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The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, In the Eschequer...
An Important Forerunner to Birthright Citizenship [Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron (1540?-1617)]. The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, In the Eschequer Chamber, Touching the Post-Nati. London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers, An. 1609. [xii], 118, [2] pp. Ruled borders to text and endleaves, large signature-mark..... More
Courted and Abandoned: Seduction in Canadian Law.
Brode, Patrick. Courted and Abandoned: Seduction in Canadian Law. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2002]. xi, 252. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $30. More
Hunger, Horses, and Government Men: Criminal Law on the Aboriginal...
Gavigan, Shelley A.M. Hunger, Horses, and Government Men: Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains, 1870-1905. Vancouver: UBC Press, [2012]. xvi, 274 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $90. More
The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects.
Bakken, Gordon Morris. The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, [2008]. xxx, 237 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context.
Tucker, Eric, Editor. Muir, James, Editor. Ziff, Bruce H., Editor. Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context. Toronto: Irwin Law, [2012]. x, 532 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $100. More
Reports of Cases Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, During the...
A Scarce Chancery Reporter Overlooked by Wallace Finch, Sir Heneage [1620-1682]. Reports of Cases Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, During the Time Sir Heneage Finch, Afterwards Earl of Nottingham, Was Lord Chancellor. In Many of Which Decrees He was Assisted by Some of the Judges of the Common..... More
A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone.
The Definitive Blackstone Bibliography Laeuchli, Ann Jordan. Cohen, Morris L., Foreword. Mooney, James E., Editor. A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone. Getzville, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 2015. xvii, 537 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. $175. * In 1938 Yale University Press published Catherine Spicer Eller's catalog of the Yale Law..... More
Blackstone and his Commentaries, Biography, Law, History.
Prest, Wilfred. Blackstone and His Commentaries: Biography, Law, History. Oxford and Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2009. viii, 254 pp. 8 plates. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine. $35. More
Mr Mothercountry, The Man Who Made the Rule of Law.
McBride, Keally D. Mr Mothercountry: The Man Who Made the Rule of Law. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, [2016]. xi, 199 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine. $100. More
A Collection of Select and Modern Entries of Declarations...
A Companion to the Reports of Sir Creswell Levinz Levinz, Sir Creswell. A Collection of Select and Modern Entries of Declarations, Pleadings, Issues, Verdicts, Judgments, &c. Referring to the Cases in Sir Creswell Levinz's Reports; The Judgment of the Court Being Added to Each President. With Notes and References to..... More
Law and Revolution in Seventeenth-Century Ireland.
Dennehy, Coleman A., Editor. Law and Revolution in Seventeenth-Century Ireland. Dublin: Four Courts Press Ltd, 2020. 366 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine. $70. More
Sir Matthew Hale, 1609-1676, Law, Religion and Natural Philosophy.
Cromartie, Alan. Sir Matthew Hale, 1609-1676: Law, Religion and Natural Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. x, 264 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $40. More
The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court...
The Macclesfield Copy of Comberbach's Reports Comberbach, Roger. Comberbach, Roger, [Jr.], Editor. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; From the First Year of King James the Second, To the Tenth Year of King William the Third. Collected by Roger Comberbach..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Exchequer...
Highly Respected Exchequer Reports Hardres, Thomas [1610-1681]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Exchequer, In the Years 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, And 1660. And from Thence Continued to the 21st Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Charles II. With Notes and References. London: Printed by..... More
British Military Occupation of Samoa: Proclamations 1-40, 42-43.
Proclamations from the British Military Occupation of Samoa [Broadsides]. [Samoa]. [Logan, Robert (1863-1935)]. [British Military Occupation of Samoa: Proclamations 1-40, 42-43]. [Apia, Western Samoa: S.n., 1914-1917]. 43 broadsides and broadsheets (Proclamation No. 40 present in duplicate) ranging in size from 12-3/4" x 9-1/4" to 17" x 10-3/4" (folded, 17" x...... More
The California Tradition in Type Design.
