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A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.
The Comic Blackstone [bound with] [Anstey, John].
The Pleader's Guide, A Didactic Poem by John Surrebutter;
American edition by James L. High. With illustrations by George
Cruikshank. Chicago: Callaghan & Cockcroft, 1870. xii, 376,
57, 65 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-104-6.
Cloth. $95.
* The
Comic Blackstone is a whimsical farce patterned after the
Commentaries divisions of persons, property, private and public
wrongs. Not in Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the
Yale Law Library. The Pleader's Guide is a humorous poem
in two parts that originally appeared in London in 1796. This
edition is a reprint of an uncommon American edition that included
both titles in one book.  
Abdy,
J.T. and Bryan Walker.
The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian. Translated
with Notes by J.T. Abdy and Bryan Walker. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1885. xxvi, 501 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-548-3. Cloth. $95.
* In Latin with a parallel English translation. The Gaii Institutionum Juris Civilis Commentarii Quatuor, or Institutes of Gaius, was compiled around 161 CE. It is a deeply influential elementary textbook on Roman private law. Well-arranged and clearly written, it was the standard textbook for the next 300 years. One of the five authorities accepted by Justinian, it is the primary source of the Institutes. It was also the basis of the Breviarium Alaricianum, or Lex Romana Visigothorum. Gaius [c.115-180] was a teacher and writer who probably lived in Rome. The Tituli ex Corpore Ulpiani, also known as the Epitome Ulpiani, Regulae Ulpiani or Rules of Ulpian is a collection of legal rules attributed to Ulpian [c.160-228 CE], who is considered to be the last great classical Roman jurist. Many of the rules in this collection are similar to those in Gaius, and it is fruitful to have both works in the same volume for the purposes of comparison and clarification.
Adams, George Burton.
Council and Courts in Anglo-Norman England.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. xxv, 403 pp. Reprinted
2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-449-5. Cloth.
$90.
* Reprint
of a title from the Yale Historical Publication Studies. The
judicial system constructed by the Normans after 1066 rested on a
broad foundation of Anglo-Saxon institutions. Adams traces the
evolution of this construction with an emphasis on the ways
Anglo-Saxon and Norman practices influenced one another. He proceeds
to demonstrate how the resulting judicial hybrid contributed to the
development of the English constitution.
Adams, Henry, Henry
Cabot Lodge, Ernest Young and J. Laurence Laughlin.
Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company,
1876. xii, 392 pp. Reprinted 2005 Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-435-5. Cloth.
$95.
* Reprint
of the first edition. A collection of essays by four distinguished
Harvard professors. Contents: "The Anglo-Saxon Courts of Law" by
Henry Adams, "The Anglo-Saxon Land-Law" by Henry Cabot Lodge, "The
Anglo-Saxon Family Law" by Ernest Young and "The Anglo-Saxon Legal
Procedure" by J. Laurence Laughlin. Includes an appendix of select
cases in Anglo-Saxon law with parallel translations. In The
Historians of Anglo-American Law, Holdsworth included this
volume in his survey of significant books by American scholars
(113).
Adams, John.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the
United States of America.
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Corbett,
1797. Three volumes. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 00-067586. ISBN 1-58477-140-2. Cloth. $250.
* Reprint
of the final authorial edition published in Philadelphia during
Adams' [1735-1826] presidency. His defense of the Constitution
played an important role in the development of American political
theory. He calls for a doctrine of the separation of powers, a
system of checks and balances, and a legislature of two houses. The
work's timely publication and thesis influenced the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention of 1787. Written and originally published
in London in 1787 while Adams was serving at the Court of King
James. With a list of subscribers that includes senators,
congressmen and other distinguished statesmen.
Adams, W.H. Davenport.
Learned in the Law; or Examples and Encouragements from the
Lives of Eminent Lawyers. London: S.W. Partridge & Co.,
[1882?]. vi, 392 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 2002025948. ISBN 1-58477-238-7. Cloth. $100.
* A set
of biographical sketches of eminent jurists from the 17th through
19th centuries, including Lord Bacon, John Selden, the Earl of
Mansfield, Sir William Jones, and Lord Brougham. Conceived for young
readers, Adams offers a series of "Great Man" portraits in the
manner of Carlyle in the hope that their lives will encourage
emulation. Adams [1828-1891] therefore emphasizes the outstanding
moral character, determination, and diligence of his subjects and
their crucial contributions to Britain. Like many Victorians, Adams
feared that the need for professional specialization created by the
growth of science and industry would eliminate the type of
well-rounded personality dear to the English. This concern is
evident in his choice of representative figures. He demonstrates in
each case that these were men of many parts, and that their breadth
of interests contributed to their greatness in the annals of the
law.
Alfred, King of Wessex.
The Legal Code of Aelfred the Great. Edited With an Introduction
by Milton Haight Turk. Boston: Published by Ginn and Company,
1893. viii, 147 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 2003056437. ISBN 1-58477-392-8. Cloth. $95.
* A
legendary figure in Medieval history, Aelfred [871-899] expelled the
Vikings from England and founded the first significant centralized
kingdom in present-day England and Wales. A learned monarch, he was
well-versed in Christian theology and Classical thought. His legal
code attempted to teach his subjects about their duty, the king's
authority and the collective destiny of Wessex. Indeed, the preface
contains a history of law beginning with the Ten Commandments, which
suggests that he believed his subjects were a new people of God. Not
a code or handbook in the conventional sense, it aimed to promote
the king as a lawgiver on Roman and biblical models. This edition
contains the complete text of the code with full scholarly apparatus
and an extensive introduction that discusses manuscripts of the
code, philological issues and the code's legal and literary
qualities.
A Companion to Pollack and
Maitland
[American Association
of Law Schools].
Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History. By Maitland,
Pollock, Holmes, Beale, Holdsworth and Others. Boston: Little,
Brown, and Company, 1907. Three volumes. 847; 823; 862 pp. Reprinted
1992 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 91-77977. ISBN 0-9630106-1-1.
Cloth. $195.
