George B.]. [Anonymous]. The Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of General McClellan. (George B. McClellan): The Hero of Western Virginia! South Mountain! and Antietam! With a Full History of All His Campaigns and Battles; as Well as His Reports and Correspondence With the War Department and the President in Relation to Them, From the Time He First Took the Field in This War, Until He Was Finally Relieved From Command After the Battle of Antietam, With His Various Speeches to Soldiers, etc., Made by Him Up to the Present Time. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1864. 184, [22] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 22-page publisher catalogue. Original maroon cloth with decorative blind-stamping. Moderate shelfwear, tips bumped, part of frontispiece overlay lacking, internally clean. $50.
* McClellan, a mediocre but popular general, resigned his commission in 1864 so he could become the Democratic Party’s candidate for the presidency. This fulsome biography by an anonymous author was written to support “Little Mac’s” campaign.

84. Meyer, Jacob C. Church and State in Massachusetts From 1740 to 1833: A Chapter in the History of the Development of Individual Freedom. Cleveland: Western Reserve University Press, 1930. viii, 276 pp. Original lightly rubbed cloth, gilt spine, internally clean. $45.

85. Miller, Arthur Selwyn. The Supreme Court and American Capitalism. New York: The Free Press, [1968]. xii, 259 pp. Original lightly soiled cloth, internally clean. $65.
* A study of American constitutionalism as it has developed since 1787 with respect to business enterprise. Its “principal theme revolves around the growth of the corporation as the characteristic and dominant business form and the relationship of Supreme Court decisions to that development” (1).

86. Morton, R. Kemp. God In The Constitution. Nashville: Cokesbury Press, [1933]. 190 pp. Cloth very good in worn dust jacket with tears. Owner inscription in pencil to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, a few marks in pencil to otherwise clean text. $65.
* A history of the interplay of religious and political forces that have served to bring about the equality of religious sects before the law of the United States.

New York Court of Chancery, 1829

87. [New York]. Rules and Orders of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York. Revised and Established by the Present Chancellor, Pursuant to the Directions of the Act Concerning Courts and Ministers of Justice, and Proceedings in Civil Cases, and Adapted to the Several Provisions of the Revised Statutes; With Precedents of Writs, Orders, &c. Approved by the Chancellor. Albany: Published by William Gould & Co., 1829. xxiv, [13]-102, [12] [103]-172 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Three-quarter calf over gray paper boards, maroon lettering piece. Considerable edgewear, chipping to spine and tips, scuffing to boards, joints starting, front hinge cracked but secure, corner from title page lacking. Early annotations to rear pastedown, a few notes in pencil to text, interior otherwise clean. Withal a solid copy. $95.
* Later printing. With glosses, amendments and additions. A guide written during the Chancellorship of R. Hyde Walworth [1788-1867]. Contents: Index to the Rules, Index to the Precedents, Index to the Selections from the Revised Statutes, rules numbered 1-180, Precedents of Writs &c. in Chancery, amendments to Rules 99 (April 23, 1830) and 178 (March 3, 1830), rules numbered 181-195, Selections from the Revised Statutes. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 1314. Shaw and Shoemaker, American Bibliography 39808.

88. Nock, Albert J. Our Enemy, The State. Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, 1950. [viii], 209 pp. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. Very good. $45.

89. Orfield, Lester Bernhardt. The Growth of Scandinavian Law. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press for Temple University Publications, 1953. xx, 363 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001023454. ISBN 1-58477-180-1. Cloth. $80.
* A study in comparative law that examines the legal systems of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and the forces that influenced their development. According to Orfield, the Scandinavian states are a useful area for study due to their democratic traditions, high rates of literacy, commitment to progressive social legislation, and unique examples of law based largely on custom and usage that owe little to Anglo-American or Continental models.

90. Pennington, Kenneth and Robert Somerville, Editors. Law, Church and Society: Essays in Honor of Stephan Kuttner. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977. xii, 340 pp. Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket with tear. $65.
* Eighteen essays that explore the structure of the Medieval church, its role in secular society and the influence of ecclesiastical law on contemporary secular law and legal theory. Contents: Church and Society, The Papacy, Legal Procedure, Orders and Offices and Local Churches.

91. Plucknett, T. F. T. Legislation of Edward I. Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1949. 161 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. $85.
* Published versions of the author’s Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1947. Plucknett offers a trenchant analysis of the most famous statutes of Edward I: Mortmain, De Donis, the Statutes of Merchants, Quia Emptores and Quo Warranto.

