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Poor,
Henry Varnum. Money and Its Laws: Embracing a History
of Monetary Theories, and a History of the Currencies of the
United States. New York: H.V. and H.W. Poor, 1877. xl, 623
pp. Reprint available August 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
2005. ISBN 1-58477-640-4. Cloth. $125.
* Paying particular attention to positive and customary law,
Poor [1812-1905] traces the history of money from biblical times
to the 1870s. More than a chronicle, it is an ambitious work
of economic theory. Though the book was considered a failure
from a theoretical point of view soon after its publication,
it was highly esteemed for its legal perspective and review
of the literature. To quote an early review in the February
1878 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, it gives the reader
"all that is worth listening to in any noted writer on
money from Aristotle down to the present time....The entire
freedom with which the author deals with the greatest reputations
makes his work extremely 'lively reading;' and even those who
disagree with him cannot fail to find it entertaining"
(266). 
Poore, Ben[jamin] Perley.
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and
Organic Laws of the United
States. Second edition.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. Two volumes. Reprinted
2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-128-3. Cloth.
$395.
* "The
first compilation that purported to include the constitutions of all
states...The index to this work contains citations to specific
subjects on which there are provisions in the several state
constitutions..." Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at
New
York University
(1953) 47. The Government Printing Office edition consisted of five
thousand copies, with nine hundred for use of Senators and the Vice
President, two thousand five hundred for use of the Representative
and Delegates, two copies to the President of the United States,
fifty copies to the Department of State, fifty copies for
transmission to United States legations and consulates-general
abroad, four hundred forty-five to the Library of Congress for
exchanges, one copy to the War Department, one copy for the Military
Academy at West Point, one copy to the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
one hundred copies to the Department of Justice, one copy to the
Smithsonian Institution, and one thousand copies for sale to the
public, according to Geo. M. Adams, Clerk, House of Representatives,
June 6, 1875.
Porter,
Edwin, H., Reporter.
The Fall River Tragedy: A History of The Borden Murders. A
Plain Statement of the Material Facts Pertaining to the Most Famous
Crime of the Century, Including the Story of the Arrest and Preliminary
Trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a Full Report of the Superior
Court Trial, with a Hitherto Unpublished Account of the Renowned
Trickey-McHenry Affair Compiled from Official Sources and Profusely
Illustrated with Original Engravings. Fall River: J.D. Munroe,
1893. 312 pp. Illustrated. Reprint available March 2006 by the
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-546-1. ISBN-10: 1-58477-546-7.
Cloth. $95.
* Compiled nearly contemporaneously
with Lizzie's sensational trial, the author aims to provide "a
connected story of the whole case, commencing with the day of
the tragedy and ending with the day that Miss Borden was set free."
He touches on such topics as the discovery of the murders, the
adjournment of the preliminary hearing and some the many theories
that were advanced before any arrests were made. The book is handsomely
illustrated with photos and line illustrations of the deceased,
the accused the jury and others. Porter was the Police Reporter
of the Fall River Globe.
Pothier,
R.J. Treatise
on the Contract of Sale.
Translated from the French by L.S. Cushing. Boston: Charles C.
Little and James Brown, 1839. xvi, 406 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-10260. ISBN 1-886363-82-X. Cloth.
$70.
* By the
well-known French jurist Pothier [1699-1772], who followed his A
Treatise of Obligations with a series of treatises on branches
of the law based on Roman and French law. This particular treatise,
on the importance of sale as a contract, is a reprint of the first
American edition which was translated by Luther Stearns Cushing
[1803-1856], who lectured on Roman law at Harvard.
Pothier,
Robert Joseph.
A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts. Translated
from the French, with an Introduction, Appendix, and Notes, Illustrative
of the English Law on the Subject. By William David Evans.
London: A. Strahan, 1806. Two volumes. [1], 578, [1]; iv, 715,
[1] pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-26397.
ISBN-13: 978-1-886363-98-4. ISBN-10: 1-886363-98-6. Cloth. $195.
* Of this
edition Marvin speaks highly of Evans: "His notes are comprehensive
and learned, and deserve a careful perusal in connexion with the
text, and he is entitled to considerable praise for having furnished
Pothier on Obligations to the profession in so good and
accurate an English garb." Marvin, Legal Bibliography 578.
Holdsworth agrees: "He helped to make English lawyers acquainted
with Pothier's work, and, by so doing, did considerable service to
the development of the English law of contract..." Holdsworth, A
History of English Law XIII:467. Evans [1767-1821] was a
scholarly English lawyer. To Pothier's work he added an Appendix on
several topics of English law, organized as a treatise on the law of
evidence. Pothier's treatise on civil law was "... soon recognized
as a major contribution to legal science, translated by Evans and
frequently cited in British Courts." Walker,
Oxford Companion
to Law
973. Reprint of the uncommon Evans translation, the English second
edition which followed the American edition of 1802 (translated by
F.X. Martin), which is also available as a facsimile reprint
published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Pothier,
Robert Joseph.
A Treatise on Obligations, Considered in a Moral and Legal
View. Translated from the French of Pothier. Translated by Francois-Xavier
Martin. Newbern, N.C.: Martin & Ogden, 1802. 2 vols. in
1 book. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a new
introduction by Warren M. Billings. LCCN 98-38360. ISBN-13: 978-1-886363-62-5.
ISBN-10: 1-886363-62-5. Cloth. $95.
