424. [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
LCCN 2001041397. ISBN 1-58477-187-9. Cloth. $65.

425. [Cherokee Laws]
Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation.
With a new introduction by Michael Weber.
Tahlequah, I.T.: National Advocate Print, 1881
370pp. Reprinted September 1998
LCCN 98-12741. ISBN 1-886363-42-0. Cloth. $60.

426. Chitwood, Oliver Perry
Justice in Colonial Virginia.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1905
123, [1] pp. Reprinted 2001
ISBN 1-58477-114-3. Cloth. $65.

427. Church, William S.
A Treatise on the Writ of Habeas Corpus including Jurisdiction, False Imprisonment, Writ of Error, Extradition, Mandamus, Certiorari, Judgments, etc. with Practice and Forms.
San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1886
[lx], 702 pp. Reprinted 2003
ISBN 1-58477-277-8. Cloth. $150.

* First edition of this comprehensive work discusses all aspects of the writ and its jurisdiction in English common law and United States federal and state courts. Includes an examination of issues of bail, foreign and interstate extradition, the return, pardon, custody, etc. and a thorough history of the writ that traces its history to the Roman Edict. Well-indexed.

428. Curran, Francis X.
Catholics in Colonial Law.
Chicago: Loyola University Press, [1963]
vii, 129 pp. Reprint available 2003
ISBN 1-58477-298-0. Cloth. $60.

* A useful collection of annotated source texts concerning the persecution of Catholics under the laws of the American colonies from 1607 to 1776. The selections are arranged by period and colony. Compiled and annotated by a Jesuit scholar.

429. Dalton, Michael
The Countrey Justice, Conteyning the Practice of the Justices of the Peace out of their Sessions. Gathered for the Better Helpe of Such Justices of Peace as Have Not Beene Much Conversant in the Studie of the Lawes of this Realme.
London: Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1618
[xi], 370, [xiii] pp. 9" x 12.” Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002041103. ISBN 1-58477-299-9. Cloth. $125.

* This venerable early English justice of the peace manual went through some twenty editions between 1618 and 1746. Rooted in Crompton, Fitzherbert and Lambard, The Countrey Justice offers advice on such matters as customs, highways, prisons, riots, soldiers, murder, felonies, rogues and vagabonds, wool, and high treason. It is also noteworthy for originating an alphabetically arranged topical structure which was adopted in later texts.

430. DeWitt, David Miller
The Judicial Murder of Mary Surratt.
Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1895
vi, 259 pp. Reprint available 2003
ISBN 1-58477-352-9. Cloth $65.

* Reprint of first edition. Though current scholarship indicates otherwise, many writers have portrayed Mary Surratt as an innocent victim of a vengeful military tribunal that did not have the right to try her. Two events supported this view. One was the 1866 Supreme Court decision Ex parte Milligan, which invalidated the authority of military courts to try civilians in places where civil courts were functioning. Ambiguity concerning military and civil authority in Washington, D.C. in 1865 raised questions about the legality of her trial. The other event was the trial of her co-conspirator son John Surratt before a civil jury in 1867. Surratt’s testimony was similar to that of his mother. When the trial ended in a hung jury, it seemed to many that the military court executed an innocent women. The Judicial Murder of Mary Surratt, a pioneering study of the assassination, was the first significant book to promote this interpretation.

431. Farnam, Henry W.
Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860.
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938
xx, 496 pp. Reprinted 2000
LCCN 99-049362. ISBN 1-58477-054-6. Cloth. $100.

432. Futrell, William H.
The History of American Customs Jurisprudence.
New York: Published privately, 1941
314pp. Reprinted 1998
LCCN 98-11342. ISBN 1-886363-51-X. Cloth. $75.

433. Giesecke, Albert Anthony
American Commercial Legislation Before 1789.
New York: University of Pennsylvania: D. Appleton and Company, agents, 1910
167 pp. Reprinted 2001
LCCN 00-058813. ISBN 1-58477-153-4. Cloth. $65.

434. Groat, George Gorham
Attitude of American Courts in Labor Cases.
A Study in Social Legislation.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1911
vii, 400 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002192202. ISBN 1-58477-308-1
Cloth. $80.

* American courts took a keen interest in union and labor issues during the opening decades of the twentieth century. Lochner v. New York (1905) and Adair v. U.S. (1908) are among the many landmark cases argued at this time. Groat offers a valuable contemporary perspective on these developments. Restricting his focus to “principles and problems that are still unsettled,” Groat examines “the political economic and social principles that guide the courts” (Preface, v). Reprinted from the series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law edited by the Columbia University Department of Political Science.

435. Groat, George Gorham
Trade Unions and the Law in New York.
A Study of Some Legal Phases of Labor Organizations.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1905
134 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002041291. ISBN 1-58477-309-X. Cloth. $60.

* This interesting study appeared during the progressive era, a time when unions were beginning to enjoy public approval and legislative support. Groat looks at efforts to secure legislation favorable to the interests of organized labor, and goes on to thoroughly examine the lawfulness of trade-union activities. Reprinted from the series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law edited by the Columbia University Department of Political Science.