92. Pound, Roscoe. Natural Natural Law and Positive Natural Law. Reprinted From Natural Law Forum, Vol. 5 (1960). Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School, n.d. 70-82 pp. Original lightly worn printed wrappers, internally pristine. $25.

93. Pound, Roscoe. Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence. Third Edition. Cambridge: [printed for the author], 1920. iv, 136 pp. Original moderately worn printed wrappers. Owner signature to front cover, brief annotations to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. $75.
* “This book is not so much an outline of lectures as a bibliographical appendix to the other works of Professor Pound, and its value may be deduced from the fact that it represents ‘over fifty years’ study and forty-three years’ teaching of Jurisprudence.’...As a work of reference, this book should be in every law library; it is indispensable to all who aim at making their way through the vast field of legal theory.” J.W. Jones, Law Quarterly Review 61: 414-415 cited in Marke 923.

94. Pound, Roscoe. A World Legal Order: Law and Laws in Relation to World Law. An Address, Together With the Introductory Remarks of Robert B. Stewart, Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, October 27, 1959 on the Occasion of the Eighty-Ninth Birthday of Roscoe Pound and the Twenty-Sixth Anniversary of the Fletcher School. [Medford]: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, [1959]. vi, 42 pp. Original lightly worn printed wrappers, internally pristine. $45.

First Edition of Prosser

95. Prosser, William L. Handbook of the Law of Torts. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1941. xiii, 1309 pp. Original gilt-stamped maroon cloth, moderate wear to extremities, fading to lettering, light rubbing to boards, internally clean. A nice copy. $125.
* First edition. This classic text was published as part of West’s venerable Hornbook Series, which offered students definitive overviews of the law’s principal subjects. Marke 864.

96. [Right to Die]. In the Matter of Karen Quinlan. The Complete Legal Briefs, Court Proceedings, and Decision in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Arlington: University Publications of America, 1975. Two volumes. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear. Ex-library. Label residue to spines, card pockets to front pastedowns, institution stamps to edges and endleaves. $85.
* This much-publicized case sparked the modern right-to-die debate. In 1975, Quinlan collapsed after swallowing alcohol and tranquilizers at a party. Doctors saved her life, but she suffered brain damage and fell into a “persistent vegetative state.” Advised that she would never recover consciousness, her family waged a successful legal battle for the right to remove her life support machinery.

97. Ross, John M. Trials in Collections: An Index to Famous Trials Throughout the World. Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1983. xiii, 204 pp. Cloth, moderate shelfwear. Very good. $30.

98. Spargo, John Webster. Juridical Folklore in England. Illustrated by the Cucking-Stool. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1944. vii, 163 pp. Cloth very good in worn dust jacket. $85.
* First edition. An investigation of the origin and function of the cucking- or ducking-stool, an instrument of punishment.

99. Stair, James Viscount of. The Institutions of the Law of Scotland Deduced from its Originals, and Collated with the Civil, Canon and Feudal Laws, and with the Customs of Neighbouring Nations. In IV Books. Edited By David M. Walker. The University Presses of Edinburgh and Yale, 1981. xvii, 1186 pp. Cloth with gilt spine label. Fine. $85.

101. Stone, Harlan F. Law and its Administration. New York: Columbia University Press, 1915. vii, 232 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-021508. ISBN 1-58477-093-7. Cloth. $70.
* The Hewitt Lectures, Columbia University, published during Stone’s term of Dean of Columbia Law School (1910-1923), covering basic fundamental legal concepts and the nature and function of law. Stone [1876-1946], was chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1941 to his death in 1946.

102. Strauber, Ira L. Neglected Policies: Constitutional Law and Legal Commentary as Civic Education. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. x, 267. Cloth. New. $64.95
* Strauber believes that important aspects of constitutional law are neglected because legal formalisms, philosophical theories, the reasoning of litigators and judges and even the role of the courts are too often taken for granted. Believing that we should interrogate all received jurisprudential notions and abandon the search for “right answers,” he advocates an approach that pays attention to the circumstantial social facts relevant to given controversies and a habit of mind at home with relativism.