Bringhurst, Robert, Editor. Koch, Peter Rutledge, Editor. The California Tradition in Type Design. [San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2015]. Looseleaf portfolio containing 13 bifolia and a cover sheet, all printed on thick paper. A few smudges to exterior, otherwise fine. $45. More
A Sketch of the Character of the Late Chief Justice Parsons....
Parker, Isaac. A Sketch of the Character of the Late Chief Justice Parsons, Exhibited in an Address to the Grand Jury, Delivered at the Opening of the Supreme Judicial Court at Boston, On the Twenty-Third Day of November, 1813, After the Usual Charge. Published at the Unanimous Request of the..... More
A Suggestion As To Causation, Cambridge, 1874.
Wharton, Francis. A Suggestion As To Causation. Cambridge: Printed At the Riverside Press, 1874. 14 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Faint fold lines, wrappers just beginning to detach at ends, light soiling, to exterior, faint staining to wraps and margins. $20. * An excerpt from..... More
Judah P. Benjamin.
Butler, Pierce. Judah P. Benjamin. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, Publishers, 1907. 459 pp. Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Cloth, light rubbing and shelfwear, front hinge cracked, later notes tipped and laid-in to rear pastedown, pencil and ink notations to a few pages, sheet of notes tipped onto p. 434, owner..... More
Cardozo's Doctrine of Sociological Jurisprudence.
Aronson, Moses J. Cardozo's Doctrine of Sociological Jurisprudence. [New York]: "Reprinted from Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 4, no. 1, October, 1938." 5-44 pp. Stapled pamphlet, light shelfwear, light wear and fading to spine, author inscription to head of front cover. $45. More
Commentaria in Decem Titulos Institutionum Iuris Civilis, Lyon 1591.
Commentaries on Inheritance and Succession in Roman Law by a Distinguished Dutch Jurist Viglius (Aytta van Zwichem, Wigle) [1507-1577]. Commentaria in Decem Titulos Institutionum Iuris Civilis. Quibus Omnia Pene Testamentorum Iura Eleganter ac Dilucide Explicantur. Adsunt Etiam Praelectiones in Titulum Pandectarum, De Rebus Creditis, & Ad Titulum Codicis Iustinianaei, De..... More
Membranarum Libri Septem, In Quibus ad Constitutiones Codicis...
Scarce Commentary on the Corpus Juris Civilis Lycklama a Nijeholt, Marcus [c.1570-1625]. Membranarum Libri Septem, In Quibus ad Constitutiones Codicis & Novellarum Plurimas, Leges Pandectarum Infinitas, Institutionum Paragraphos Nobiliores, Locos Authorum Liberalioris Literaturae Non Paucos, De Rebus in Iis per Sectas Nostrorum Temporum Maxime Controversis Commentarii Breves & Solidi. Leeuwarden..... More
The Reconstruction of the English Church.
Usher, Roland G. The Reconstruction of the English Church. New York and London: D. Appleton, 1910. Two Volumes. Hardcover, moderate shelfwear, ownership signatures of Conyers Read dated 1912 to front free endpaper. $50. More
The Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study.
Llewellyn, Karl N. The Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1960. 160 pp. Hardcover, ink underlining to several leaves. $20. * Contents: The bramble bush. 1. What law is about. 2. This case system: what lies behind the case. 3. This case system..... More
An Alternative to Private Property: Collective Property in the...
Grossi, Paolo. Cochrane, Lydia G. An Alternative to Private Property: Collective Property in the Juridicial Consciousness of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1981. xv, 344 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $125. More
Orders Issued by the Board of Customs, Treasury and Queen, 1846-1848.
A Glimpse into the Daily Operations of British Customs [Board of Customs]. [Great Britain]. [Collection of Orders Relating to Commerce and Trade Issued by the Board of Customs, Treasury, Privy Council and Queen]. [Great Britain: S.n., 1846-1848]. [357] ff. Folio (13-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over plain paper-covered boards..... More
A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession...