*
Originally conceived as a companion volume to Pollock and Maitland's
History of English Law, this valuable work of legal
scholarship, long out-of-print, has become increasingly difficult to
obtain. Its 76 essays fill some 2,500 pages. At the time of its
original publication the Harvard Law Review stated: "No one can fail
to be impressed with the deep research, the deliberate construction,
and the substantial worth of these essays."
Ames,
Herman V., Editor.
State Documents on Federal Relations: The States and the United
States. Philadelphia: Department of History of the University
of Pennsylvania, 1906. 320 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-558-4. ISBN-10: 1-58477-558-0. Cloth.
$85.
* This work, focusing on the years 1789-1861, "comprises typical papers covering the official action of various states in different sections of the country, relative to the chief political and constitutional issues in our history. The documents have been selected especially with a view to illustrate the development of the doctrines of broad and strict construction, the prevalence of the 'compact theory' of the Constitution and the doctrine of 'State Rights,' State opposition to the Federal Judiciary, and the different phases of the slavery controversy, culminating in the secession movement.": Preface.
Anderson, William C.
A Dictionary
of Law, Consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of
Words, Phrases, and Maxims, and an Exposition of the Principles
of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and
English Jurisprudence.
Chicago: T.H. Flood and Company, 1889. viii, 1140pp. Reprinted
1996 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 96-35844. ISBN 1-886363-23-4.
Cloth. $150.
* A
significant early American law dictionary that preceded Black's by
two years. Black in fact acknowledged his debt to Anderson in the
preface of his first edition, and a comparison of entries reveals
many instances of similar if not identical language, though both
lexicographers have drawn freely from previous works.
Anderson's Dictionary is
heavily referenced, citing countless cases, treatises and other
sources. Moreover, many entries such as "citizen" and "law" itself,
receive extended treatment. Anderson gives judicially framed
definitions whenever possible to illustrate the application of
judicial principles. Preferred spellings and the correct
pronunciation of often mispronounced words are included, as are
Latin and Norman-French terms, and brief biographies of prominent
jurists such as Blackstone, Kent, and Story. Anderson's
Dictionary is an authoritative legal reference work for all
libraries.
Angell, Joseph K.
A Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers,
by Land and Water. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown,
1849. xxiv, 791 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 2002041290. ISBN 1-58477-292-1 Cloth. $95.
* The
first legal treatise on the subject of railroads. Angell [1794-1857]
was a Boston attorney and one of America's first significant legal
scholars. A prolific author, he published treatises on the law of
corporations, watercourses and other topics. His works were esteemed
highly and Angell on Carriers viewed as one of his finest treatises.
James Kent said they were indispensable to the intelligent lawyer (DAB);
several were required reading at Harvard Law School. With an
appendix of adjudged cases, acts of Congress "for the safety of
passengers on board of steam-boats" and an addenda of decisions "not
published in season to be inserted in the body of the work."
Dictionary of National Biography I:310. See Warren, A History
of the American Bar 546.
Angell,
Joseph K., and Samuel Ames. [Lathrop, John, Editor].
Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate.
Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Boston: Little, Brown and Company,
1861. lvi, 810 pp. Reprinted 2004 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 1-58477-473-8. Cloth. $175.
* Reprint of the seventh edition. The first American treatise on the subject, it departed from English models to address the unique characteristics of the American corporation in the years after 1815, an era of unprecedented growth that was encouraged by the courts. It was the standard treatise of its day. In his Legal Bibliography (1847) Marvin says it was "undoubtedly the best work...an American lawyer can possess" and notes that "Chancellor Kent highly recommends the book" (63). The first edition was published in 1832; the final edition was published in 1882. The seventh edition is desirable because it summarizes the state of the field before it was revolutionized by the Civil War economy and the rise of modern corporate capitalism after 1865.
Angell,
Joseph K[innicut] [1794-1857].
A Treatise on the Right of Property in Tide Waters, and in
the Soil and Shores Thereof. Boston: Charles C. Little and
James Brown, 1847. xvi, 295, [1], cxlvi, [1], [463]-475 pp. Reprint
available June 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 1-58477-557-2.
Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of the "revised, corrected and enlarged" second edition. Topics covered in this classic work include Roman, English and American laws on the right of property in the sea, rights acquirable in salt and tide waters by prescription, custom and grant and the right of those who own land adjoining shores to make embankments, such as wharves. Reviewing the first edition (1826), Marvin observed that it was the first book on the subject since Hale's De Jure Maris et Brachiorum Ejusdem, then commended it as "a work that was much needed" and "a valuable contribution to our jurisprudence.": Legal Bibliography (1847) 62.
Anthony, Susan B.
An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony,
on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election
in Nov., 1872. and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T.
Marsh and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by whom
her Vote was Received. Rochester: Daily Democrat and Chronicle
Book Print, 1874. vii, 212 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. LCCN 2001041397. ISBN 1-58477-187-9. Cloth. $65.
* An
account of the landmark suffragist trial before the U.S. Circuit
Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua in June,
1873, that brought the cause of women's voting rights to the
forefront of national attention in the United States. A group of
women led by preeminent abolitionist and woman's rights advocate
Susan B. Anthony [1820-1906], attempted to vote during the
presidential election of 1872, claiming they were entitled to do so
according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The presiding officials,
Jones, Hall, and Marsh, decided by a majority to accept their
ballots. The women were soon arrested for this act and indicted for
"knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote." The
officials were also indicted. This volume reprints the text of the
indictment and a transcript of the testimony with connecting
commentary. The appendix offers an address by Anthony delivered
before her trial, a speech on her behalf cause by Joslyn Gage, and a
critical assessment of the trial by John Hooker.
Ashburner, Walter.
The Rhodian Sea-Laws. Edited from the Manuscripts. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1909. ccxciii, 132 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-173-9. ISBN-10: 1-58477-173-9.
Cloth. $75.
* The
Rhodian laws are a code of maritime laws adopted by the people of
the island of Rhodes approximately between 600 and 800 A.D. The
Rhodes were at that time the sovereign rulers of the sea. The text
includes the lex Rhodia de iactu, which is the origin of the
modern law of general average. Contains the original Greek text of
the constitutions, a translation and commentary, and subject index.