* Pothier
was a jurist and legal scholar who specialized in French and Roman
law. In the decades that led up to the Civil War, this classic,
highly-regarded civil law treatise was required reading for
practitioners, scholars, as well as law students. Martin, a printer
from New Bern, North Carolina, gained distinction for this
translation, which he published in 1802. "The
Treatise on Obligations was soon recognized as a major
contribution to legal science, translated by Evans and frequently
cited in British Courts." Walker 973. Marvin quotes Sir William
Jones' introduction of Pothier's Obligations to the bar in
England: "For my own part, I am so charmed with them, that if my
undissembled fondness for the study of jurisprudence, were never to
produce any greater benefit to the public, than barely the
introduction of Pothier to the acquaintances of my countrymen, I
should think that I had, in some measure, discharged the debt which
every man, according to Lord Coke owes to his profession.": Marvin,
Legal Bibliography 578.
Potts,
Thomas. A Compendious
Law Dictionary, Containing Both an Explanation of the Terms and
the Law Itself. Intended for the Use of the Country Gentleman,
the Merchant, and the Professional Man.
London: Printed
for T. Ostell, 1803. iv, 620 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-433-9. Cloth. New. $120.
* As the
subtitle indicates, Potts' dictionary was intended for the prominent
laymen engaged in business and agriculture. He pays special
attention to commercial legislation regarding bankruptcy, insurance
and bills of exchange, as well as to the nature of tenures and
tithes. In addition to definitions, Potts [1778-1842] discusses a
variety of issues ranging from current regulations regarding dog
muzzles to the legal rights and responsibilities of children.
Pound,
Roscoe. An Introduction
to the Philosophy of Law. New Haven: Yale University Press,
1922. 307 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN
2002044351. ISBN 1-58477-327-8. Cloth. $70.
* Pound's
Introduction outlines the philosophical foundations that support
Anglo-American common law. A written version of the Storrs Lectures
delivered at Yale University during the academic year 1921-1922.
"Dean Pound has given us a clear, concise introduction to the
philosophy of the law. It is so concise that it is impossible to
summarize it so as to give any idea of its wealth of learning....An
excellent, impartial and concise presentation of the subject..."
William Herbert Page, Harvard Law Review 36:115-117 cited in Marke,
A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University
(1953) 922.
Pound,
Roscoe. Jurisprudence.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1959. Five volumes. Reprinted
2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-119-4. Cloth.
$495.
* Pound's
magnum opus. This monumental work which was the culmination of a
life devoted to the study of the law and its philosophical
underpinnings. One of the most important contributions to the
world's legal literature of the century in which he advances his
views on sociological jurisprudence, the school of thought he
championed. According to Pound, the law should be flexible to meet
the changing needs of society. More important, it must recognize the
needs of humanity and take contemporary social conditions into
account. (Some theorists believe that this work inspired Franklin
Roosevelt's New Deal program.) Within are parts that cover The
Nature of Law, Sources, Forms, Modes of Growth, Application and
Enforcement of Law, The System of Law, chapters include Law and
Morals-Jurisprudence and Ethics, Law and the State-Jurisprudence and
Politics, The Judicial Process in Action, Obligations-Duties of
Performance and of Restitution, Comparative Civil Procedure. Pound
[1870-1964] was a pre-eminent legal educator, scholar and prolific
author of influential writings on law. After private practice he was
for many years a law professor, dean of Harvard law school from
1916-1936, and in his later years taught all over the world. Sayre,
The Life of Roscoe Pound.
Pound,
Roscoe. New
Paths of the Law. First Lectures in the Roscoe Pound Lectureship
Series. [Lincoln]: University of Nebraska Press, 1950. 69 pp.
Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 2006. ISBN 1-58477-672-2.
Cloth. $50.
* Notable for their conservatism,
which became more pronounced in subsequent publications, these
lectures reflect on developments in the international legal order
during the late 1940s. Pound [1870-1964] detected three legal
"paths," those of liberty, humanitarianism and authoritarianism.
The first, which he endorses, seeks to realize a maximum of free
individual self assertion. Legal humanitarianism, which he criticizes
heavily, is the expansion of injury law to include social redress
and consumer protection. His antipathy toward the authoritarian
path goes beyond a condemnation of authoritarian regimes like
the Soviet Union to a rejection of any form of social legislation,
such as socialized medicine or state-run pensions.
Powell,
Chilton Latham.
English Domestic Relations 1487-1653. A Study of Matrimony
and Family Life in Theory and Practice as Revealed by the Literature,
Law, and History of the Period. New York: Columbia University
Press, 1917. xii, 274 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-096-1. Cloth. $75.
* From
its first appearance in English writing in 1487, the marriage
contract, its making and breaking, and its subsequent effect on
English family life, is examined here through the lens of the law,
literature and events of the period. Powell includes discussions of
contemporary attitudes toward women, and domestic conduct books,
with selections from several conduct books included in the appendix.
This unique treatise also offers the only existing account of
English writings on the subject of the divorce of Henry VIII at the
time of original publication.
Powell,
Edward Payson.
Nullification and Secession in the United States. New York:
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. xi, 461 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-067013. ISBN 1-58477-132-1. Cloth. $95.
* A study
of secession and nullification movements in the United States from
the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. The
plot for a northern confederacy (1803-04), the Burr plot
(1805-1806), New England nullification and the Hartford Convention
(1812-1814), and South Carolina's attempts at nullification in 1832
are also considered. Powell [1833-1915] goes on to propose that the
secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in
American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the
nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense
individualism which was most potent factor in the creation of the
republic." Preface. Sensitive to the continued animosity between the
north and south, Powell hoped that the historical context provided
by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation.
First
American Edition of The First Treatise on Contracts
Powell,
John Joseph. Essay
Upon the Law of Contracts and Agreements. Walpole: Printed,
At the Press of Thomas & Thomas, by David Newhall, 1802. Two
volumes. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-520-3.
Cloth. $150.
* Reprint of the first American edition
of the first treatise on the subject. (It is based on the first
London edition, 1790, to which it is starred.) Powell [1755?-1801]
wrote several distinguished treatises that were used widely in
England and America, including this one. Though mildly critical
of its organization, Holdsworth considers it "an able book"
that "is much more than a digest of cases" because "[i]n
all cases the author tries, with considerable success, to state
principles, and to illustrate them by cases.": History
of English Law XII:392.