436. Haines, Charles Grove
The Conflict over Judicial Powers in the United States to 1870
New York: Columbia University Press, 1909
180 pp. Reprinted 2001
LCCN 99-088241. ISBN 1-58477-080-5. Cloth. $60.

437. Haines, Charles Grove
The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1789-1835.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944
xiii, 679 pp. Reprinted 2002
ISBN 1-58477-207-7. Cloth. $120.

438. Haines, Charles Grove and Foster Sherwood
The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1835-1864.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957
x, 533 pp. Reprinted 2002
ISBN 1-58477-197-6. Cloth. $95.

439. Hastie, Reid and Steven D. Penrod, Nancy Pennington
Inside the Jury.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983
viii, 277 pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 2002025963. ISBN 1-58477-269-7
Cloth. $95.

* “A landmark jury study.” Contemporary Sociology. An important statistical study of the dynamics of jury selection and deliberation that offers a realistic jury simulation model, a statistical analysis of the personal characteristics of jurors, and a general assessment of jury performance based on research findings conducted by reputed scholars in the behavioral sciences. “The book will stand as the third great product of social research into jury operations, ranking with Kalven and Zeisel’s The American Jury and Van Dyke’s Jury Selection Procedures.” American Bar Association Journal.

440. Henderson, Gerard C.
The Federal Trade Commission.
A Study in Administrative Law and Procedure.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924
xiii, 382 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN . ISBN 1-58477-315-4. Cloth. $80.

* The Federal Trade Commission was established in 1915 to enforce antitrust and consumer protection legislation. Written during its first decade of existence, this book offers a first-hand early history and analysis of the commission. “This is a remarkably able book. It gives a vivid and informing account of the Federal Trade Commission’s performance in a new and important field of administrative law.” George Rublee, Harvard Law Review 38:269-271 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 343.

441. Holt, W. Stull
Treaties Defeated by the Senate.
A Study of the Struggle Between President and Senate Over the Conduct of Foreign Relations.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1933
vi, [1],328 pp. Reprinted 2000
LCCN 99-39606. ISBN 1-58477-029-5. Cloth. $75.

442. Hurst, James Willard
The Growth of American Law: The Law Makers
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950
xiii, 502 pp. Reprinted 2001
ISBN 1-58477-194-1. Cloth. $90.

443. Hurst, James Willard
Law and Markets in United States History.
Different Modes of Bargaining among Interests
[Madison]: The University of Wisconsin Press, [1982]
vii, 207 pp. Reprinted 2001
LCCN 00-067116. ISBN 1-58477-136-4. Cloth. $80.

444. Hurst, James Willard
Law and Social Order in the United States.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977
318 pp. Reprinted 2000
ISBN 1-58477-113-5. Cloth. $85.

445. Johnson, Hebert Alan
The Law Merchant and Negotiable Instruments in Colonial New York, 1664 to 1730.
Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1963
x, 85 pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 2001037701. ISBN 1-58477-243-3. Cloth. $60.

445a. Keasbey, Edward Quinton
The Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey. 1661-1912.
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912
Three volumes. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002
ISBN 1-58477-233-6. Cloth. $295.

446. Keller, Morton
Affairs of State: Public Life in Late Nineteenth Century America.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977
ix, 631 pp. Reprinted 2000
LCCN 99-087921. ISBN 1-58477-086-4. Cloth. $95.

447. Kinney, J.P.
The Development of Forest Law in America.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1917
xviii, 254, xxi pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002025953. ISBN 1-58477-252-2
Cloth. $75.

* Surveys the development of state and federal legislation directed to the preservation of existing forest resources, the reforestation of cut-over or burned over areas, the extension of forest areas and the systematic management of forests for productive purposes. Kinney also includes references to laws regarding forest fires, shade trees and other related subjects.

448. Leaming, Aaron and Jacob Spicer
The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey.
The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender, and Her Formal Acceptance Thereof, Lord Cornbury’s Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon, Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly and Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested, Containing the Principal Matters in the Book.
Philadelphia: W. Bradford, [1881]
[vi], 763 pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 2001050457. ISBN 1-58477-219-0. Cloth. $135.

449. [Legal Manual]
Conductor Generalis, or The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Goalers, Coroners, Constables, Jury Men, Over-seers of the Poor, and also The Office of Clerks of Assiza and of the Peace &c. Collected out of all the Books hitherto written on those Subjects, whether of Common or Statute Law to which is added, A Collection out of Sir Matthew Hales concerning The Descent of Lands.
The Whole Alphabetically Digested Under the Several Titles, With a Table Directing to the Ready finding out Proper Matter under those Titles.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, 1722
[8], xii, 232 pp.
[with]
The Office, Duty and Authority of Sheriffs, How and in what Manner to execute the same, according to the Common and Statute Laws of Great-Britain, which are now in Force and Use. Likewise, Of Under-Sheriffs and their Deputies; and where the High-Sheriff shall be answerable for their Defaults, and where not, &c.
Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford, 1722
[233]-299, [1] pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 00-058810. ISBN 1-58477-123-2. Cloth. $80.