This edition is highlighted by a lengthy introduction that places
the Sea-Laws in historical perspective. An important volume for the
scholar of admiralty or maritime law or international trade. See
Walker, The
Oxford Companion
to Law
1069. "An exhaustive work." Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography
of the British Commonwealth I:504.
Attenborough,
F.L., Editor and Translator.
The Laws of the Earliest English Kings. Cambridge: University
Press, 1922. xi, 256 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-583-6. ISBN-10: 1-58477-583-1. Cloth.
$85.
* The most impressive contribution to the bibliography of Anglo-Saxon legal sources since Thorpe and Liebermann, this edition contains the texts of the Kentish laws, the laws of Ine and Alfred the Great, treaties with the Danes, and the laws of Edward the Elder and Aethelstan. The texts are in Anglo-Saxon with English translations. (Latin texts are used if the Anglo-Saxon originals were lost.) "Mr. Attenborough has done a very useful work in providing a critical translation of the Anglo-Saxon dooms for English-speaking students who are unable, or do not go far enough to find it needful, to make use of Liebermann's great and apparently final edition. Not that advanced scholars can afford to neglect Mr. Attenborough, for he shows himself fully capable of independent judgement and makes many observations deserving their attention": Frederick Pollock, Law Quarterly Review 38 (1922) 511.
Austin,
John. Lectures
on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Law. Fifth Edition,
Revised and Edited by Robert Campbell. London: John Murray,
1885. Two volumes. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 1-58477-429-0. Cloth. $250.
* Reprint of the fifth edition of Austin's magnum opus. Austin [1790-1859] was the founder of English analytical jurisprudence and the first to subject the law to inductive analysis. First published in 1861, this work is a landmark in the development of modern legal thought. Its most important contributions were the strict delimitation of law and its distinction from morality, elaboration of the idea of law as a kind of command and the close examination of such common legal terms as right, duty, liberty, injury and punishment. The editions edited by Campbell had a profound influence on Anglo-American jurisprudential thinking. This is especially true of this edition, which is widely regarded as the best.
Austin, John.
The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. London: John
Murray, 1832. xx, 392, lxxvi pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-33457. ISBN 1-58477-023-6. Cloth. $85.
* Reprint
of the first edition of Austin's work wherein he presents his
theories of analytical jurisprudence and positive law which led to
Austin [1790-1859] being considered the father of positive
jurisprudence. The only edition published during his lifetime, long
unavailable, will be of great interest to researchers, historians,
libraries and scholars of jurisprudence.
Ayusawa,
Iwao Frederick.
International Labor Legislation. New York: Columbia University
Press, 1920. 258 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 1-58477-461-4. Cloth. $80.
* A study of the history and progress of international labor agreements, treaties, conventions and congresses that resulted in labor legislation with international applicability or influence on international commercial practices by a Japanese scholar. Ayusawa begins with the origins of international labor legislation in the early nineteenth-century and concludes with an analysis of the 1919 Washington Conference. Important for its historical perspective, this study shows that the central issues of globalization debated today, such as the international community's right to demand changes in local labor practices, are the same ones that affected its first phase during the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally published as Volume XCI, Number 2 in Columbia's series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law.
Azuni,
D[omenico] A[lberto] [1749-1827].
The Maritime Law of Europe. Translated from the French
[by William Johnson]. New York: Printed by George Forman for
I. Riley & Co., 1806. Two volumes. xxxii, 424; viii, 430,
[1]pp. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-651-2. ISBN-10: 1-58477-651-X. Reprinted
2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Cloth. $180.
* Reprint of the first and only American edition and only edition in the English language. This systematic work on the maritime law of Europe, of great influence on the prize laws relating to the legality of the capture of goods and vessels at sea, as well as for the analysis of Rhodian laws and the Consolato del Mare. D.A. Azuni was an Italian jurist and a writer on mercantile law who later became a French citizen and then president of the appeal court at Genoa and judge of the Commercial Court at Cagliari. First published in Italian in 1795-6 (Sistema universale dei principii del diritto marittimo dell'Europa) Azuni's treatise "relates rather to maritime international law, properly so called, than to private maritime jurisprudence... It points out what is always of the highest importance to the diligent inquirer after truth, the sources of information upon maritime jurisprudence... The English translation from the French, by William Johnson is excellent, and his notes show a familiarity and accurate acquaintance with legal and classical antiquities.": Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 82.
Babbitt, Charles J.
Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws Statutory
Revisions, Compilations, Codes, Etc., and Constitutional Conventions
of the United States and its Possessions and of the Several States
to May, 1912. [Boston]: The Trustees of the State Library
of Massachusetts, [1912]. 634 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041289. ISBN 1-58477-293-X. Cloth. New.
$125.
* A
hand-list of statute law defining the location of the text of every
legislative session that has occurred in the United States and its
possessions to 1912, including every volume containing session laws
or revisions and compilations of laws. Compiled for the State
Library of Massachusetts by Charles J. Babbitt under the direction
of Charles F.D. Belden, the State Librarian at the time of the
compilation. The historical and bibliographic details provided
include a synopsis of the political situation that warranted the
statute when applicable, as well as format and collation of the
noted volume.
Bacon,
Matthew. Wilson, Bird, Editor.
A New Abridgment of the Law: With Considerable Additions, by
Henry Gwyllim. With the Addition of the Later English, and the
American Decisions. Philadelphia: Farrand and Nicholas, 1811.
Seven volumes. Reprint available August 2006 by the Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-523-8. Cloth. $995.
* First American edition, from the sixth London edition. Bacon's Abridgment is a digest of cases as well as a compilation of treatises written by Sir Jeffrey Gilbert and gathered by Bacon [fl. 1730] for the first edition published in London in 1736. However, Bacon lived long enough only to carry the work up to "Sheriff;" the remainder was added by the original English editors Joseph Sayer [fl. 1750] and Owen Ruffhead [1723-1769]. In frequent use by practitioners of the era, its importance is attested to by the many editions the work enjoyed. Its comprehensiveness and, still more, the logical system of subdivisions employed within each title, placed it far above all previous compendia of its kind, and made it, according to Marvin's Legal Bibliography (1847), "...quite a law library in itself" (85). This edition contains additions and notes by Bird Wilson [1777-1859], Pennsylvania jurist and son of James Wilson.