A Scarce Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Robertson, David. A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession, In the Different Parts of the Realm; And on the Cases, Regarding Foreign and International Succession, Which have been Decided in the British Courts. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark, 1836. xiv, 503..... More
How to Do Things with Rules: A Primer of Interpretation.
Twining, William L. Miers, David. How to Do Things with Rules: A Primer of Interpretation. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991. xxv, 470 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $45. More
Military Tribunals and International Crimes.
Appleman, John Alan. Military Tribunals and International Crimes. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1954. xv, 421 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, ownership stamp of Frederick Bernans Wiener to front pastedown. $75. More
De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti [Bound with] 20 Year...
A Complete Set of Individually Printed Year Books of Edward IV [Year Books]. Edward IV [1442-1483], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti. [London: Imprinted...In Fleetstrete within Temple Barre, At the Signe of the Hand and Starre, By Rychard Tottel, Anno. 1582. x ff. [Bound with] [19..... More
Lawyers' Medicine: The Legislature, the Courts, and Medical Practice..
Goold, Imogen. Kelly, Catherine. Lawyers' Medicine: The Legislature, the Courts, and Medical Practice, 1760-2000. Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2009. xi, 224. Illustrations. Softbound, like new. $75. More
Doctors on Trial.
Hardwick, Michael. Doctors on Trial. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. 192 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, price clip. $20. More
Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography.
Anderson, Martin. Bloom, Valerie. Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography. Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press, 1976. xvii, 452 pp. Hardcover, author inscription to half-title page. $25. More
Faith and ORder: The Reconciliation of Law and Religion.
Berman, Harold J. Faith and ORder: The Reconciliation of Law and Religion. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1993. xii, 415 pp. Hardcover, fine. $75. More
Safeguarding the Public: Historical Aspects of Medicinal Drug Control.
Blake, John Ballard. Safeguarding the Public: Historical Aspects of Medicinal Drug Control. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1970. xi, 200 pp. HArdcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $50. More
The Treasure Room to be Built in Langdell Hall.
Raising Funds to Construct Harvard Law Library's Treasure Room [Harvard Law School]. The Treasure Room to be Built in Langdell Hall. [Cambridge: Harvard Law School, c.1947]. [26] pp. Illustrations. Stapled pictorial stiff wrappers. Light soiling, edgewear and a few tiny stains, brief early owner inscription and signature to head of..... More
The Acts Made in the First Parliament [With 7 Other Volumes of Acts].
Scottish Acts, 1633-1649 [Scotland]. [Statutes]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles, By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, And Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden by Himselfe, Present in Person, With..... More
The Roman Law Tradition.
Lewis, A.D.E. Ibbetson, D.J. The Roman Law Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xiii, 234 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $50. More
Henry's Wars and Shakespeare's Laws: Perspectives on the Law in the...
Meron, Theodor. Henry's Wars and Shakespeare's Laws: Perspectives on the Law in the Later Middle Ages. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. xi, 237 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $45. More
The War-Making Powers of the President: Constitutional and...
Thomas, A.J. Thomas, Ann Van Wynen. The War-Making Powers of the President: Constitutional and International Law Aspects. Dallas: SMU Press, 1982. xiii, 177 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, author inscription to front free endpaper. $20. More
Imperatoris Iustiniani Institutionum Libri Quattuor: With...
Moyle, John Baron. Imperatoris Iustiniani Institutionum Libri Quattuor: With Introductions, Commentary, and Excursus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923. vi, 682 pp. Hardcover, price clip, owner signature (of T.A. Sandquist) to front free endpaper. $25. More
War Crimes, War Criminals, and War Crimes Trials: An Annotated...