450. Morris, Thomas D.
Free Men All: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North 1780-1861.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974
xii, 253 pp. Reprinted 2001
ISBN 1-58477-107-0. Cloth. $75.

451. Oldroyd, Osborn H.
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The Flight, Pursuit, Capture and Punishment of the Conspirators.
Washington, D.C.: O.H. Oldroyd, 1901
xviii, 305pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002
ISBN 1-58477-125-9. Cloth. $75.

452. Scott, Henry W.
The Courts of the State of New York.
Their History, Development and Jurisdiction: Embracing a complete history of all the Courts and Tribunals of Justice, both Colonial and State, established from the first settlement of Manhattan Island and including the status and jurisdiction of all the Courts of the State as now constituted.
New York: Wilson Publishing Co., 1909
iv, 506 pp. Reprinted 2001
LCCN 99-10259. ISBN 1-886363-84-6. Cloth. $95.

452a. Scott, James Brown
The United States of America: A Study in International Organization.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1920
xix, 605 pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 00-067016. ISBN 1-58477-171-2. Cloth. $120.

453. Sellers, Alvin V.
The Loeb-Leopold Case with Excerpts from the Evidence of the Alienists and Including the Arguments to the Court by Counsel for the People and the Defense.
Brunswick, GA: Classic Publishing Co., 1926
321 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002041366. ISBN 1-58477-338-3
Cloth $75.

* Reprint of first and only edition. The Loeb-Leopold case was one of the most fascinating and sensational trials of the twentieth century. On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confessed to the thrill killing of fourteen-year old Bobby Franks. Clarence Darrow led their defense team. Robert Crowe, the prosecutor, was an equally skillful adversary. What is more, both attorneys called “alienists” to the stand who offered conflicting assessments of the defendants’ mental states. Though their guilt was beyond question, Darrow hoped to save them from the electric chair. His successful twelve-hour plea, one of the greatest courtroom speeches in history, moved the presiding judge to tears. This chronicle includes extensive excerpts from the court transcript and the complete speeches of the attorneys and “alienists.”

454. Shirley, John M.
The Dartmouth College Causes and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Chicago: G.I. Jones, 1895
469 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002041359. ISBN 1-58477-337-5
Cloth $90.

* Reprint of the first edition. Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1816-1819) established significant precedents concerning state authority and the nature of private enterprise. Dartmouth College was incorporated under a royal charter in 1769 as a private corporation. In 1816 the New Hampshire Legislature attempted to transform the college into a state institution. Daniel Webster, representing the college trustees, convinced the Supreme Court that the royal charter was a contract that could not be invalidated by subsequent state legislation. The court concurred. Its decision initiated a significant constitutional limitation on state authority. It also helped to define corporations as relatively unregulated private economic entity that contributed to the public sphere through enlightened self-interest. Shirley offers a vivid account of the case, enriched by extensive quotation of primary archival sources.

455. Stokes, Anthony
A View of the Constitution of the British Colonies, in North-America and the West-Indies, at the Time the Civil War Broke Out on the Continent of America.
London: Printed for the author and sold by B. White, 1783
555, (1) pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 2001050735. ISBN 1-58477-224-7. Cloth. $90.

456. Stokes, I.N. Phelps
The Iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909.
New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915
Six volumes. Reprinted 1998
LCCN 97-30604. ISBN 1-886363-30-7. Cloth. $750.

457. Tocqueville, Alexis de
Democracy in America.
Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq.
With an Original Preface and Notes by John C. Spencer.
New York: Adlard and Saunders, 1838
xxx, 464 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002025957. ISBN 1-58477-249-2
Cloth. $85.

* Reprint of the first English-language edition. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville [1805-1859] and Gustave de Beaumont [fl.1835] were sent to the United States by the French government to study American prisons, which were renowned for their progressive and humane methods. They were pleased to accept this assignment because they were intrigued by the idea of American democracy. Tocqueville and Beaumont spent nine months in the country, traveling as far west as Michigan and as far south as New Orleans. Throughout the tour, Tocqueville used his social connections to arrange meetings with several prominent and influential thinkers of the day. He recorded his thoughts on the structure of the government and the judicial system, and commented on everyday people and the nation’s political culture and social institutions. His observations on slavery, in particular, are impassioned and critical. These notes formed the basis of Democracy in America. This landmark work initiated a dialogue about the nature of democracy and the United States and its people that continues to this day.

458. Whitmore, William H.
The Law of Adoption in the United States, and Especially in Massachusetts.
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1876
vii, 111 pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002042757. ISBN 1-58477-344-8
Cloth $80.

* Reprint of first and only edition. In 1875 the Massachusetts legislature considered a proposal to revise the state’s adoption laws. Before it proceeded, however, it commissioned this study from Whitmore to serve as a reference for the legislators. Written in two parts, the first contains the texts of laws and related cases from twenty-two states. (He also includes a brief summary of relevant European statutes.) Organized by topic, the second describes how these laws compare and differ. Though written for a specific purpose, this study remains a valuable guide for the scholar of the history of adoption law or family law to all aspects of American adoption law during the nineteenth century.

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