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Examines the Peacekeeping Role of the International Court of Justice
1. Lissitzyn, Oliver J.
The International Court of Justice: Its Role in the Maintenance
of International Peace and Security. Foreword by Hersch
Lauterpacht. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
1951. [xii], 118 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* A successor to the League of Nation’s Permanent Court of
International Justice, the International Court of Justice was
established in 1946 by the United Nations. Written during its early
years, this incisive study outlines how the court functioned as an
“instrument for the maintenance of international peace and security”
and how it may function in the future. Though skeptical that the
court would be a powerful institution, Lissitzyn believed its
rulings would have a modest but notable effect on the development of
international law. Long out of print, this essay was originally
published in the Carnegie series United Nations Studies.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-702-1
ISBN-10: 1-58477-702-8 [xii], 118 pp. Cloth October 2006 $65.  
A Landmark Work on the Freedom of the Press
2. Milton, John.
Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of
Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England.
With an Introduction by James Russell Lowell. New York: The Grolier
Club, 1890. lvii, 189 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the 1890 Grolier Club edition, which was limited to 325
copies. The victory of Parliament over Crown during the Civil War
prompted many questions including those regarding the liberty of the
press under the new regime. The Stationers Company, which enjoyed
Royal patronage and a monopoly on printing and bookselling granted
by the Crown, petitioned Parliament for the continuation of its
privileges under the new regime. This was a controversial request
because Milton and others resented the Company’s censorship of
political and religious publications in the years before the Civil
War. Milton [1608-1674], in what has been called his “most
important” prose, urged Parliament to reject its petition in the
name of intellectual freedom. This edition has a long introduction
by James Russell Lowell [1819-1891], the notable poet and associate
of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Sr.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-545-4
ISBN-10: 1-58477-545-9 lvii, 189 pp. Cloth October 2006 $80.
Prize-Winning History of the Law Merchant
3. Mitchell, William.
An Essay on the Early History of the Law Merchant: Being the
Yorke Prize Essay for 1903. Cambridge: At the University Press,
1904. 176 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* With an appendix of source materials. The winner of the
prestigious Yorke Prize, this essay is still cited in the literature
of commercial and international law. “Mr. Mitchell has
satisfactorily risen to the occasion, and has given us an
interesting study of the early history of that system of universal
practical law which the traders of the Middle Ages recognised as
binding upon them in their international dealings. Customary in its
origin and principles, summary in its jurisdiction and equitable in
its spirit, the Law Merchant has been a potent factor in the
development of the modern commercial law of all the countries of
Europe, and Mr. Mitchell’s account of its beginnings is full of
suggestion.”: Juridical Review 16 (1904) 446.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-633-8
ISBN-10: 1-58477-633-1 176 pp. Cloth October 2006 $65.
Paths to Privity
4. Palmer, Vernon V.
The Paths to Privity: The History of Third Party Beneficiary
Contracts at English Law. San Francisco: Austin & Winfield,
1992. 250 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a
new preface by Vernon Palmer.
* Palmer’s fascinating study analyzes the ingrained tendency to
prevent third party beneficiary actions through a historical account
of privity of contract. Chapter I discusses the origins and
historical questions surrounding the issue of privity. Chapter II
covers the triumph of consideration in the formative period,
1500-1680. Chapter III outlines the expansion in the chancery phase,
1680-1800, and Chapter IV deals with the rise of the parties-only
principle at law and equity during the 1800s.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-720-5
ISBN-10: 1-58477-720-6 250 pp. Cloth October 2006 $95.
The Trial of Jesus Christ
5. Radin, Max.
The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1931. ix, 266 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd.
* Renowned for its impeccable legal reasoning and lucid prose, this
compelling study is based on a close reading of the four gospels. It
reconstructs the accounts of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and
examines their discrepancies. The final two chapters put these
accounts into the context of Jerusalem’s legal and political
environment. Radin’s goal is not to pass judgment, but to
reconstruct one of the most significant events in history, which he
does with remarkable skill. Radin [1880-1950], the son of a rabbi,
had a thorough education in Hebrew, Greek and Latin in addition to
his legal training. A professor of law at Boalt Hall, Berkeley, he
was a versatile scholar of jurisprudence and international,
comparative and Roman law.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-662-8
ISBN-10: 1-58477-662-5 ix, 266 pp. Cloth October 2006 $75.
Ross’ Classic Study of International Law
6. Ross, Alf.
A Textbook of International Law: General Part. London; New
York; Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., [1947]. 313 pp. Reprinted
2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the sole edition, never before reprinted. Ross
[1899-1979] was an important Danish jurist who wrote a series of
influential treatises that combined legal realism, continental
jurisprudence and Scandinavian legal concepts. Although its title
suggests a basic introductory work, A Textbook of
International Law is actually a sophisticated presentation of
his international law jurisprudence. “It is a pleasant task to
welcome a treatise on international law with such a refreshingly new
approach to the subject. (...) [It presents] the cardinal doctrines
of international law according to a scheme which is at once novel
and stimulating to the English reader.”: R.Y. Jennings, Journal
of Comparative Legislation & International Law, 3rd. Series, 30
(1948) 122.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-707-6
ISBN-10: 1-58477-707-9 313 pp. Cloth October 2006 $85.
“A Learned Book” With a New Introduction by Michael Hoeflich.
7. Spence, George.
An Inquiry into the Origin of the Laws and Political Institutions
of Modern Europe, Particularly Those of England. London: John
Murray, 1826. xxxvi, 600 pp. Reprinted 2006 by the Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. With a new introduction by Michael Hoeflich.
* Reprint of the only edition. This book is mentioned by Holdsworth
in A History of English Law, who deems it a “learned book”
(XIII: 496). According to Spence’s preface, his work on the
translation of the Code Napoleon led him to “look attentively into
the civil law of the Romans, where he found that a great proportion
of the doctrines of the common law of England, even many of those
which are purely artificial, were to be found in the [Corpus Juris
Civilis]. This induced him to study the civil and criminal code of
the Romans with some minuteness, and to compare the political and
judicial institutions of modern Europe, and of our own country in
particular, with those of ancient Rome, in order to discover to what
extent the former might be traced from the latter, their venerable
and classical origins.” (v). Spence [1787-1850] was an English
jurist and barrister of the Inner Temple. He was the author of
several books, including an important treatise on chancery law and a
translation of the Code Napoleon, which is available as a Lawbook
Exchange reprint.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-684-0
ISBN-10: 1-58477-684-6 xxxvi, 600 pp. Cloth October 2006 $150.
John Marshall and International Law
8. Ziegler, Benjamin Munn.
The International Law of John Marshall: A Study of First
Principles. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press,
1939. xii, [2], 386. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
* Reprint of the only edition. “The author has sought to arrange
under their appropriate topics and to discuss in their historical
setting the more important of the 195 decisions of the United States
Supreme Court on matters of international law handed down during the
administration of Chief Justice John Marshall, 1801-1835. (...) Mr.
Ziegler has performed his task con amore, and, on the whole,
performed it well. He had at his disposal the voluminous repository
of Beveridge’s researches, Warren’s work on the Court, and John
Bassett Moore’s appreciation of Marshall’s contributions. But the
author has, in addition, analyzed the decisions, the authorities
cited or relied upon by Marshall, arguments of counsel and, to a
considerable extent, Grotius and Vattel, and some of the influences,
political or personal, that influenced Marshall.”: Edwin Borchard,
Harvard Law Review 54 (1940-1941) 168.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-683-3
ISBN-10: 1-58477-683-8 xii, [2], 386 pp. Cloth October 2006 $125.
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