Powell,
Thomas Reed. Vagaries
and Varieties in Constitutional Interpretation. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1956. xv, 229 pp. Reprinted 2002 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-210-7. Cloth. $70.
* With a
Foreword by Paul A. Freund. Published versions of the James S.
Carpentier lectures delivered by Powell [1880-1955] at Columbia
University in 1955. Its chapters include "Establishment of Judicial
Review," "Professions and Practices in Judicial Review," "National
Power," "Federalism: Intergovernmental Relations," "Federalism:
State Powers Affecting the National Economy; State Police Power" and
"Federalism: State Powers Affecting the National Economy; State
Taxing Power."
Price,
William Hyde. The
English Patents of Monopoly. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin,
and Co., 1906. x p., 2 l., [3]-261, [1] pp. Reprint available
June 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-623-9.
ISBN-10: 1-58477-623-4. Cloth. $95.
* Originally published in the series
Harvard Economic Studies. This study of English monopolies is
divided into two sections. The first is a political history of
English monopolies from 1559 to 1640. The second looks the effect
Royal licenses had on the organization and development of different
industries. Enriched with 100 pages of source documents, this
oft-cited treatise remains a standard work.
Probert,
William, Translator.
The Ancient Laws of Cambria: Containing the Institutional Triads
of Dyvnwal Moelmud, the Laws of Howel the Good, Triadical Commentaries,
Code of Education, and the Hunting Laws of Wales, to Which are
Added, the Historical Triads of Britain. London: Sold by E.
Williams, 1823. iv, 414 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-564-5. Cloth. $95.
* Inspired by the spirit of Romantic
nationalism, Probert [1790-1870] published this fascinating compilation
of ancient Welsh texts to "rouse the dormant spirit"
of Cambria so it "may awake from the slumber of ages, shake
off that darkness and false taste which Gothic barbarity and tyranny
imposed upon her, and re-assume her ancient and splendid greatness"
(Dedication). Its contents include the first English translation
of the Laws of Howell the Good, which date to the ninth century
and are considered by Probert to be the greatest intellectual
achievement of medieval Wales. It also contains the first valuation
of dogs in the British Isles. In addition to translations, Probert
offers an intriguing argument that the trial by jury was not invented
by Alfred the Great, but adopted from Dynvwal's Triads.
Pufendorf,
Samuel von. [Barbeyrac, Jean].
Of the Law of Nature and Nations. Eight Books. Written in Latin
by the Baron Puffendorf. Done Into English by Basil Kennet. Carefully
Corrected, with Two Tables. To Which Are Added All the Large Notes
of Mr. Barbeyrac, Translated From the Best Edition; Together with
Large Tables to the Whole. The Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected.
To Which is Now Prefixed Mr. Barbeyrac's Prefatory Discourse,
Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Science of
Morality, and the Progress It has Made in the World, From the
Earliest Times Down to the Publication of This Work. Done Into
English by Mr. Carew. London: Printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin,
[et. al.], 1729. [xxviii] 88, 878, [22] pp. Reprinted 2005 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-394-4. Cloth. $195.
* Reprint of the fourth English edition
of De Jure Naturae et Gentium. In 1662 Samuel Pufendorf
[1632-1694] was appointed to the first modern professorship in
natural law (at the University of Heidelberg). In 1670 he became
professor of natural law at the University of Lund in Sweden.
First published in 1672, this is his principal work and a landmark
in the history of natural and international law. It proposed a
thorough system of private, public, and international law based
on natural law. Beginning with a consideration of fundamental
legal ideas and their various divisions, Pufendorf proceeded to
a discussion of the validity of customs, the doctrines of necessity
and innate human reason. The work is significant in part because
it developed principles introduced by Grotius and Hobbes. Unlike
Hobbes, Pufendorf argued that peace, not war, was the state of
nature, and he proposed that international law was not restricted
to Christendom.
[Purves,
David Laing (1838-1873)].
Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches.
Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., [1860-1869?]. [v], 154 pp.
Reprint available June 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN
1-58477-589-0. Cloth. $65.
* This is a reprint of a volume that
was published in 1868 by W.P Nimmo, Edinburgh, in the series Nimmo's
Commonplace Books. It offers a variety of colorful -- and
occasionally ribald -- anecdotes drawn from the history of English
law, such as "A Judge in the Stocks-Lord Camden," "Eccentric
Epitaph on a Barrister," "Lord Brougham's Rebuke of
Rigmarole," and "The Last Temple Revel."
Radin,
Max. Law as
Logic and Experience. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1940.
ix, [1], 171 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 99-30670. ISBN 1-58477-008-2. Cloth. $55.
*
"Although this volume does not purport to be a serious contribution
to legal science or to legal philosophy, it is full of the mellow
wisdom, the gracious erudition, the provoking phrase, and the human
sympathy that make almost anything that Max Radin says or writes
worth pondering. It presents a series of lectures on two texts: the
dictum of Coke, J. 'Reason is the life of the law,' and the
dissenting opinion of Holmes, J., 'The life of the law has not been
logic, it has been experience.'" Felix S. Cohen, Harvard Law
Review 54:711. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of
New York University (1953) 924.
Radin,
Max. The Trial
of Jesus of Nazareth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1931. ix, 266 pp. Reprint available July 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-662-5. Cloth. $75.
* 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.
[Raithby,
J.]. The Study
and Practice of the Law, Considered in their Various Relations
to Society. In a Series of Letters. By a Member of Lincoln's Inn.
Portland: Thomas B. Wait, 1806. 8vo. xiii, 364, [3] pp. Reprint
available June 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-615-3.
Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of the first American edition.
First published anonymously in England in 1798 and attributed
to Sir James Macintosh. A series of fifty-eight letters designed
to improve the student of law in such matters as eloquence, integrity,
urbanity, memory, religion, philosophy and manners.
Ralston,
Jackson H. International
Arbitration from Athens to Locarno. Stanford University Press,
1929. xvi, 417 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-396-2. ISBN-10: 1-58477-396-0. Cloth. $110.
* Ralston
[1857-1945] was an American diplomat and scholar of international
law. Written from the perspective of a professional, this study is
notable for its deep understanding of history and the nature of
international arbitration. The first part outlines general
principles of judicial settlement between nations. The second part
is a historical survey of international arbitration from antiquity
to the Treaty of Locarno (1925).
Randolph,
Sir John, and Barradall, Edward, Reporters. Barton, R.T., Editor.
Virginia Colonial Decisions: The Reports of Decisions of the
General Court of Virginia 1728-1741. Edited, with Historical
Introduction. Boston: the Boston Book Company, 1909. Two volumes.
xxviii, 250, 118; 394 pp. Frontispiece. Reprinted 2005 by The
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-510-6. Cloth. $175.
* These volumes contain all of the
decided cases of colonial Virginia's chief court reported by Randolph
[c.1693-1737] and Barradall [1704-1743]. Excepting a few cases
reported later by Thomas Jefferson and William Hopkins, these
are all of the cases reported during the colonial period. Invaluable
sources for the early history of American law, Barton commends
these reports for "the picture they give of [Virginia's]
colonial period in all its shades and aspects" and their
ability to "make the observer see what the more detailed
narrative of history fails to tell" (Preface iv). This set
is further enriched by Barton's 250-page introduction, which outlines
the legal system of colonial Virginia and sets the reports in
their social context.
Rapalje,
Stewart and Lawrence, Robert L. A
Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions of the
Technical Terms of the Canon and Civil Laws. Also, Containing
a Full Collection of Latin Maxims, and Citations of Upwards of
Forty Thousand Reported Cases, in which Words and Phrases Have
Been Judicially Defined or Construed.
Jersey City: Frederick C. Linn & Co., 1888. Two volumes. xxxviii,
1380 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 97-38484.
ISBN 1-886363-33-1. Cloth. $250.
* Rapalje
[1843-1896] was the author of criminal law treatises and compiled
digests, having worked with Benjamin Vaughan Abbott to create the
problematic United States Digest New Series. He was said to
have learned from "the faults of his tutor" on that project. This
dictionary has been cited for its correctness and usefulness. First
published in 1883, this is the second and final authorial edition.
1579 Edition With New
Introduction by Bryan A. Garner
Rastell,
John. An Exposition
of Certaine Difficult and Obscure Words, and Termes of the Lawes
of this Realme, Newly Set Foorth & Augmented, Both in French
and English, for the Helpe of such Yonge Studentes as are Desirous
to Attaine the Knowledge of the Same. Whereunto are also Added
the Olde Tenures. [London]: Richard Tottell, [1579]. 196 leaves.
Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a new introduction
by Bryan A. Garner. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-328-3. ISBN-10: 1-58477-328-6.
Cloth. $80.
* The
first edition of Rastell's law dictionary precedes in point of time
the publication of the first general English dictionary, and is the
most important English dictionary before Cowell's controversial
Interpreter (1607). Rastell [d.1536] was a successful lawyer and
printer. He published his dictionary around 1523 with the title
Expositiones Terminorum Legum Anglorum. (Later editions are
titled Termes de la Ley or An Exposition of Certaine
Difficult and Obscure Words). Immediately successful, it went
through at least twenty-nine editions, the last appearing in 1819.
Hicks praised its value and described it as useful for its insights
into the state of the common law at the close of the year-book
period. This early edition is especially significant because it was
printed by Richard Totell [fl. 1553-1594]. Totell was an important
London printer who owned the patent for many common law books.
Hicks, Materials and Methods of Legal Research 246. H.
Graham, "Rastell and the Printed English Law Book of the
Renaissance," Law Library Journal 47 (1954):6, 20. Dictionary of
National Biography XVI: 746-747.
[Rastell,
John]. [Rastell, William]. Les
Termes de la Ley: Or, Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and
Terms of the Common and Statute Laws of This Realm, Now in Use,
Expounded and Explained. Corrected and Enlarged, with the Addition
of Many Other Words; Particularly of Those Introduced into the
Statute Law of Great Britain, Never Printed in Any Other Impression.
[London]: Printed
by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1721. [iv], 592 pp. Reprint available
June 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-547-5. Cloth.
$125.
* Last and best edition of the first
English law dictionary. Corrected and greatly enlarged with English
and Law French in parallel columns. This edition was translated
by his son, William Rastell [1508?-1565], who is often listed
as its author. First published in 1527, this pioneering dictionary
was originally written in Law French with the Latin title
Expositiones Terminorum Legum Anglorumae. Quite popular with
students and lawyers due to its clarity and concision, it went
through at least twenty-five editions by 1721. A final reissue
appeared in 1819. As Marvin observes, it is a useful dictionary
because it "reflects the common law at the close of the year-book
period with much fidelity.": Legal Bibliography (1847)
599.
Rawle,
William. A View
of the Constitution of the United States of America. Second
Edition. Philadelphia: Philip H. Nicklin, 1829. viii, 349 pp.
Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002044387.
ISBN 1-58477-331-6. Cloth. $75.
* This
treatise is one of the earliest works on the subject of the United
States Constitution, and one of the most important. Rawle presents
the view that states have a legal right to secede from the union.