Bacon, Sir Francis.
The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Branched into a
Double Tract: The One Contayning A Collection of Some Principal
Rules and Maxims of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent.
Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of Such as are Studiously
Addicted to That Noble Profession. [With] The Other:
The Use of the Common Law, for the Preservation of our Persons,
Goods, and Good Names. According to the Laws and Customs of this
Land. London: Printed by the assignes of I. More Esq., 1630.
xix, 104, vii, 84 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. LCCN 2002025942. ISBN 1-58477-248-4. Cloth. $85.
* Bacon
[1561-1626], one of the great intellectuals of the age, held the
posts of Solicitor General, Attorney General and Lord Chancellor
during the reign of James I. The Elements of the Common Laws of
England is the general title for a work that is comprised of two
different treatises: A Collection of Some Principall Rules and
Maximes of the Common Lawes of England and The Use of the
Law, Provided for the Preservation of Our Persons, Goods and Good
Names. The first contains twenty-five maxims, or regulae.
They are remarkable for their stylistic vigor, intellectual rigor,
meticulousness and clarity. It was the first part of De Regulis
Juris, a codification of English law that Bacon never completed.
This is quite unfortunate, observes Holdsworth, because "he alone
had the philosophical capacity, the historical knowledge and the
literary taste needed to select the subject matter and shape the
form of the books. (...) [Had he completed the book] there would be
many who would question whether, as a lawyer, he was not Coke's
superior." The second treatise is a review of the history and
practical application of criminal law, estate law, personal property
law and the law of slander (i.e. "the preservation of our good names
from shame and infamy"). Holdsworth, A History of English Law
V:498-499.
Baldwin, Henry.
A General View of the Origin and Nature of the Constitution
and Government of the United States, Deduced from the
Political History and Condition of the Colonies and States, from
1774 until 1788. And the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Together with Opinions in the Cases Decided at
January Term, 1837, Arising on the Restraints on the Powers of
the States. Philadelphia, Printed by J. C. Clark, 1837. v,
[1], 197 p. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN
00-026728. ISBN 1-58477-098-8. Cloth. $60.
* Baldwin
[1780-1844] served as Supreme Court Justice on the bench with Joseph
Story, whose views on sovereignty espoused in the Commentaries
he opposes herein. Mainly the work advances his opinions against the
two prevailing schools of Constitutional interpretation, the strict
constructionists and the Marshall school of liberal interpretation,
and presents his own, third, middling interpretation, which Bauer
suggests "comes closer to agreement with the states rights interests
than with those who favor a national government.": Commentaries
on the Constitution 243.
Ball,
F. Elrington. The
Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921. London: John Murray. [1926].
2 volumes, each with frontispiece. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-428-2. Cloth. $195.
* "These interesting volumes serve a double purpose; they supply condensed biographies (in the style of the Dictionary of National Biography) of all who held judicial office in Ireland from the earliest days down to the new constitution, with references to sources and chronological tables. In short, they are the Irish counterpart to Foss's book, The Judges of England. And secondly, the general chapters are a careful history of the Irish judiciary, its members, their politics and connections, and the legal profession in general, with some remarks upon the history of the courts in Ireland. ": T.F.T. Plucknett, Harvard Law Review 41:275.
Ballentine,
James A., Compiler.
A Law Dictionary of Words, Terms, Abbreviations and Phrases
Which are Peculiar to the Law and of Those Which Have a Peculiar
Meaning in the Law. Containing Latin Phrases and Maxims With Their
Translations and a Table of the Names of the Reports and Their
Abbreviations. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1916].
[vi], 632 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13:
978-1-58477-490-8. ISBN-10: 1-58477-490-8. Cloth. $150.
* Reprint of the uncommon first edition. Along with those of Black and Anderson, Ballentine's is one of the most important American dictionaries of the modern era. Containing over 18,000 entries and a 97-page index of American and English law and equity reports, it is renowned for its concision and accuracy. Immediately popular, it went through three editions by 1969 and served as the basis of the College Law Dictionary (First edition, 1931) and the Self-Pronouncing Law Dictionary (1948). The 1916 edition retains its value as a handy but thorough one-volume reference.
Bancroft, George.
History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United
States of America. Second Edition. New York: D. Appleton
and Company, 1882. Two volumes. xxiv, 520; xiv,501 pp. Reprinted
2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-23946. ISBN 1-58477-002-3.
Cloth. $175.
* Traces
the formation of the federal constitution from its origin to the
inauguration of Washington, with an extensive appendix of letters
and papers illustrating the formation of the constitution.
Bar, Carl Ludwig von.
A History of Continental Criminal Law. Boston: Little,
Brown, and Company, 1916. lvi, 561 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-32341. ISBN 1-58477-013-9. Cloth. $90.
*
Originally published as volume 6 of The Continental Legal History
Series Published under the Auspices of the Association of American
Law Schools. Explores the history of criminal law in roman, germanic
and medieval Europe from ancient times to the date of authorship,
and includes a scientific and philosophical discussion of the
principles underlying criminal law.
Barrett, Bryant, Translator.
The Code Napoleon, Verbally Translated From the French: To
Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing a Succinct
Account of the Civil Regulations, Comprised in the Jewish Law,
the Ordinances of Menu, the Ta Tsing Leu Lee, the Zend Avesta,
the Laws of Solon, the Twelve Tables of Rome, the Laws of the
Barbarians, the Assises of Jerusalem, and the Koran. London:
W. Reed, 1811. Two volumes. cccxciii, 575 pp. Reprinted 2004 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2003044238. ISBN 1-58477-381-2.
Cloth. $160.
* Reprint
of the first English edition. Bryant Barrett was an English attorney
and member of Gray's Inn. His superb translation is noteworthy in
part because it was published the year the Code was enacted. As
such, it has the advantage of being in a style of English that is an
idiomatic contemporary to the original French. Many scholars believe
that this is the finest translation of the Code. Indeed, they have
found it to be more accurate than the official Louisiana edition.