Celebrated Breach of Promise Suit

103.[Trial]. The Celebrated Trial, Madeline Pollard vs. Breckinridge, The Most Noted Breach of Promise Suit in the History of Court Records. Containing a Graphic Story of the Sensational Incidents in the Joint Lives of the Now Famous Litigants, as Given in Their Own Words. The Two Stories Differ Widely as to the Material Facts in the Case, Testimony of the Kentucky School Girl Directly Contradicts the Story of the Silver-Tounged Orator and Statesman, Testimony of Prominent Witness From Various States Uncovering Startling Incidents in the Lives of Plaintiff and Defendant. The Surprising Disclosure and Dramatic Scenes that Filled the Court Room With a Throng of Excited Spectators Fully Described, the Most Sensational Testimony Ever Produced in Court. One of the Most Dramatic and Hotly Contested Legal Battles of Modern Times, An Array of Legal Talent Rarely Equaled in Court Annals in Point of Ability and Eloquence. Judge Bradley’s Charge to the Jury. Speeches of Counsel and Decision of the Jury. To Which is Added a Complete Biography of Colonel Breckinridge and Miss Pollard, His College Days, War Record, Prominence in Congress. With Many Portraits and Illustrations. [n.p.]: The American Printing and Binding Company, 1894. [xvi], 17-320 pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Orange cloth, elaborately stamped in gilt and black, light edgewear. Owner signature and annotation to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. A very nice copy. $125.
* Breckinridge [1837-1904] was a noted Kentucky lawyer, statesman, editor and Civil War hero from a prominent political family. This suit, which coincided with his campaign for a sixth term in the U.S. Congress, was front-page news nationally for six weeks. Many were aroused to indignation. Suffragists opposed him with rallies and petitions; the National Christian League for the Promotion of Social Purity denounced him. The court decided in Pollard’s favor and awarded her $15,000 in damages. Tainted by scandal, Breckinridge lost the election. He never held office again.

104. [Trial]. Woodland, W. Lloyd. The Trial of Thomas Henry Allaway. London: Geoffrey Bles, [1929]. 262 pp. Plates. Lightly soiled and faded cloth, moderate shelfwear, corner lacking from front free endpaper, internally clean. $65.
* In 1921, Irene Wilkins, a cook, posted an ad in a London paper seeking employment. Posing as a potential employer, Allaway responded and asked her to meet him in Bournemouth. She was led to believe that she was about to begin work at an estate. Allaway murdered her instead. It was discovered during the ensuing investigation and trial that he had used this lure previously in order to commit several rapes. He intended to rape Wilkins as well, but she resisted and was killed in a brutal manner while attempting to escape. Allaway was sentenced to death and hanged in 1921.

105. [Trials]. Notable British Trials and War Crime Trials. London: William Hodge and Company, 1949. 56 pp. Illustrated. Original lightly soiled and wrappers, internally clean. $65.
* A guide to all titles published in the Notable British Trials Series since 1905 and in the War Crimes Trials Series since 1948. It offers detailed summaries of each trial, along with complete bibliographical data.

With an Introduction by William O. Douglas

106. [Trials]. [Sacco, Nicola and Bartolomeo Vanzetti]. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case: Transcript of the Record of the Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Courts of Massachusetts and Subsequent Proceedings 1920-1927. Second Edition. Bibliography 1920-1967. Prefatory Essay by William O. Douglas. Mamaroneck: Paul P. Appel, 1969. Six volumes. Illustrated. Original gilt-stamped navy buckram, negligible shelfwear, internally clean. A very good set. $225.
* Second edition. Reprint of the six-volume edition by Charles C. Burlingham and Bernard Flexner. (New York: Henry Holt, 1928-1929). The contents include the full stenographic minutes of the trial, material from the court record that was not included in the original Holt edition, documentation of the motions made and the final proceedings and decisions. Also includes what exists of the report of the earlier Bridgewater trial. “The widespread belief that the defendants had not received a fair trial and that the conviction had been found on grounds having to do with their political doctrines and their foreign character, led to extraordinary efforts on their behalf by liberals throughout the world. After the sentence of death was imposed on the defendants, Governor Fuller was persuaded to appoint a distinguished committee, consisting of President Lowell of Harvard University, President Stratton of M.I.T. and Judge Robert Grant, to review the case. The committee’s report sustained the findings of the court, but concluded that Judge Thayer had been guilty of a ‘grave breach of official decorum.’ The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti on August 23, 1927 was regarded as on a par with the execution of witches in seventeenth century Salem.” Commager, Documents of American History cited in Marke1002.

107. Twining, William. Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, [1985]. xiv, 574 pp. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. Very good. $85.
* A title in the Law in Context series. First published in 1973, this book is considered to be the definitive account of American legal realism and the work of its leader.

Anthology of Notable Legal Writings

108. Veeder, Van Vechten, editor. Legal Masterpieces: Specimens of Argumentation and Exposition By Eminent Lawyers. Chicago: Callaghan and Company, 1912. Original blue cloth, top edge gilt, some rubbing to boards, internally clean and bright. A nice set. $150.
* “As he states in his preface, the editor of the collection has planned to ‘bring together from the whole field of legal literature specimens of the best models of the various forms of discourse and composition in which the lawyer’s work is embodied’...Mr. Veeder’s editorial work deserves very high praise. To the whole collection he has prefixed an interesting and instructive study of forensic argument. At the beginning of the work of each jurist is placed a short biography, followed by a lengthy and careful criticism of that jurist’s life, work, and influence.” Harvard Law Review 17: 214 cited in Marke 226.