Cohen observes that the popularity of this text, which was used at
West Point and other schools throughout the country, "is generally
considered to have influenced the leaders and supporters of the
Confederacy, although in fact Rawle opposed secession." Cohen,
Bibliography of Early American Law 2893. Rawle [1759-1836] was a
pillar of Pennsylvania's legal establishment and a highly regarded
attorney and educator.
[Reddall,
Henry Frederic, Compiler.].
Wit and Humor of the American Bar: A Collection from Various
Sources Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings. Philadelphia:
George W. Jacobs & Co., [1905]. 238 pp. Reprinted 2004 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-387-0. ISBN-10:
1-58477-387-1. Cloth. $95.
*
Contents: "Some Neat Replies," "The Bright Witness," "The Witty
Attorney," "Slips of Speech," "At The Expense of the Bench," "The
Prisoner Retorts," "Humor of the Bench," "The Reply that Silences,"
"Justice's Justice," "Strained Situation," "Outside the Court Room,"
"Where Ignorance is Bliss," "Diplomacy," "In Rural Districts," "The
Negro and the Law," "The Irishman in Court," "The Young Lawyer" and
"Coroner's Verdicts."
[Rede,
Leman Thomas, Supposed Author].
Strictures on the Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent
Lawyers of the Present Day: Including, among other Celebrated
Names, Those of the Lord Chancellor, and the Twelve Judges.
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1790. xv, 232 pp. Reprinted 2005
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-507-6. Cloth. $95.
* A series of caustic-satiric biographies
of contemporary eminent jurists, including the Earls of Mansfield
and Camden, Sir Francis Buller and others. Unabashedly ad
hominem, they are often quite funny. Sir Nash Grose is compared
to a poisonous spider. Sir Richard Perryn's language "is
poor, insipid and nerveless" and his manner "conveys
an idea of weakness and insipidity" (178). Mr. Anstruther's
voice often "sounds discordant, and ungrateful to the ear
of harmony" (221). The book concludes with an essay titled
"The Character of an Honest Lawyer," which is introduced
with the following note: "After so much has been said of
lawyers of the present day, the insertion of the following character
from an old writer may not, perhaps, be thought impertinent or
improper.": 225. Given the nature of contemporary English
libel law, the author was wise to publish this book anonymously.
Though it is sometimes attributed to Edward Wynne [1734-1784],
an English barrister, it was probably written by Leman Thomas
Rede [1754/55-1810], a member of the Inner Temple.
Reeve,
Tapping The
Law of Baron and Femme, of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward,
Master and Servant, and of the Powers of the Courts of Chancery;
with an Essay on the Terms Heir, Heirs, Heirs of the Body. Third
Edition, With Notes and References to English and American Cases
by Amasa J. Parker and Charles E. Baldwin, Counselors-At-Law.
Albany: William Gould, 1862. xlvi, 677 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-36057. ISBN 1-886363-58-7. Cloth.
$95.
* Third
and final edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
women is chiefly valued for its description of the legal character
of domestic relations. This treatise delineates the marital,
parental, guardian, master and chancery authority and rights of
property, debts, wills, contracts and settlements. "American text
writing as a significant force in our legal development begins in
1816 with Reeve's Baron and Femme.": Pound, The Formative
Era of American Law 140. In 1782 Reeve [1744-1823] founded the
first American law school, Litchfield Law School, where he was the
only teacher until 1798 when he was appointed to the superior court
bench.
Reinsch, Paul Samuel.
English Common Law in the Early American Colonies. Madison:
[Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin], 1899. 64 pp. Reprinted
2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-487-8. Cloth.
$65.
* This focused study of the institutional
framework of colonial government addresses the colonial policy
of the European powers, the motives and methods of colonial expansion,
the general forms of colonial government and how the administrative
and legislative methods of each colony grew to accommodate them.
Richards,
John T. Abraham
Lincoln The Lawyer-Statesman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916.
Frontis. Illustrated. xii, 260 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-20587. ISBN-13: 978-1-886363-94-6. ISBN-10:
1-886363-94-3. Cloth. $65.
* An
examination that examines Lincoln's role as a lawyer and his
approach to the law and judiciary. In so doing the work corrects the
myths regarding Lincoln's stand on the South, his position on the
case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, and his overall skill as a lawyer and
orator. Well illustrated, with one foldout. Also includes a list of
cases where Lincoln appeared as counsel in the Illinois Supreme
Court.
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.
Robinson,
Sir Chr[istopher].
Collectanea Maritima; Being a Collection of Public Instruments,
&c. &c. Tending to Illustrate the History and Practice
of Prize Law. London: W. Wilson, 1801. [viii], viii, 213,
[1] pp. Reprint available May 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
2005. ISBN 1-58477-656-0. Cloth. $85.
* Reprint of the only edition. Robinson
[1766-1833], a doctor of civil law, an advocate of Doctor's Commons,
and the editor of an important series of admiralty reports, argues
that prize law is governed by body of principles derived from
the "immemorial usage and Customs of the Sea" [iii]
that were revealed over time in treaties and other legal documents.
He supports his argument through annotated excerpts from the Consolato
del Mare and other English and Continental documents from
the fourteenth through eighteenth century (in translation). It
is an interesting thesis argued with a sophisticated blend of
ideas from the civil and common law. From a historical point of
view, Robinson's remarks on landmark texts on prize law offer
important insights into their English reception at the dawn of
the Napoleonic Wars.
Roby,
Henry John.
An Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Digest Containing
an Account of its Composition and of the Jurists Used or Referred
to Therein. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1884. cclxxix
pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-059331.
ISBN 1-58477-073-2. Cloth. $65.
* This
authoritative introduction to a scholarly study of Justinian's
Digest provides more than an explanation and analysis of the
legal arrangement and the components themselves, although those are
key features of the work. He compares points, extracts, and other
legal sources, makes recommendations for citing the Digest. A
number of chapters are given over to the jurists. The Appendix lays
out the organizational structure of the Digest and includes a
chronological table of Emperors and major events. With an
interesting chapter entitled "Of Lawyers' Latin" which includes
technical phrases encountered in the Digest. Marke, A
Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953)
115.