Barrett's index, which follows the style of English lawyer's
common-place books and abridgments, is a thorough guide to the Code.
The philological basis of his 393-page introduction had a profound
influence on the subsequent development of Classical British legal
ethnography.
Barton, Dunbar Plunket.
Shakespeare and the Law. With a foreword by James
M. Beck. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. xl, 167 pp. Reprinted
1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-26602. ISBN 1-58477-000-7.
Cloth. $75.
* An
entertaining evaluation of Shakespeare's plays that classifies legal
allusions found in the plays, clearly outlines Shakespeare's
relation to the Inns of Court and of Chancery, and the references he
makes to celebrated trials, famous judges and advocates. "This is a
mighty pleasant and profitable book." Frederick Pollock, Law
Quarterly Review 45:395 as cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the
Law Collection at New York University 1141.
Barton,
William. A Dissertation
on the Freedom of Navigation and Maritime Commerce, and Such Rights
of States, Relative Thereto, as Are Founded On the Law of Nations:
Adapted More Particularly to the United States; and Interspersed
with Moral and Political Reflections, and Historical facts. With
An Appendix, Containing Sundry State Papers. Philadelphia:
John Conrad and Company, 1802. 339, xlv, [3] pp. Octavo. Reprinted
2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 1-58477-509-2. Cloth. $110.
* Reprint of the first and only edition. Barton [1754-1817] admired Thomas Jefferson and dedicated this book to him. Jefferson was pleased by this honor: "Accept my best wishes for the success of your work and assurances of my high esteem and respect" (Sowerby). One of the earliest works of its kind, Barton presents an American interpretation of maritime law affecting freedom of navigation and the rights of neutral merchant vessels during times of war. Barton uses a broad overview of international law and treaties of the Washington and Adams administrations to criticize English interference with American shipping and the impressment of sailors. This volume offers a contemporary interpretation of the actions that would lead to the Non-Intercourse and Embargo Acts (1807, 1809) and, in the following administration, the War of 1812.
Baty,
T[homas]. International
Law. London: John Murray, 1909. 364 pp. Reprinted 2005 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-5847-5638. ISBN-10:
1584775637. Cloth. New. $95.
* Baty provides a thorough review of international incidents throughout nineteenth century Europe, the Near East and the Americas relating to arbitration, penetration, territorialism and similar subjects. He concludes that international law manifested in agreements among nations would be supplanted by a less rigid system governed by contracts. This will happen, he reasons, due to the greater economic interdependence of nations brought about by globalization. Anticipating the effects of 21st-century globalism, Baty concludes by outlining the ways this interdependence will occur, and some of its potential dangers.
Baty,
T., and J.H. Morgan.
War: Its Conduct and Legal Results. New York: E.P. Dutton
and Company, 1915. xxviii, 578 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook
Exchange. ISBN 1-58477-573-4. Cloth. $95.
* The authors argue that the war has effectively ended the existing system of international law, a system that was already in decline due to the growing economic and political interdependence of states. These changes have created a new set of problems that will provide the basis of international law when the war ends. In addition to supplying an intellectual framework for this new system, Baty and Morgan address practical topics like international arbitration and more abstract issues like clash between nationalism and cosmopolitanism. "[V]ery good reading....It is a thoughtful book.": T.S.W., Yale Law Journal 19:313-314 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 645.
Bauer, Elizabeth Kelley.
Commentaries on the Constitution 1790-1860. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1952. 400 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-45409. ISBN 1-886363-66-8. Cloth. $95.
* A
thorough survey and examination of the "formal commentaries" on the
Constitution that were written as summaries of official
pronouncements by proponents of the two major schools of
constitutional interpretation before the Civil War--the nationalist
Northern school as evidenced by the Marshall-Story decisions in the
Supreme Court, and the Southern states rights advocates who lacked
an equal spokesman. As this important study places the commentaries
in a historical context by comparing their theories, examining their
impact and their roots in the lives of the authors, it serves to
illustrate "the early divergence between the North and South in
theoretical discussions of the nature of the Union, and eventually
lead to the constitutional justification of Southern secession."
From the Preface.
Beale, Joseph Henry.
Bartolus on the Conflict of Laws. Translated into English
by Joseph Henry Beale. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914.
86 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002038864.
ISBN 1-58477-294-8. Cloth. $65.
*
Probably the first doctrine on the conflict of laws, this is a
portion of Bartolus' commentary on Justinian's Code and its glosses,
his Super Primam et Secundam Partem Codicis Commentaria.
Copied often in manuscript, it appeared in print in 1471. It takes
into account local customs and statutes, and contains what may be
the first clear recognition of the principle that the lex loci
governs the validity of a legal act. Bartolus also appreciated
the distinction between laws effective only within the territory and
laws that might have operation outside the territory, a distinction
that assumed great importance in later continental writings on the
subject. One of the great medieval commentators, Bartolus di
Sassoferrato [1313-1357] was a professor of law at the University of
Perugia. His authority as an expositor of Roman law was immense, and
it endured for centuries. A practical lawyer, Bartolus attempted to
derive principles suitable to his time from the accumulated layers
of local, feudal and Roman law.
Beale, Joseph H.
A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws. New York: Baker, Voorhis
& Co., 1935. Three volumes. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774259. ISBN-10: 1-58477-425-8.
Cloth. New. $450.
* Reprint
of the first edition. Beale's treatise ranks with Williston on
Contracts and Wigmore on Evidence as one of the
undisputed classics of twentieth-century American law. In fact,
Jerome Frank claimed in Law and the Modern Mind that it may
be the best legal work produced in his lifetime (48). The reasons
for its importance are summarized nicely in an early review: "In the
first place, it contains the most exhaustive collection of the
American cases on the conflict of laws ever made. In the second
place, it gives us the matured conclusions of the outstanding
American student on the subject, conclusions arrived at and
expressed in the prevailing philosophy of the legal profession. In
the third place, it gives us in useable form the needed commentary
upon the various sections of the Restatement without which it would
be to know in many cases just what is meant or upon what authority
the 'restatements' are made.": Walter Wheeler Cook, Columbia Law
Review 35:1154-1162 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law
Collection of New York University (1953) 354.