Tutorow, Norman E. Winnovich, Karen. War Crimes, War Criminals, and War Crimes Trials: An Annotated Bibliography and Source Book. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. xx, 548 pp. Hardcover, fine. $45. More
Imaginary Speeches: A Selection of Declamations.
Russell, D.A. Imaginary Speeches: A Selection of Declamations. London: Duckworth, 1996. viii, 232 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $175. More
A Hue & Cry After P and H and Plain Truth.
"I Do Not Love to be Idle, If There be Any Probability, Of Getting Money" [Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703)]. [Hewer, William]. A Hue & Cry After P. And H. And Plain Truth [Caption Title]. [London: S.n., 1679]. 8 pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Disbound pamphlet in later plain wrappers, pamphlet detached..... More
Whereas It Hath Pleased Almighty God to Call to His Mercy Our Late...
"God Save King James the Second" [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Whereas It Hath Pleased Almighty God to Call to His Mercy Our Late Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second of Blessed Memory, By Whose Decease, The Imperial Crowns of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Are Solely and Rightfully Come to the..... More
Practical Instructions on the Passing of Private Bills Through...
Scarce Treatise on Private Bills [Adams, Benjamin]. Practical Instructions on the Passing of Private Bills Through Both Houses of Parliament, Containing the Standing Orders of Lords and Commons to the End of the Session of 1827: Together with Forms for All Necessary Documents. The Whole Carefully Revised, Corrected, And Greatly..... More
The Dual State. A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship.
Landmark Study of Nazi Law Fraenkel, Ernst. The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship. Translated From the German by E.A. Shils, in Collaboration with Edith Lowenstein and Klaus Knorr. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. xvi, 248 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange..... More
Representative Opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Hoeflich, Michael H. and William Skepnek, Co-Editors. Representative Opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia. xxiv, 474 pp. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2018. ISBN-13: 9781616195724. ISBN-10: 161619572X. Hardcover. Small tears to top of spine. Else fine. $60. * During his thirty years on the..... More
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals.
Evans, E.P. The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals. Originally published: New York: E.P. Dutton, 1906. x, 384 pp. Reprinted 1998, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363526; ISBN-10: 1886363528. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped. Else fine. $23.95 * This pioneering work collects an amazing assemblage of court cases..... More
Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, 2nd Ed. - PAPERBACK
Lemkin, Raphael. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Originally published: Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law, 1944. xxiii (vii-xxiii new introductions), xxxviii, 674 pp. Second Edition by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Introduction to the Second Edition by The..... More
New Views of the Constitution of the United States.
An Intellectual Father of the South's Secession Taylor, John. New Views of the Constitution of the United States. Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Way and Gideon, 1823. [4], 316 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190279; ISBN-10: 1616190272. Paperback. Spine bumped with small tears. Page..... More
The Police Code, And General Manual of the Criminal Law for the...
An Interesting Victorian-Era Police Manual Vincent, Charles Edward Howard [1849-1908]. The Police Code, And General Manual of the Criminal Law for the British Empire. Preceded by an Address to Constables on Their Duties, And Prefaces. London: Francis Edwards, and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1895. IV, [2], 204, V-VII..... More
By the King, A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Royall Grace...
"To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates" [Broadside]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Royall Grace and Pleasure, To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates in Their Lands and Possessions, By His Commission Lately Renewed and Enlarged to That Purpose..... More
A Brief History of the Succession, Collected Out of the Records...
Parliament's Right to Participate in the Succession [Somers, John Somers, Baron (1651-1716), Attributed]. A Brief History of the Succession, Collected Out of the Records, And the Most Authentick Historians. Written for the Satisfaction of the Earl of H. [Caption Title]. [London?: S.n., 1680?]. 19, [1] pp. Folio (11-3/4" x 7")..... More
Anno Tertio Henrici VIII [Year 3 Only], London, 1575?.