Roby,
Henry John.
Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1902. Two volumes. xxxii,
543; xiii, [1], 560 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. LCCN 99-059270. ISBN 1-58477-074-0. Cloth. $180.
* The
private law of Rome is the authentic source of the substance of
modern European law, and was at its highest development, at the end
of the second century, before the advent of Constantinople, when
Rome was still the capital of the world. Based on an examination of
original sources, this scholarly treatise on Roman private law is
divided into four Books: Book I: Citizenship and Status Generally,
Book II: Family, Book III: Inheritance, Book IV: Property.
Rogers,
Edward S. Good
Will Trade-Marks and Unfair Trading. Chicago: A.W. Shaw Company,
[1914]. 288 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN
2001045971. ISBN 1-58477-211-5. Cloth. $80.
* Rogers
[b. 1875] was a lecturer on the law of trademarks at the University
of Michigan Law School. This volume examines such topics as fair
use, the extent of trademark coverage and types of infringement.
Also considers issues related to dishonest advertisements and other
printed materials.
Rogers,
Lindsay. The
Postal Power of Congress: A Study in Constitutional Expansion.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1916. 189 pp. Reprint available
August 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-677-3.
Cloth. $70.
* 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.
Rogers,
R[obert] Vashon.
The Law of Hotel Life or, The Wrongs and Rights of Host and
Guest. San Francisco: Sumner Whitney and Company, 1879. vii,
207 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13:
978-1-58477-587-4. ISBN-10: 1-58477-587-4. Cloth. $75.
* Reprint of a title in Rogers' popular
Legal Recreations series, which included books on transportation
law, medical jurisprudence and other subjects. Engagingly written,
The Law of Hotel Life covers such topics as "Fire,
Rats and Burglars," "Duties of a Boarding-House Keeper,"
"City House and Manners," "Safes and Baggage"
and What is a Lein?" Taken together, these chapters offer
an incomparable review of the law in Canada and the United States
during the late nineteenth century. Rogers [1843-1911] was a Canadian
barrister and professor at Osgoode Hall
Ross,
Alf. On Law
and Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959.
xi, 383 pp. Reprinted 2004 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN
1-58477-488-6. Cloth. $90.
* In this
influential and oft-cited study Ross discounted the theories of
natural law, positivism and legal realism. In their stead, he
proposed the abandonment of "ought-propositions" for the "is-propositions"
employed by other empirical sciences, thereby envisioning lawyers
that serve merely as "rational technologists." Less bound by
tradition, and traditional notions of justice, jurisprudence then
becomes "not only a beautiful mental activity per se, but
also an instrument which may benefit any lawyer who wants to
understand what he is doing and why" (Preface).
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 July 2006 by the
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-675-7. Cloth. $95.
* 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's 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 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.
Rutherford,
M. Louise. The
Influence of the American Bar Association on Public Opinion and
Legislation: A Dissertation in Political Science Presented to
the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor
of Philosophy. Philadelphia, 1937. ix, 393 pp. Reprinted 2004
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-434-1. ISBN-10:
1-58477-434-7. Cloth. $95.
*
Rutherford analyzes the significance and possibilities of the
different policies and activities of the American Bar Association,
the programs initiated to effectuate such policies, and the cogency
of their programs. A descriptive study, it offers a painstakingly
detailed record of the Bar Association's influence, as well as
suggestions to promote its effectiveness. Valuable for its insights
into the ABA during the 1930s, it is equally worthwhile as a model
for analytical studies of professional associations.
Rutherforth,
Thomas. Institutes
of Natural Law; Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on
Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis, Read in St. John's College Cambridge.
Carefully Revised and Corrected.
Baltimore: Published by William and Joseph Neal, 1832. x, 596
pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-457-6.
Cloth. $125.
* Reprint
of the second American edition. First published in England in
1754-1756, this exposition of natural law and de Jure Belli et
Pacis was one of the most important English treatises of the
period. Reprinted in America in 1799, it was a standard text here
for several decades. As late as 1847, Marvin observed that
Rutherforth [1712-1771] was still "considered one of the ablest
commentators upon Grotius" because "[h]is work is clearly and
logically written, and exhibits great acuteness, sound argument, and
learning.": Legal Bibliography (1847) 625.
Rutherfurd,
Livingston. John
Peter Zenger: His Press, His Trial and A Bibliography of Zenger
Imprints. Also a Reprint of the First Edition of the Trial. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. xiii, [1], 275 pp. Frontispiece.
Illustrations. Reprint available May 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-626-9. Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of the 1904 edition, which
was limited to three hundred twenty five copies. The standard
older account of the trial, it remains a valuable part of the
Zenger bibliography. For many scholars the most valuable parts
of this study are the "Literal Reprint of the First Edition
of the Trial" and the descriptive bibliography of titles
issued by the Zenger Press, the list of issues of the New York
Weekly Journal and the bibliography of the trial. Taken together,
these chapters provide an overview of Zenger's career, the works
he printed and the historical reception of his trial to about
1900.
Rutledge,
Wiley. A Declaration
of Legal Faith. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1947.
197 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-448-7.
Cloth. $65.
* Justice
Rutledge [1894-1949] was the last of Franklin Roosevelt's
appointments to the Supreme Court and a staunch defender of the New
Deal. In this book he states his faith in judicial and governmental
activism. He elaborates these principles in the second part, "The
Commerce Clause: A Chapter in Democratic Living," which addresses
changing judicial interpretations of the Constitutional delegation
of power to regulate commerce. He concludes that the commerce
clause's pre-eminence in the scheme of federation ensured the
adoption of the Constitution and preserved its success ever since.