Beard, Charles Austin.
The Office of the Justice of the Peace in England, in its Origin
and Development. New York: Columbia University Press,
1904. 184, [1] pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 00-036237. ISBN 1-58477-102-X. Cloth. $60.
* Beard's
first book, in which he points out that the office of the justice of
the peace was originally a creation of the Crown, traces the
struggle of the office to establish its independence. "It was the
King's Peace that after many ages swallowed up every other 'peace,'
and it is as a phase of the prolonged struggle for mastery between
the principle of centralized administration and the principle of
local independence that we must view the evolution of the office of
Justice of the Peace. This is well brought out by Dr. Beard, and he
is especially clear in tracing the long series of tentative steps
and experiments that led up to the final establishment of the office
by the statute of 1360." H.J.R., Law Quarterly Review 21:186-188 as
cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York
University (1953) 198.
Beard, Charles.
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United
States. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. vii, 330 pp.
Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-036834. ISBN
1-58477-111-9. Cloth. $80.
* In this
classic and controversial interpretation of the economic conditions
of the United States between 1783-1787, Beard proposes the thesis
that the Framers were motivated by economic concerns. In his
landmark work The Growth of American Law Hurst describes
An Economic Interpretation... as "one of 'the basic works' on
the Federal Convention of 1787." Hurst, The Growth of American
Law: 458. Beard [1874-1948] was a founder of The New School for
Social Research.
Beard, Charles A.
The Supreme Court and the Constitution. New York: The
Macmillan Company, 1912. vii, 127 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-50368. ISBN 1-886363-78-1. Cloth. $45.
* A
thorough analysis of the early history and development of judicial
review, from 1787 through Marbury v. Madison. "A strong
argument that the constitutional fathers intended to establish
judicial review." Carr, The Supreme Court and Judicial Review
293. "The book is based on the most exhaustive examination which has
so far been made of the expressed opinions of the men who were most
responsible for the adoption of the United States Constitution."
Col. L. Rev. 13:87 as cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law
Collection at New York University 172. Chapters include "The
Constitutional Convention of 1787 and Judicial Control," "John
Marshall and the Fathers," and "Marbury v. Madison."
Beawes, Wyndham.
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva; Or, A Complete Code of Commercial
Law: Being a General Guide to All Men in Business; Whether as
Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers,
Factors, Supercargoes, or Agents. With an Account of Our Mercantile
Companies; Our Colonies and Factories Abroad; Our Commercial Treaties
with Foreign Powers; the Duty of Consuls, And of the Laws Concerning
Aliens, Naturalization, and Denization. To Which Is Added, a Sketch
of the Present State of the Commerce of the Whole World; Compiled
from the works of the most celebrated British and Foreign Commercial
Writers. Dublin: Printed for John Rice [et. al.], 1795. Two
volumes. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-430-4.
Cloth. $295.
* Reprint
of the sixth edition. Considerably enlarged and improved by Thomas
Mortimer. Beawes [fl. 1775] was a merchant and his book was intended
to be "a guide to all men in business." Nonetheless the Lex
Mercatoria was often cited in court, and its authority formed
the basis of several decisions. It was especially influential in the
United States, where, according to Kent, it was considered "an
authority in mercantile customs.": Kent, Commentaries on American
Law III:126.
Beccaria,
[Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de].
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian;
With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated
from the French. London: Printed for E. Newberry, 1775. [iv],
viii, [iv], 179, lxxix pp. Reprint available June 2006 by The
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-638-2. Cloth. $80.
* Reprint of the fourth edition, which contains an addition text attributed to Voltaire. Originally published anonymously in 1764, Dei Delitti e Delle Pene was the first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment, its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought, which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in Europe and the United States.
Beck, Theodric Romeyn.
Elements of
Medical Jurisprudence.
Albany: Websters and Skinners, 1823. Two volumes. xxxiv, 418;
viii, [9]-471 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
LCCN 96-35845. ISBN 1-886363-24-2. Cloth. $125.
*
Beck's treatise was the first significant American work on forensic
medicine. Embracing "all that is really useful either to the
physician or the lawyer," Beck's work supplanted both Smith's
Principles of Forensic Medicine (1821) and Paris and
Fonblanque's Medical Jurisprudence (1823) as the preeminent
text in the English language. Beck graduated from the New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1811, and his work became an
authority when the field was in its earliest stages. In volume one,
Beck treats feigned and disqualifying diseases, impotence and
sterility, doubtful sex, rape, pregnancy, delivery, infanticide
(contributed by his brother, Dr. John Beck), legitimacy,
survivorship, age and identity, and mental alienation; volume two
examines persons found dead, wounds, and poisons, whether mineral,
vegetable or animal. At the beginning of the work is a useful
bibliography of texts consulted by Beck. Indexed.
Benedict, Erastus C.
The American Admiralty: Its Jurisdiction and Practice with
Practical Forms and Directions. New York: Banks, Gould &
Co., 1850. xiii, 651 pp. Reprinted 2002 by the Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. LCCN 2991941402. ISBN 1-58477-191-7. Cloth. $125.
* Reprint
of the first edition. At the time of its publication there were
other popular treatises published on the subject, but the particular
American viewpoint and practicality of this work qualified it to
surpass the others. Still bing published and now in its seventh
edition, and is still recognized as the premier work on the subject.
Benedict [1800-1880], a noted lawyer and educator, was considered
"one of the foremost admiralty lawyers of his day." Dictionary of
American Biography I: 177.
Benedict, Russell.
Acts and Laws of the Thirteen Original Colonies and States:
Constituting the extraordinary collection of Hon. Russell Benedict.
New York: American Art Association, 1922. [272]pp. Reprinted
1998 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LC 98-20196 ISBN 1-886363-56-0.
Cloth. New. $85.
