Blackstone Owed Much to Him in Terms of Content and Layout Wood, Thomas. An Institute of the Laws of England; or, The Laws of England in Their Natural Order, According to Common Use. Originally published: London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1772. Folio. [ii], x, 657, [40] pp..... More
Post, Gaines. Studies in Medieval Legal Thought: Public Law and the State, 1100-1322. Originally published: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1964. xv, 633 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776925; ISBN-10: 1584776927. Hardcover. New. $64.95 * This collection of eleven distinguished essays explores the legal thought..... More
Boyd, William K. The Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code. Originally published: New York: The Columbia University Press, 1905. 122 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775317; ISBN-10: 1584775319. Hardcover. New. $21.95 * Boyd discusses the influence of the Code's ecclesiastical edicts on early medieval jurisprudence and..... More
Kern, Fritz. Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages: I. The Divine Right of Kings and the Right of Resistance in the Early Middle Ages. II. Law and Constitution in the Middle Ages. Translated with an Introduction by S.B. Chrimes. Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1956. xxxi..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892. xii, 464 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774778. Hardcover. New. $28.95 * Vinogradoff argues that the Norman-era villain was the direct descendent of the Anglo-Saxon freeman..... More
Reinsch, Paul Samuel. English Common Law in the Early American Colonies. Originally published: Madison: [Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin], 1899. 64 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774877. ISBN-10: 1584774878. Hardcover. New. $65. * This focused study of the institutional framework of colonial government addresses the..... More
Cohen, Herman. A History of the English Bar and Attornatus to 1450. Originally published: London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1929. x, 622 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-10: 1584774827; ISBN-13: 9781584774822. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * A thorough study of the literature dealing with the English legal profession..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. English Society in the Eleventh Century: Essays in English Mediaeval History. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1908. xii, 599 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774761. ISBN-10: 1584774762. Cloth hardcover. New. $32.95 * One of the principal studies by the eminent legal..... More
"Absorbing" Study of Early English Statutes Plucknett, Theodore F.T. Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922. xliv, 200 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774853; ISBN-10: 1584774851. Hardcover. New. $23.95 * An important book..... More
Morris, William Alfred. The Frankpledge System. Originally published: New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. xvi, 194 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774136; ISBN-10: 1584774134. Smythe sewn cloth hardcover. New. $23.95 * A system that originated in Saxon England, frankpledge was a promise of good conduct..... More
Thorpe, W[illiam] G[eorge]. Middle Temple Table Talk: With Some Talk About the Table Itself. Originally published: London: Hutchinson & Co., 1894. xxiv, 376 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773412; ISBN-10: 1584773413. Cloth. $80. * Reprint of first edition. Thorpe [d.1902], a barrister and literary historian, was..... More
Vinogradoff, Paul, editor. Essays in Legal History Read Before the International Congress of Historical Studies Held in London in 1913. London: Oxford University Press, 1913. viii, 396 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773511. ISBN-10: 1584773510. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Complete text of papers read at the..... More
Keasbey, Edward Quinton. The Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey. 1661-1912. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912. Three volumes. xxxii, 459; ii, 461-856, lxxxiii; ii, 492 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772330; ISBN-10: 1584772336. Hardcover. New. $195. * An extensive chronicle of the years..... More
Gierke, Otto. Political Theories of the Middle Ages. Translated with an introduction by Frederick William Maitland. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1913. lxxx, 197 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771869; ISBN-10: 1584771860. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Gierke's masterful analysis of the medieval doctrine of..... More
Kilbourn, Dwight C. The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1709-1909: Biographical Sketches of Members, History and Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School. Historical Notes. Litchfield: Published by the Author, 1909. xiv, 344, [3], viii pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772132; ISBN-10: 1584772131. Hardcover..... More
Hurst, James Willard. The Growth of American Law: The Law Makers. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. xiii, 502 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771944; ISBN-10: 1584771941. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * The first contemporary history of the development of American law, this book..... More
Cameron, James R. Frederick William Maitland and the History of English Law. Originally published: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1961]. xvi, 214 pp. Portrait frontis. Illustrations. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771357; ISBN-10: 1584771356. Hardcover. New. $85. * Frederick William Maitland was a Cambridge University professor and..... More
Hearn, William Edward. The Aryan Household Its Structure and its Development. An Introduction to Comparative Jurisprudence. London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. viii, 494 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771241; ISBN-10: 1584771240. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Originally published in Melbourne in 1878, this..... More
Study of Vitoria by a Leading Figure in Twentieth-Century International Law Scott, James Brown. The Spanish Origin of International Law. Francisco De Vitoria and His Law of Nations. Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934. 19a, 288, [6], clviii pp. Frontispiece and portrait. Reprinted 2000, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd..... More
Esmein, A[dhemar]. A History of Continental Criminal Procedure with Special Reference to France. Translated by John Simpson; with an editorial preface by William E. Mikell and introductions by Norman M. Trenholme and by William Renwick Riddell. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1913. xlv, 640 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Custom and Right. Oslo: H. Aschehoug, 1925. 110 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770480; ISBN-10: 1584770481. Hardcover. New. $45. * John M. Zane recommends this work, of which he comments "...the facts and ideas that are called legal can be studied with advantage..... More
Woodbine, George E. Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts. A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1910. vi, 183 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770077;..... More
Greenidge, A.H.J. The Legal Procedure of Cicero's Time. Originally published: Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1901. xiii, 599 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363991; ISBN-10: 1886363994. Hardcover. New. $30.95 * A systematic and historical treatment of the civil and criminal procedure of Cicero's time. At the..... More
Bar, Carl Ludwig von. A History of Continental Criminal Law. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. lvi, 561 pp. Reprinted 1999, 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770138. ISBN-10: 1584770139. Hardcover. New. $34.95 * Originally published as volume 6 of The Continental Legal History Series, under the..... More
Fortescue, Sir John. The Governance of England: Otherwise Called The Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy. A Revised Text edited with Introduction, Notes, and Appendices by Charles Plummer. London: Oxford University Press, 1885. xxiii, 387 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363793; ISBN-10: 188636379X. Hardcover..... More