109. Webb, Anthony, Editor. Trial of Wolfgang Zeuss, Magnus Wochner, Emil Meier, Peter Straub, Fritz Hartjenstein, Franz Berg, Werner Rohde, Emil Bruttel, Kurt Aus Dem Bruch and Harberg (The Natzweiler Trial). With a Foreword by Sir Hartley Shawcross. London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, 1949. 233 pp. Plates. Later cloth, moderate edgewear. Ex-library. Location label to spine, card pocket and institution bookplate to front pastedown, stamps to endleaves. $65.
* “The record of this trial, which follows, is the verbatim, official record. Much of it is a translation from German, and it has only been edited where necessary to make the meaning clear: it pretends no literary elegance. It is hoped that in this way it reflects better the atmosphere of the trial and the extempore speeches and questions and answers” (Preface, [5]).

110. Weber, Max. Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society. Edited With Annotations by Max Rheinstein. Translated From Max Weber, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Second edition, by Edward Shils and Max Rheinstein. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. lxxii, 363 pp. Original lightly rubbed cloth, gilt spine, internally clean. $45.

111. Wiener, Frederick Bernays. Uses and Abuses of Legal History: A Practitioner’s View. Selden Society Lecture Delivered in the Old Hall of Lincoln’s Inn, March 29th, 1962. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1962. 31, [1] pp. Original lightly worn printed wrappers, internally pristine. $45.

112. Whiting, William. War Powers under the Constitution of the United States. Military Arrests, Reconstruction & Military Government. Also, Now First Published, War Claims of Aliens with Notes on the Acts of the Executives & Legislative Departments During Our Civil War & a Collection of Cases Decided in the National Courts. 1864. Tenth edition. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1864. xvii, 342 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-049360. ISBN 1-58477-055-4. Cloth. $80.
* Whiting’s writings are widely believed to have profoundly affected President Lincoln’s war actions. In Whiting’s legal theories regarding war powers and the abolition of slavery espoused here Lincoln found justification for the Emancipation Proclamation, and the constitutional authority to abolish slavery. Simply stated, Whiting held that the abolition of slavery is constitutionally appropriate when viewed not as the objective end of the war, but as a means to end the rebellion in order to save the republic. His writing style was geared to the average reader, and this popular style, along with the tremendous influence of his writings led to the work going through 43 editions in less than a decade.
   This, the tenth edition is based on his earlier work, The War Powers of the President and the Legislative Powers of Congress, in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery (1862) which is thought to have been the work that originally brought Whiting to Lincoln’s attention and led to his appointment as Solicitor of the War Department. This edition includes various unpublished sensitive documents that he handled in the course of that position.

1898 Edition of the Ohio Criminal Code

113. Wilson, Moses F. The Criminal Code of Ohio With Forms and Precedents for Indictments, Informations, and Affadavits, Forms for Writs, Docket and Journal Entries and Digest of Decisions. Fifth Edition. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1898. v, 870 pp. Law calf, maroon and black lettering pieces. Light rubbing to boards, moderate wear to edges, joints just starting. Early owner stamps to endpapers, faint dampstaining to margins of a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. A solid copy. $125.
* Fifth Edition. This edition reflects changes enacted since 1890.

114. [Winfield, Percy H. and Arnold D. McNair, Editors]. Cambridge Legal Essays Written in Honour of and Presented to Doctor Bond, Professor Buckland snd Professor Kenny by G.C. Alexander, J.H. Beale, W.C. Bolland, C.T. Carr, P.W. Duff, A.L. Goodhart, H.C. Gutteridge, H.D. Hazeltime, A. Pearce Higgins, E. Jenks, H.F. Jolowicz, J.W. Jones, D.T. Oliver, Roscoe Pound, H.E. Salt, E.C.S. Wade. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1926. viii, 331 pp. Plates. Original maroon cloth, moderate edgewear, some chipping to spine. Owner signature to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $85.

115. [Wolfenden Report]. Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution. Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Scotland by Command of Her Majesty. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1957. 155 pp. Original lightly worn printed wrappers. Very good. $50.
* Text of the landmark Wolfenden Report, which recommended the decriminalization of homosexual behavior between consenting adults. After many years of debate its recommendations were incorporated in the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.

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