* An
indispensable complement to The Charlemagne Tower Collection of
Colonial Laws, this catalogue is still very useful and provides
an invaluable resource for the scholar or collector of early
Americana. The
collection of Hon. Russell Benedict included rare titles relating to
acts and laws of the thirteen original colonies and states. Very
rich in detail, this catalogue of 479 items includes meticulous
collation and issue descriptions, annotations, references and
location information, as well as reproductions of selected title
pages. These items were sold at an unrestricted public sale on
February 27, 1922 under the management of The American Art
Association, New York.
Benny,
Philip Berger.
The Criminal Code of the Jews, According to the Talmud.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1880. 133 pp. Reprinted 2006 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-664-1. Cloth. $65.
* This study goes beyond the statutes of the Mosaic Pentateuch to the jurisprudence of the Talmud to create a nuanced description of Jewish criminal law. Beginning with a history of the Mosaic code and an overview of the prescriptions of the Talmud, this study goes on to examine the constitution of the courts, procedure, rules of evidence, perjury, methods of punishment and execution, the treatment of murder, adultery and idolatry and cities of refuge.
Bentham, Jeremy. A
Fragment on Government. Edited with an Introduction by F.C. Montague.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1891. xii, 241 pp. Reprinted 2001
by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-166-6. Cloth. $65.
*
Bentham's first published work, an essay on sovereignty that
criticizes Blackstone's Commentaries and attacks contemporary
views on politics and law. This edition includes F.C. Montague's
scholarly introduction that shows the significance of the Fragment
and includes a biography of Bentham [1748-1832] and a discussion of
his role in the history of jurisprudence. "The Fragment on
Government is primarily a criticism. If it were nothing more, it
would have no interest for later generations, which do not regard
Blackstone as an authority upon speculative questions of politics or
history, and therefore do not need to have Blackstone's theories
corrected or disproved. But in criticizing Blackstone's views,
Bentham necessarily expounds his own. As Bentham is one of the few
English writers of mark upon the theory of political institutions,
and as his doctrine forms a link in the chain of English political
philosophy, we still read the Fragment of Government in order
to see, not how far Blackstone was wrong, but how far Bentham was
right.": Introduction 59.
Bentham, Jeremy.
Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism,
with Reasons for Each Article. With an Introduction, Shewing the
Necessity of Radical, and the Inadequacy of Moderate, Reform.
London: T.J. Wooler, 1818. [vi], 156 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-058816. ISBN 1-58477-121-6. Cloth.
$75.
* The
legendary law reformer points his pen directly at the British class
system as it is manifested in the Parliament and its processes,
calls for expansive democratic reform in the form of "democratical
ascendancy," (15) and praises the United States Constitution. After
the publication of this volume in 1818, his plea for universal
suffrage was criticized by the Edinburgh Review for the
expectation that it would lead to attacks on property. See
Holdsworth, History of English Law XIII:104, 251.
Benton,
Elbert J. International
Law and Diplomacy of the Spanish-American War. Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins Press, 1908. 300 pp. Reprint available June
2006 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-665-X. Cloth.
$95.
* This is a most curious work as it offers an analysis that now seems frozen in amber. Drawing on the example of Le Fur's Etude sur la Guerre Hispano-Americaine de 1898, Envisagee au Point de Vue du Droit International Public (1899) and similar studies, Benton set out to provide an exploration of Spanish-American relations prior to and during the war. This work is critical, but it leans heavily toward a pro-American point of view. He concludes, for instance, that American military and diplomatic objectives were achieved to varying degrees, that at the end of the conflict Cuba was granted complete sovereignty, and that the treaty of peace was fulfilled. Most curiously for the modern scholar, he ends with the recognition that "the occasion of the recent intervention provided for in the Platt Amendment is outside the scope of this work" (291). Benton was a professor of History at Western Reserve University.
Berger, Adolf.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law. Philadelphia: The
American Philosophical Society, [1953]. (Transactions of the American
Philosophical Society; New Series, Volume 43, Part 2, 1953). [ii],
333-808 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN
00-067774. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-142-5. ISBN-10: 1-58477-142-9.
Cloth. $110.
* A
comprehensive reference that includes a useful English-Latin law
glossary and an extensive bibliography (centered on English-language
publications) that covers all of the dictionary's topics. A
formidable research tool.
Berolzheimer, Fritz.
The World's Legal Philosophies. Translated by Rachel Szold.
With an Introduction by Sir John MacDonell and Albert Kocourek.
New York: The MacMillan Co., 1929. lv, 490 pp. Reprinted 2002
by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-255-7. Cloth. $95.
* This
lucid, wide-ranging account traces the evolution of the philosophy
of law and offers an introduction to its primary authors.
Berolzheimer [1869-1920] is especially interested in the law's
ability to serve as a progressive humanitarian force. This is
evident, for example, in the contribution it has made to the
emancipation of repressed social classes. Marke, A Catalogue of
the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 900-901.
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 church-state separation
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.
Binney, Horace.
The Leaders of the Old Bar of Philadelphia. Philadelphia:
[H.B. Ashmead], 1866. 120 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-423-1. Cloth. $95.
* Reprint
of the privately printed 1866 edition which was limited to 100
copies. Horace Binney [1780-1875] began his practice in 1800 and was
the undisputed leader of the Pennsylvania bar during the
mid-nineteenth century. He was also an accomplished poet and
scholar. This book explores the period between the onset of the
American Revolution and the early 1800s through profiles of its
leading figures, William Lewis [1752-1819], an early abolitionist,
legislator and member of the state constitutional convention, Edward
Tilghman [1750-1815], a formidable courtroom lawyer, and Jared
Ingersoll [1749-1822], a judge and member of the 1787 Constitutional
Convention. Interesting in themselves, these studies are special
because they reflect Binney's proximity to his subjects and their
era. It is evident throughout that Binney drew on information shared
by older members of the bar and individuals who knew Lewis, Tilghman
and Ingersoll.
Black, Henry Campbell.
A Dictionary of Law. Containing Definitions of the Terms and
Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern.
Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional,
and Commercial Law; with a Collection of Legal Maxims and Numerous
Select Titles from the Civil Law and Other Foreign Systems.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1891. x, 1253 pp. Reprinted
1991 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 91-62383. ISBN-13: 978-0-9630106-0-5.
ISBN-10: 0-9630106-0-3. Cloth. $195.
* Reprint
of the rare first edition of the classic American law dictionary,
now in its seventh edition. Contains definitions of the terms and
phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern
(including the principal terms of international, constitutional, and
commercial law). There is also a collection of legal maxims, as well
as a bibliography of the principal law dictionaries in English and
other languages to 1891.
Black, Henry Campbell.
A Law Dictionary.
Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and
English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern. And Including the Principal
Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial
Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims,
Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French,
Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table
of Abbreviations.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1910. 1314 pp. Reprinted 1995
by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 97-10320. ISBN 1-886363-10-2.
Cloth. $195.
* The
second edition of Black's classic dictionary incorporates many new
definitions and additional citations to decided cases, besides being
a thorough revision of previous entries. Also included are many
Latin and French terms overlooked in the first edition. Medical
jurisprudence in particular is enriched, with new definitions for
insanity and pathological and criminal insanity. The second edition
(1910) is an essential complement to the first edition (1891) as it
provides the scholar and student of law important insights into the
rapid development of law at the turn of the century. The second
edition is also notable for its revamped system of arrangement, with
all compound and descriptive terms subsumed under their related main
entries. Libraries, students, historians, and practitioners will all
benefit from this historically significant research tool.
Black,
H[enry] Campbell.
A Handbook of Bankruptcy Law: Embodying the Full Text of the
Act of Congress of 1898, and Annotated with References to Pertinent
Decisions Under Former Statutes. St. Paul: West Publishing
Co., 1898. viii, 326 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange,
Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-532-7. Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of the first edition. This treatise contains the complete text of the important National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 with interpretative annotations. Taken together, they are an important document of the act's initial reception. In these Black [1860-1927] "gives special prominence...to the elucidation of those questions which will probably first come before the courts for settlement--questions, that is, of jurisdiction, of procedure, of the persons and corporations entitled to take advantage of the law, or liable to be proceeded against under it, and in regard to the acts of bankruptcy upon which a petition in involuntary cases may be founded (v). A response to the Panic of 1893, the 1898 act was the first to address the complexity and national scope of modern industrial capitalism. Best known for his law dictionary, Black wrote respected treatises on constitutional law, contracts, taxation and other subjects.
Black,
Henry Campbell.
A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Bankruptcy Under The
Act of Congress of 1898 and its Amendments. Kansas City: Vernon
Law Book Company, 1922. xxiii, 1840 pp. Reprint available April
2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-606-4. Cloth.
$185.
* Reprint of the third edition. More convenient than the extensive contemporary works of Collier or Remington, Black's handy treatise, which uses the format of a West Hornbook, offers a compact summary of the law as it stood in the early 1920s. Though its size led some to suspect it was superficial, it was generally well-received and did much to popularize the field. As one reviewer wrote, "[i]t is to be hoped [this book] marks the beginning of a new period in bankruptcy law that will witness its welcoming into the repertoire of the lawyer as one of the regular devices for regulating business relations.": Nathan Isaacs, University of Pennsylvania Law Review 73 (1924-1925) 120.
Black, Henry Campbell.
A Treatise on the Law of Income Taxation under Federal and
State Laws. Kansas City: Vernon Law Book Co., 1913. xlii,
403 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-237-9.
Cloth. New. $85.
* In
1913, the Sixteenth Amendment, which authorized income taxation, was
ratified by the required three-fourths majority of states. Black
[1860-1927] published this work soon after this historic event in
order to define the nature of taxable income, explain the history of
income taxation and defend the government's right to impose it. He
is guided throughout by a Progressive-Era belief in the federal
government as an agent of social reform.
Third and Final Edition of
Cooley's Blackstone
Blackstone, Sir William
[1723-1780]. [Cooley, Thomas M., Editor].
Commentaries on the Laws of England;
In Four Books. With A Copious Analysis of the Contents. And Notes
with References to English and American Decisions and Statutes
to Date Which Illustrate or Change the Law of the Text; Also,
a Full Table of Abbreviations, and Some Considerations Regarding
the Study of the Law. Chicago:
Callaghan and Company, 1884. Four books in two volumes. cxv, 644;
xxvii, 629 pp. (Blackstone's paging retained in margin.) Portrait
frontispiece. Two tables, one folding. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2003053970. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-361-0. ISBN-10:
1-58477-361-8. Cloth. $250.
* Reprint
of the third edition, revised. This edition is notable in part
because it omits the notes of English editors found in Cooley's
earlier editions and adds a good deal of new commentary by Cooley,
most of it dealing with American statutes and decisions. It also has
several new sections including the complete text of, Jones.
A Translation of all the Greek, Latin Italian, and French
Quotations which Occur in Blackstone's Commentaries.... These
are a review of the recent progress in law and essays on local
government in Great Britain, the British colonial system and local
government in the United States and its territories. Cooley
[1824-1898] was one of the most prominent American jurists of the
nineteenth century and an authority on Constitutional law. First
issued in 1870, "Cooley's Blackstone" was the standard American
edition of the late nineteenth century.
Blakey,
Roy G., and Gladys McAlpine Campbell Blakey.
The Federal Income Tax. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans,
Green and Co., 1940. xvii, [2] 640 pp. Tables. Diagrams (one fold-out).
Reprint available June 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13:
978-1-58477-646-8. ISBN-10: 1-58477-646-3. Cloth. $125.
* This was the first book to put the American federal income tax into its historical and political context. Acclaimed upon publication as a necessary supplement to the work of Seligman and Seidman, it is still an essential work. Erwin R. Griswald was among the first to recognize this book's value. In the Harvard Law Review he wrote "[t]here is very little in this book that will help a lawyer win a case...[y]et there is much of practical value, a clear picture of the forest which might otherwise escape the lawyer bent on dissecting the trees." He predicted correctly that "[t]here is a mass of fact and comment that will make the book a standard work of reference for many a year to come" (53:1218). |