[Saint
Germain [German], Christopher]. The
Doctor and Student or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and
a Student in the Laws of England Containing the Grounds of Those
Laws Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity Thereof
Revised and Corrected by William Muchall, Gent. to which are added
two pieces concerning Suits in Chancery by Subpoena.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1874. xiv, 401 pp. Reprinted
1998 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-11338. ISBN 1-886363-49-8.
Cloth. $85.
* Written
originally in Latin in 1523, this work contains two dialogues
between a doctor of divinity and a student of English law, and is
known for putting into popular form canonist learning regarding the
nature and object of law, the religious and moral standards of law,
the foundations of the common law and other discussions regarding
the jurisdiction of Parliament. A very important work in the
development of equity, Doctor and Student appeared in
numerous editions. It was frequently cited and influenced
generations of legal writers down to Blackstone and later. Marke,
A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953)
38. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard
University (1909) II:516-517.
[Salmon,
Thomas]. A
Critical Essay Concerning Marriage. Shewing, I. The Preference
of Marriage to a Single Life. II. The Arguments For and Against
a Plurality of Wives and Concubines. III. The Authority of Parents
and Governors, in Regulating or Restraining Marriages. IV. The
Power of Husbands, and the Privileges of Wives. V. The Nature
of Divorce, and in What Cases it is Allowable. VI. The Reasons
of Prohibiting Marriage Within Certain Degrees. VII The Manner
of Contracting Espousals, and What Engagements and Promises of
Marriage are Binding. VIII. The Penalties Incurred by Forcible
and Clandestine Marriages, and the consequences Attending Marriages
Solemnized by Dissenters. To Which is Added, an Historical Account
of the Marriage Rites and Ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans,
and Our Saxon Ancestors, and of Most Nations of the World at this
Day. London: Printed for Charles Rivington, 1724. [xx], 310,
5 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-460-6.
Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of the first edition. Salmon
[1679-1767] was a prolific writer on legal, historical and geographical
subjects. He claimed that he went to sea and explored the world
for many years. These travels may have furnished the information
used in the book's section on marriage rites, which discusses
the practices of Denmark, Livonia, Lapland, Germany, Greece, Armenia,
Turkey, Persia, India, Ceylon, Siam, China, Japan, Morocco, Guinea,
Ethiopia, Chili, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, America, Mexico, Canada,
Russia and Sweden. Whether he actually visited these places or
not, Salmon's book remains a fascinating document of English social
values, anthropological views and legal philosophy in the immediate
decades after the Civil War and Restoration. This book was published
anonymously in 1724. The second edition, which states the author's
name, was published later that year.
Sandars, Thomas Collett. The Institutes of Justinian, With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes. London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1917. lxxx, 608 pp. Reprint available February 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-726-7. ISBN-10: 1-58477-726-5. Cloth. $145.
* Reprint of the Seventh and final edition. Latin and English text of the Corpus Juris Civilis with English commentary, includes index.
Sandys,
Sir John Edwin.
Aristotle's Constitution of Athens. A Revised Text with an
Introduction Critical and Explanatory Notes Testimonia and Indices.
Second edition, Revised and Enlarged. London: Macmillan &
Co., Limited, 1912. xcii, 331 pp. Frontis. Illus. Reprinted 2000
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-23952. ISBN 1-58477-004-X.
Cloth. $75.
* By the
author of the standard comprehensive history of classical
scholarship, A History of Classical Scholarship. This
scholarly examination of the textual evidence of the papyrus of what
is known to be Aristotle's Constitution of Athens, which dated from
328 and 325 B.C., is enhanced by notes that pertain to the legal
aspects of the work. A thorough introduction surveys Greek political
literature prior to Aristotle's time and that ascribed to him, and
concludes with a history of the Constitution itself. While other
scholars may have already deciphered the papyrus, this work is
distinguished by the provision of the text with critical notes on
each page, followed by the Testimonia, which contain further
evidence on the text, in the form of quotations in Greek, often
providing passages in full for immediate reference. With a
bibliography and English as well as Greek index.
Savigny,
Frederick Charles von.
Of the Vocation of Our Age for Legislation and Jurisprudence.
Translated by Abraham Hayward. London: Littlewood, [1831]. ix,
[9]-192 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN
2001041396. ISBN 1-58477-189-5. Cloth. $65.
* Written
in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the
Vocation proposed a common legal code for the newly liberated
German states, and attacked Thibaut's advocacy of a code based on
natural law. Though he aimed in part to improve the administration
of justice, von Savigny [1779-1861] hoped that a common legal system
would serve a larger goal: the promotion of a spirit of unity among
Germans.
Savigny,
Friedrich Carl von.
Private International Law, and the Retrospective Operation
of Statutes: A Treatise On the Conflict of Laws, and the Limits
of Their Operation in Respect to Place and Time. Translated,
With Notes, by William Guthrie. With an Appendix Containing the
Treatises of Bartolus, Molinaeus, Paul Voet, and Huber. Edinburgh:
T. & T. Clark, Law Publishers, 1880. xii, 567 pp. Reprinted
2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2003052774. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-367-2.
ISBN-10: 1-58477-367-7. Cloth. $150.
* Reprint
of the second revised edition. Savigny [1779-1861] was an important
German jurist and an excellent scholar of Roman law. A principal
member of the historical school of jurisprudence, he had a keen
interest in its role in the subsequent development of European law.
Private International Law is a volume drawn from his
System of Modern Roman Law (1840-1849), an eight-volume study of
contemporary legal systems based on Roman law. As the translator
observes, this volume is valuable because it "deals with a subject
of great practical importance, as to which the opinions of foreign
jurists have always been respected in the British courts. And not
only has the eighth volume itself been cited as an authority in our
tribunals, but English writers have borrowed and enforced its
doctrines with more or less exactness of reproduction"
(Introduction, 9). Beyond its lucid exposition of a complex subject,
this book offers a wonderful introduction to Savigny's monumental
study. With an appendix containing a biography of Savigny and an
index of English and Scottish cases.