Legislation from the Third Year of the Reign of Henry VIII [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Henry VIII [1491-1547], King of England. Anno Tertio Henrici VIII. The Kynge Our Soueraygne Lorde Henrye the viij. After the Conquest, By the Grace of God King of England and of Fraunce and Lorde of Irelande..... More
Legal Titles to Mining Claims and Water Rights, In California, Under..
An Early Treatise on Mining Claims in California Yale, Gregory [1816-1871]. Legal Titles to Mining Claims and Water Rights, In California, Under the Mining Law of Congress, Of July, 1866. San Francisco: A. Roman & Company, 1867. xxiii, [2], 10-452, [2] pp. With 2 pp. of publisher advertisements. Octavo (8-3/4"..... More
The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England.
Morgan, Shepard Ashman. The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1911. xvii, 317 pp. Hardcover, moderate shelfwear, hinges cracked. $30. More
Notice of Conviction for Poaching, Leek, Staffordshire, UK, 1874.
Convicted for Poaching Trout [Game Law]. [Great Britain]. [Notice of Conviction for Poaching, Leek, Staffordshire, England, June 8, 1874]. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" single sheet, part-printed document on blue paper completed in manuscript, wax seals at foot next to signatures. Horizontal fold line to center, two minor creases to lower right..... More
World Peace Through Space Law.
Morenoff, Jerome. World Peace Through Space Law. Charlottesville, V.A: Michie Company, 1967. xviii, 329 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $65. More
The Administration of the English Poor Law, 1865.
The Workhouse System Does Not Reduce Crime Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. The Administration of the English Poor Law. (Read at the Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science at Sheffield, October 6, 1865.) London: [The Social Science Association], 1865. 13 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
Typed Letter, Signed, On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, 1980.
Justice Powell Declines an Invitation [Manuscript]. Powell, Lewis F. [1907-1998]. [Typed Letter, Signed, To Conrad Valanos, On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead]. Washington, DC, May 14, 1980. Single-sided letter on 9-3/4" x 8" sheet, signed "Lewis Powell." Moderate toning, two faint horizontal fold lines. $100. * In this warm letter, Powell..... More
Der Ungarische Hausadvocat, Ein Theoretisch-Practisches Handbuch...
A Rare Hungarian Layman's Guide Vojdisek, Joseph (Jozsef). Der Ungarische Hausadvocat. Ein Theoretisch-Practisches Handbuch zur Abfassung Verschiedener im Burgerlichen Leben Vorkommender Geschaftsaufsatze. Budapest: Verlag Von C.A. Hartleben, 1831. [vi], 207, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate soiling and a few minor stains, light wear..... More
Model Penal Code: Sentencing. 1 Volume. 2023.
Model Penal Code: Sentencing. Reporter: Kevin R. Reitz, University of Minnesota Law School; Associate Reporter: Cecelia Klingele, University of Wisconsin Law School. Philadelphia, Pa.: The American Law Institute, 2023. xix, 1071 pages. 1 volume. Hardcover. New. $165. * This work revisits the sentencing provisions of the Model Penal Code in..... More
Eviction Order and Notice to Quit, Cornwall, England, September, 1830.
"Deliver and Yield Up to Me" [Manuscript]. [Real Property]. [Great Britain]. [Eviction Order and Notice to Quit, Cornwall, England, September 27, 1830]. 8-3/4" x 7-1/4" sheet. Light toning, horizontal fold lines. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. $250. * A fine example of of an early eighteenth-century eviction order..... More
List Of Subscribers To The Association Established in the Town...
Leading Citizens of a Midland Town Establish a Fund to Fight Crime [Manuscript]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. List Of Subscribers To The Association Established in the Town And Neighbourhood Of Stourbridge For The Prosecution Of Felons. [Stourbridge, Warwickshire, England, c.1811]. 15-3/4" x 12-1/2" sheet, written on both sides, with a watermark..... More
Grida Sopra le Ultime Impositioni Fatte per Pagare la Soldatesca.
