With Interesting Comparisons Between Roman and English Law Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East. Harris, George [1722-1796], Editor and Translator. D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor: The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions, Translated Into English, With Notes. London: Printed for C. Bathurst and E. Withers, 1756. xv, [1], 73..... More

1801 Philadelphia Edition of the Conductor Generalis Parker, James [1714-1770]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, And Overseers of the Poor: As Also, The Office of Clerks of Assize, And of the Peace, &c. Compiled Chiefly..... More

First American Edition of an Important Treatise on English Constitution De Lolme, J[ean] L[ouis] [1740-1806]. The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of The English Government In Which it is Compared Both With the Republican Form of Government, And the Other Monarchies in Europe. A New Edition, Enlarged. New York..... More

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The Last Edition of The Federalist Published in Hamilton's Lifetime [Hamilton, Alexander (1755 or 1757-1804)]. [Madison, James (1751-1836)]. [Jay, John Jay (1745-1829)]. The Federalist, On the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, On the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. Likewise, The Federal Constitution..... More

Loeb, Isidor. The Legal Property Relations of Married Parties: A Study in Comparative Legislation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1900. 197, [10] pp. Includes ten pages of publisher advertisements. Later buckram, light shelfwear, library markings to boards, edges of text block, endleaves and verso of title page. $65. * A...... More

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Newman, Roger K. Hugo Black: A Biography. New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. xiv, 741 pp. ISBN-13: 9780679431800; ISBN-10: 0679431802. Cloth hardcover in fine dust jacket with Mylar protective cover. $10. * First edition. The extraordinary story of a man who bestrode his era like a colossus, Hugo Black is the..... More

An Influential Spanish Work Addressing the Relationship Between Church and State Alvarez de Abreu, Antonio [1683-1756]. Victima Real Legal, Discurso Unico Juridico-Historico-Politico, Sobre que las Vacantes Mayores, Y Menores de las Iglesias de las Indias Occidentales, Pertenecen a la Corona de Castilla, Y Leon, Con Pleno, Y Absoluto Dominio. Madrid..... More

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Pohlman, H.L. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Free Speech and the Living Constitution. New York: New York University Press, 1991. ix, [1], 265 pp. ISBN 0814766145. Cloth harcover in fine dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $65. * In this work, H.L. Pohlman calls for a new interpretation of..... More

Balzac's Study of Rogues with Illustrations by Hemard Balzac, Honore de [1799-1850]. Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code des Gens Honnetes, Ou, l'Art de ne Pas etre Dupe des Fripons. Paris: [Nouvelle Societe d'Edition, 1944]. 162 pp. Text illustrations. Softbound volume, printed title panel to front cover. Light soiling and a negligible..... More

Incunable Editions of Two Primary Volumes of Canon Law Clement V [c.1266-1314], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-c.1348)], Glosses. [Constitutiones, Cum Apparatu Johannes Andreae]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January 1482]. [60] ff. Collation: a/A10, B-G8, H2. Text in parallel columns with two-column linear gloss. [Bound with] Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni..... More

Bigelow, Melville M. A Treatise on the Law of Estoppel and its Application in Practice. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1872. lxiv, 656 pp. (9-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Ex-library, early 20th century brown buckram, with upper red and lower black gilt lettered spine lettering pieces, gilt property stamps at foot of..... More

[Trial]. Wallace, William, Editor. Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors. London: Sweet & Maxwell/Edinburgh and London: William Hodge & Company, [1905]. [x], 472 pp. Frontispiece and 11 plates. Original green cloth, top-edges gilt, deckle fore and bottom-edges, gilt title and library location label to spine. Moderate rubbing to..... More

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Stone, Julius [1907-1985]. International Guarantees of Minority Rights: Procedure of the Council of the League of Nations in Theory and Practice. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. xiii, 288 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, with moderate shelf wear, in a worn and moderately soiled dust jacket, owner signature to front free endpaper..... More

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Bullock, William E. A Treatise on the Law of Husband and Wife in the State of New York including Chapters on Devorce and Dower. Albany: H.B.Parsons, 1897. xxxiv, 428 pp. (9-1/4" x 6-1/4"). Ex-library, early 20th century brown buckram with chipped and worn upper red and lower spine labels. Residue..... More