Savigny,
[Friedrich Carl von].
Von Savigny's Treatise on Possession; or the Jus Possessionis
of the Civil Law. Sixth Edition. Translated from the German
by Sir Erskine Perry. London: R. Sweet, 1848. xvi, 432 pp. Reprinted
2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-289-1. Cloth.
$150.
*
Treatise on the nature of the legal concept of possession by the
German jurist and scholar of Roman law, Freidrich Carl von Savigny
[1779-1861], a founder of the historical school of jurisprudence,
which opposed the natural school of thought. The only English
translation of his first work, and originally published in German in
1803, the book made Savigny's reputation as a jurist of the first
order. Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 1103. Sweet and
Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of
Nations I: 316. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of
Harvard University (1909) I:386.
Schechter,
Frank I. The
Historical Foundations of the Law Relating to Trade-Marks.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1925. xxviii, 211 pp. Reprinted
2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-41673. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-035-0.
ISBN-10: 1-58477-035-X. Cloth. New. $65.
* What is
the exact nature of the nature of the right to a trademark? What is
the basis of relief in trademark cases of unfair competition?
Schechter unravels these problems as he traces the development of
the law of trademarks from medieval times to the early twentieth
century. Includes table of cases and statutes, bibliography.
Considered to be "...invaluable for starting scholarly research."
Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University
(1953) 869.
Schoenrich,
Otto. The Legacy
of Christopher Columbus: The Historic Litigations Involving His
Discoveries, His Will, His Family, and His Descendants. Three
Centuries of Disputes, Lawsuits, Struggles for Rewards and Inheritances,
Frauds by the Admiral of Aragon and Others, Spoilations by Sir
Francis Drake and Others, Claims of Illegitimates and Black Sheep
Resulting from the Discovery of America. Los Angeles: The
Arthur H. Clark Company, 1949. Two volumes. Illustrated. Reprinted
2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 1-58477-404-5. Cloth. $195.
*
Important scholarly study of three centuries of disputes, lawsuits
and struggles for rewards and inheritances, involving the
descendants of Columbus. It explains how the legacy left by Columbus
kept his family in a turmoil for more than ten generations. It also
describes the obstructions and losses occasioned by the acts of Sir
Francis Drake, Admiral William Penn and others. The material is
compiled from the archives in Spain, France and the Americas.
Contains a bibliography. This story of Columbus' litigious
descendants offers a view of Spanish contract and estate law from
1492 to 1796.
Schofield,
Henry. Essays
on Constitutional Law and Equity and Other Subjects. Boston:
The Chipman Law Publishing Company, 1921. Two volumes. Reprinted
2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001043982. ISBN 1-58477-223-9.
Cloth. $195.
* In the
foreword, John H. Wigmore writes: "The essays here collected are a
rich revelation of a genius at once critical and constructive in the
highest degree... No modern writer in that field has excelled
him-and only one or two have equaled him-in mastery of the entire
complex of Federal decisions and in firm grasp of constitutional
principles." And of Schofield's style Wigmore raves: "Once entered
upon his text the reader is carried along irresistibly by the sheer
pleasure of following the reasoning. No modern law writer has a
style at once so personal and yet so entirely scientific." Foreword
vi, vii. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York
University (1953) 402.
Schouler,
James. A Treatise
on the Law of the Domestic Relations; Embracing Husband and Wife,
Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward, Infancy, and Master and Servant.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1870. lix, 670 pp. Reprinted
2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-419-3. Cloth.
$120.
* Reprint
of the first edition. Schouler [1839-1920] was America's leading
authority on family law. His book on domestic relations, the first
thorough study published in the United States since Tapping Reeve's
The Law of Baron and Femme (1816), describes domestic law as
it stood in the states and territories during the 1860s. A standard
text, it went through six editions, the final appearing in 1921.
Schroeder,
Theodore. Constitutional
Free Speech Defined and Defended in an Unfinished Argument in
a Case of Blasphemy. New York: Free Speech League, 1919. 456
pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-049361.
ISBN 1-58477-053-8. Cloth. $90.
*
Schroeder's inflammatory analysis of a blasphemy case involves a
historical interpretation of the Constitution. His thesis covers
ample ground and many points of view on the subject of freedom of
expression, including his criticism of Justice Kent, that
"Blackstone [was] no authority on free speech," and that the
motivation for blasphemy laws was the protection of the privileged
classes. Schroeder [1864-1953] was a founding member of the Free
Speech League. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New
York University (1953) 337.
Schroeder, Theodore.
Free Speech Bibliography Including Every Discovered Attitude
Toward the Problem Covering Every Method of Transmitting Ideas and
Abridging Their Promulgation upon Every Subject-Matter. New
York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1922. [vii], 247 pp. Reprinted 2001
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-047151. ISBN 1-58477-049-X.
Cloth. $85.
* Annotated
bibliography organized by subject. General categories include works
issued before 1800, general discussions, alien and sedition laws
of 1768, economic motive, personal motive, religious motive, sedition,
sex motive, war motive, and suppressed publications. Sub-categories
include slavery, chattel, anarchists, trials, church and state,
heresy, labor unionists, art, theater. With a thorough author index.
Schroeder [1864-1953] was a founding member of the Free Speech League.
Schroeder, Theodore.
"Obscene" Literature and Constitutional Law. A Forensic
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* A
comprehensive argument in favor of free speech by the noted New York
attorney and founding member of the Free Speech League.
Schulte, Joh. Friedrich von.
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Cloth. $225.
* Reprint
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