Rare 1656 Proclamation of Taxes to Support Piacenza's Army [Broadside]. [Taxation]. [Italy]. Grida Sopra le Ultime Impositioni Fatte per Pagare la Soldatesca. Piacenza: Per li Stampatori Camerali, 1656. 20-1/2" x 15" broadside, printed on one side, text in two columns separated by vertical rule below headline and woodcut arms of..... More
Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a...
Martial Law in the Aftermath of the American Civil War [Trials]. [Civil War]. Andrews, Edward W., Primary Defendant. Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, Copies of the Records and Proceedings, With the Review of the Same by..... More
The Limits of Jurisprudence Defined.
Bentham, Jeremy. Everett, Charles Warren. The Limits of Jurisprudence Defined. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1970. xxii, 358 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $70. More
The Comic Blackstone, London, 1887, 10 Color Plates.
Handsomely Bound Copy of The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. 10 color lithographed plates (including a frontispiece), all with tissue guards, 19 text..... More
The Triumphs of Justice Over Unjust Judges, Exhibiting, I, The Names..
"Unjust Judges" [Philo-Dicaios]. The Triumphs of Justice Over Unjust Judges: Exhibiting, I. The Names and Crimes of Four and Forty Judges, Hang'd in One Year in England, As Murderers for Their Corrupt Judgments. II. The Case of Lord Chief Justice Tresilian, Hang'd at Tyburn, And All the Rest of the..... More
Thoughts on Secondary Punishments, In a Letter to Earl Grey...
"The Utter Inexpediency of the Punishment of Transportation" Whately, Richard [1787-1863]. Thoughts on Secondary Punishments, In a Letter to Earl Grey. To Which are Appended, Two Articles on Transportation to New South Wales, And on Secondary Punishments; And Some Observations on Colonization. London: Printed for B. Fellowes, 1832. [iv], 204..... More
A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars.
Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars. London: Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, 1902. xiv, 284 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $40. More
The Sale of Food and Drugs, The Acts of 1875 and 1879 (With Notes...
Guide to the First Major Legislation to Regulate the Purity of Food and Drugs Hedderwick, T[homas] C[harles] H[unter] [1850-1918]. The Sale of Food and Drugs. The Acts of 1875 and 1879 (With Notes of the Reported Cases Decided Since the Acts Became Law). London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1894. xii, 101..... More
Notes on Some English Judges and Other Men of Law: No 1 William Garnet
Inscribed by the Author Beamont, W[illiam] [1797?-1889]. Notes on Some English Judges and Other Men of Law. No. 1. William Garnet. Warrington: Printed at the Guardian Office, 1883. 31 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers, thread lacking. Light toning and fading and minor chipping and edgewear..... More
The Celebrated Marquis, An Italian Noble and the Making of the Modern.
Bessler, John D. The Celebrated Marquis, An Italian Noble and the Making of the Modern World. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, [2018]. xiii, 554 pp. Softbound, near fine. $20. * A biography of Cesare Bonesana, Marchese di Beccaria [1738-1794]. More
Abstract of the Laws Respecting Elections in England and Wales.
A Rare 1784 Digest of English Election Laws [Elections]. [Great Britain]. Abstract of the Laws Respecting Elections in England and Wales. London: S.n., 1784. iii, [1], 5-59, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and browning to title page and verso offinal leaf, moderate toning to..... More
The Mysterious Science of the Law, in Dust Jacket.
Copy of Boorstin's Study of Blackstone's Commentaries in Dust Jacket Boorstin, Daniel J. [1914-2004]. The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries Showing how Blackstone, Employing Eighteenth-Century Ideas of Science, Religion, History, Aesthetics, and Philosophy, Made of the Law at Once a Conservative and a Mysterious Science..... More
A Fragment on Government. New authoritative edition.