Martin, Lawrence. The Treaties of Peace 1919-1923. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1924. Two volumes. [i], lxxvii, 649; [vi], 651-1098 pp. Maps. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear, library markings to bindings, edges of text block, endleaves and title pages, hinges cracked, internally clean. $50. More

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Gentili, Alberico [1552-1608]. De Legationibus Libri Tres. Volume One: A Photographic Reproduction of the Edition of 1594, with an Introduction by Ernest Nys, And a List of Errata. New York: Oxford University Press, 1924. 38a, [16], 231, [3] pp. Original cloth hardcover, some soiling and light shelfwear, library markings to..... More

Victoria, Francesco De [1480-1546]. Nys, Ernest, Editor. De Indis et De Iure Belli Relectiones: Being Parts of Relectiones Theologicae XII. I. Introduction by Ernst Nys, and Translation (by John Pawley Bate) of the Introduction by Ernst Nys. II. A Translation of the Text, by John Pawley Bate. III, Revised Text..... More

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Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Moore, Frank Gardner, Translator. De Officio Hominis et Civis Juxta Legem Naturalem Libri Duo. Volume Two. The Translation by Frank Gardner Moore. New York: Oxford University Press, 1927. 27a, xxi, 152, [2] pp. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear and soiling, library markings to binding, edges of text..... More

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Jus Divinum or Jus Divinum Regum? Carter, John. Vindiciae Decimarum. Of Tithes, A Plea for the Ius Divinum. Drawne from the Text. London: T. Cotes, 1640. (iv), 56 pp. First leaf blank. Quarto (7" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to..... More

First Edition of a Classic Study of International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflict Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Quaestionum Juris Publici, Libri Duo, Quorum Primus Est de Rebus Bellicis, Secundus de Rebus Varii Argumenti. Leiden: J.V. Kerckhem, 1737. [xxiv], 384, [32] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary calf, rebacked..... More

Compiled Laws of Antigua in Force in 1865 [Antigua]. The Laws of Antigua: Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands in Force in Antigua and the Acts of Antigua from 20 Car. 2., 1668, to 28 Vict., 1864, With Table of Acts, Index of Subject Matter, And Alphabetical Index..... More

Spanish-Language Edition of the 1862 California Session Laws [California]. Splivalo, Augusto D., Translator. Las Leyes de California, Dadas Durante la Sesion Decimatercia de la Legislatura, 1862; Que Principio el Lunes, Dia Seis de Enero, Y Finalizo el Jueves, Die Quinca de Mayo. Sacramento: Benj. P. Avery, 1862. xxxv, 445, [1]..... More

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A Watershed Moment in the History of Liberia [Trial]. Seys, John, Defendant. Trial of the Suit Instituted by the Collector of Customs for the Port of Montrovia, Against the Superintendent of the Liberia Mission of the "Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church," Before the Supreme Court of Liberia, In..... More

Bilingual Edition of the 1892 Mexican Mining Code [Mexico]. Mining Laws of the United States of Mexico, Fourth Edition Revised and Corrected to December 1st., 1901/Ley Minera de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Cuarta Edicion Revisada y Corregida Hasta Diciembre 1 de 1901. Mexico City: F.P.Hoeck & Co., 1901. 137 pp..... More

Digested North Carolina Acts, 1838-1846 [North Carolina]. [Iredell, James, Jr. (1788-1853), Digester]. A Digested Manual of the Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina, from the Year 1838 to the Year 1846, Inclusive, Omitting all Acts of a Private and Local Nature, And Such as Were Temporary and Whose..... More

French-Language Account of Louisiana's 1845 Constitutional Convention [Louisiana]. [Constitution of 1845]. Foullouze (Foulhouze), James, Reporter. Rapports Officiels Des Devats [sic] de la Convention la Louisiane. New Orleans: J. Bayon, Imprimeur de la Convention, 1845. [i], 460, 11 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2 x 6-1/4). Later library cloth, red..... More

One of the Earliest English Texts to Address Conveyancing[C] West, William [1568-1594]. The First Part of Simboleography. Which May be Termed the Art, Or Description, of Instruments and Presidents. Collected by William West of the Inner Temple Esquire. And Now Newly Augmented with Divers Presidents Touching Merchants Affaires. London: Printed..... More

Selden's Reply to Grotius Bound with a Reply to Selden by Pontanus Selden, John [1584-1654]. Mare Clausum Seu De Dominio Maris Libri Duo. I. Mare, Ex Iure Naturae seu Gentium, Omnium Hominum non Esse Commune, Sed Dominii Privati seu Proprietatis Capax, Pariter ac Tellurem, Esse Demonstratur. II. Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae..... More

A Christian Argument Against Retaliation and Capital Punishment [Whelpley, Samuel (1766-1817)]. Letters Addressed to Caleb Strong, Esq. Late Governor of Massachusetts, Showing, that Retaliation, Capital Punishments, And War, Are Prohibited by the Gospel; Justified by No Good Principle; Not Necessary to the Safety of Individuals or Nations: But, Incompatible with..... More

A Group of Galveston Lawyers Attempt to Put One of their Colleagues on the Federal Bench [Manuscript]. [Galveston, Texas]. [Goddard, William H.]. [Manuscript Letters from Members of the Galveston Bar Recommending William H. Goddard for a Judgeship]. Galveston, TX, June 25 [and] June 29, 1870. 4 pp. 13-1/2" x 8-1/4."..... More

Well-Illustrated Digest of the Military Law and Practice of the Holy Roman Empire Fronsberger, Leonhardt. [Amman, Jost (1539-1591), Illustrations]. Von Kayserlichem Krieg rechten, Malefitz und Schuldhandlen, Ordnung und Regiment: Samt Derselbigen unnd Andern hoch oder Niderigen Beuelch, Bestallung, Staht und Empter, zu Rossz und Fu , An Geschutz und Munition..... More

1884 Digest of Laws Concerning the Insane Harrison, George L. [1811-1885]. Legislation on Insanity: A Collection of All the Lunacy Laws of the States and Territories of the United States to the Year 1883, Inclusive. Also the Laws of England on Insanity, Legislation in Canada on Private Houses, And Important..... More

The Most Comprehensive Attack on the Dred Scott Decision Published Before the Civil War [Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858)]. Historical and Legal Examination of That Part of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott Case, Which Declares the Unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act..... More

Pennsylvania Fees for Justices and Constables in 1814 [Broadside]. [Pennsylvania]. Justices' Fee Bill, According to Act of Assembly, Of March, 1814. Williamsport, PA: Printed by Simpson & Gale, [1814]. 10" x 8" broadside, text in parallel columns. Moderate toning, light foxing, vertical and horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. $450. *..... More

The Only Digest of Indian Territory Statutes Carter, Dorset, Compiler. Annotated Statutes of the Indian Territory: Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force at the Close of the Second Session of the Fifty-Fifth Congress. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1899. lxxxiv, 1149 pp. Octavo (10" x...... More

Justice Jackson at the Time of the Nuremberg Trials Jackson, Robert H. [1892-1954]. [6" x 8" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Jackson]. [Washington, DC: Acme Newspictures, June 2, 1945]. Light crinkling, light rubbing to edges, tipped-in caption, stamps and annotations to verso. $100. * The caption reads: "Justice Jackson Reports..... More

Justice Marshall Speaking to Justice Black Marshall, Thurgood [1908-1993]. Black, Hugo L. [1886-1971]. [8" x 9-1/2" Color Press Photograph of Justices Marshall and Black]. [(New York): AP Wirephoto, September 2, 1967]. Light rubbing to edges, and annotations and crop marks to upper margin, tipped-in caption and annotations to verso. $100..... More

The First Annotated English Legal Bibliography Worrall, John [d. 1771], Compiler. Bibliotheca Legum Angliae, Part I. Or, a Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law Books of This Realm, and Some Others Relating Thereto; Giving an Account of Their Several Editions, Ancient Printers, Dates, and Prices, and Wherein They Differ..... More