Bentham, Jeremy; J.H. Burns; H.L.A. Hart A Fragment on Government. New authoritative edition. With an Introduction by Ross Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977, 1988. xxx, 128 pp. Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $40. * This volume makes available one..... More
Jus Canonicum Secundum Quinque Decretalium Titulos Gregorii Papae IX..
A Venerable Eighteenth-Century Treatise Based on the Decretals of Gregory IX Pichler, Veit [1670-1736]. Jus Canonicum Secundum Quinque Decretalium Titulos Gregorii Papae IX. Explicatum, Exhibens Succincta, Et Clara Methodo Omnes Materias in Scholis Tractari, & In Praxi Quotidiana Frequentius Occurrere Solitas, Nobilioresque Controversias, Ex Jure Naturali, Divino, Canonico, Imo &..... More
Elizabethan Literature and the Law of Fradulent Conveyance: Sidney...
Ross, Charlie. Elizabethan Literature and the Law of Fradulent Conveyance: Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2016. 142 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $30. More
Werboczius Illustratus [Bound with] Centuria Certarum, Et Dubietatum.
Two Rare Works Concerning the First Compilation of Hungarian Customary Law Werboczy, Istvan [1458-1541]. Werboczius Illustratus: Sive, Decretum Tripartitum Juris Consuetudinarii Inclyti Regni Hungariae. Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvar): Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu, 1762. [xiii], 569, [237] pp. [Bound with] Kitonich, Janos [1560?-1619]. Centuria Certarum, Et Dubietatum, Contrarietatum et Dubietatum, Ex Decreto Tripartito..... More
Elements of the Logical and Experimental Sciences Considered...
The Application of Scientific and Logical Methods to Legal Practice [Practice]. [Great Britain]. Elements of the Logical and Experimental Sciences Considered in Their Relation to the Practice of the Law. London: Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 1835. viii, [2], 500; 39, [1] pp. Main text followed by 40 pp..... More
The Economics of Public Law.
Posner, Richard A. Parisi, Francesco. The Economics of Public Law. Cheltenham, U.K: Edward Elgar, 2001. xxxiii, 404 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $85. More
The Bermondsey Murder: A Full Report [with] The Only Correct...
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Prove it with Figures: Empirical Methods in Law and Litigation.
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Alberta Supreme Court at 100: History and Authority.
Swainger, Jonathan. Alberta Supreme Court at 100: History and Authority. Edmonton, Alta: University of Alberta Press, 2007. xxvi, 366 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Crime and Criminal Justice.
Phillips, Jim. Loo, Tina. Lewthwaite, Susan. Crime and Criminal Justice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. xv, 583 pp. Softbound, fine. $20. More
Westward Bound: Sex, Violence, the Law, and the Making of a Settler...
Erickson, Lesley. Westward Bound: Sex, Violence, the Law, and the Making of a Settler Society. Vancouver: UBC Press for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2011. xiv, 337 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Viscount Haldane: "The Wicked Step-Father of the Canadian Consitution"
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume XI, Quebec and the...
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The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism.
Saywell, John T. The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. xx, 453 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered: British Colonial Judges on Trial..
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Gray, Charlotte. The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country. Toronto, Ontario: HarperCollins Canada, 2013. xix, 308 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America: Beamish Murdoch...
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A History of Canadian Legal Thought: Collected Essays.
Risk, R.C.B. Baker, G. Blaine, Editor. Phillips, Jim, Editor. A History of Canadian Legal Thought: Collected Essays. Toronto: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2006. viii, 434 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $30. More
Bibliography of Works on John Stuart Mill.
Laine, Michael. Bibliography of Works on John Stuart Mill. Toronto: Unviersity of Toronto Press, 1982. viii, 173 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $20. More
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Sharpe, Robert J. The Lazier Murder: Prince Edward County, 1884. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011. viii, 189 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Accidents, Compensation and the Law.
Atiyah, P.S. Accidents, Compensation and the Law. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. xxviii, 633 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $80. More