The First English Treatise on Marriage Law [Carter, Samuel, Attributed]. Baron and Feme: A Treatise of Law and Equity, Concerning Husbands and Wives. Wherein is Contained the Nature of a Feme Covert, And of Marriages, Bastards; The Privileges of Feme Coverts; What Alterations are Made by Marriage as to Estates..... More

"Lunatics, Idiots, & Persons of Unsound Mind" Phillips, Charles Palmer. The Law Concerning Lunatics, Idiots, & Persons of Unsound Mind. London: Butterworths, 1858. xxxi, 473 pp. Octavo (8-3/8" x 5"). Later library cloth, red and black lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine, endpapers renewed. Light shelfwear and soiling..... More

Notable Collection of Courts Martial [Trials]. Smith, Francis O.J. [1806-1876], Reporter. Reports of Decisions in the Circuit Courts Martial, Of Questions Arising on Trials had in Said Courts. Compiled from Original Papers in the Office of the Adjutant General, In Conformity to a Resolve of a Legislature of Maine, Passed..... More

Signed and Inscribed to Harpo Marx and His Wife Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company. [1960]. Sixth printing. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in price-clipped dust jacket with some edgewear and minor chips and..... More

The First Criminal Code Influenced by Beccaria [Tuscany]. [Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke (1765-1790)]. [Howard, John (1726-1790), Attributed Author, Translator]. Edict of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, For the Reform of Criminal Law in His Dominions: Translated from the Italian: Together with the Original. Warrington: Printed by W.Eyres, 1789. x, 67..... More

Digested North Carolina Acts, 1838-1850 [North Carolina]. [Iredell, James, Jr. (1788-1853), Digester]. A New Digested Manual of the Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina, From the Year 1838 to the Year 1850, Inclusive. Omitting All the Acts of a Private and Local Nature, And such as were Temporary..... More

Revised Laws of North Carolina, 1821-1825 [North Carolina]. Taylor, John [1769-1829], Reviser. A Revisal of the Laws of North-Carolina, Passed from 1821-1825 (Both Years Inclusive). With Marginal Notes and References. Raleigh: Printed and Sold by J.Gales & Son, 1827. [ii], 203 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Later library cloth, red..... More

1821 Edition of North Carolina Laws Potter, Henry [1766-1857], Editor. Taylor, J[ohn] L[ewis] [1769-1829], Editor. Yancey, Bart[lett] [1785-1828], Editor. Laws of the State of North-Carolina, Including the Titles of Such Statutes and Parts of Statutes of Great Britain as are in Force in Said State; Together with the Second Charter..... More

Albany, New York in 1800 [Albany]. [New York]. The Charter of the City of Albany; And the Laws and Ordinances, Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the Said City, In Common Council Convened. Albany: Printed by Barber & Southwick, For the Corporation, 1800. 158, [2] pp..... More

First Printing of the 1870 Louisiana Practice Code [Louisiana]. The Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Printed at the Office of the Republican, 1870. 200 pp. Octavo, (9" x 6"). Later library cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers added. Some soiling and light..... More

Louisiana's Reconstruction-Era Constitution [Louisiana]. Constitution Adopted by the State Constitutional Convention of the State of Louisiana, March 7, 1868. Printed by the New Orleans Republiean [sic], In Accordance with a Resolution of the Constitutional Convention, Adopted March 7th, 1868. New Orleans: Printed at the Republican Office, 1868. 22 pp. Octavo..... More

Recreation for Members of the Inns of Court Murphy, Arthur [1727-1805]. The Gray's-Inn Journal. In Two Volumes. London: Printed by W. Faden for P. Vaillant, 1756. [xii], 328; [iv], 338 pp. 12mo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Later library cloth, red and black calf lettering pieces to spines, endpapers added. Some soiling..... More

Nineteenth-Century Digest of New York Charity and Insanity Laws Cumming, Robert C. Gilbert, Frank B. The Poor, Insanity and State Charities Laws: Containing the Poor Law; The Insanity Law; The State Charities Law; The Support of Bastards and Provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Relative to Bastardy Proceedings, Abandonment..... More

New York City at the End of the Civil War Hoffman, Murray [1791-1878]. A Digest of the Charters, Statutes and Ordinances of, and Relating to, the Corporation of the City of New York, the Organization of the County, and to Other Bodies or Officers Connected with the Government of Such..... More

Greiner's Annotated Edition of the Louisiana Code of Practice [Louisiana]. Greiner, M[einrad], Editor. Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana, Containing Rules of Procedure in Civil Actions; With an Abstract of the Decisions of the Supreme Court, Placed Under the Appropriate Articles in the Code; To Which is Appended..... More

The First Post-Civil War Code with an Anti-Miscegenation Law [Alabama]. Stone, Geo[rge] W. Shepherd, J[ohn] W[esley]. The Penal Code of Alabama; Prepared by Geo W. Stone and J.W. Shepherd, And Adopted by the General Assembly at the Session of 1865-6; Together with the Other Criminal Laws Now in Force. Published..... More

Thurgood Marshall Poses with His Family Marshall, Thurgood [1908-1993]. [6" x 9-1/2" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Marshall and His Family]. [(New York): AP Wirephoto, (September 4), 1967]. Light rubbing to edges, caption to left of image, with Marshall's name circled in ink, stamps to verso. $100. * The caption..... More

Frank Murphy is Sworn In as a Supreme Court Justice Murphy, Frank [1890-1949]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Swearing in of Justice Murphy]. [Washington, DC: Acme Newspictures, January 18, 1940]. Light rubbing to edges, tipped-in caption and stamp to verso. $100. * The caption reads: "In the..... More

Supreme Court Spouses [Supreme Court, United States]. [7" x 9-1/4" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Wives of the Justices of the Warren Court]. [New York: International News Photos, December 18, 1957]. Light rubbing to edges, faint crop mark and annotation to upper half of image, "691" to upper margin, tipped-in..... More

One of the Earliest English Texts to Address Conveyancing [C] West, William [1568-1594]. The First Part of Symboleographie: Which May be Termed the Art, Or Description, Of Instruments and Presidents. First Collected by William West of the Inner Temple Esquire. And Since Augmented with Divers New Presidents not Formerly Printed..... More

Arnheim, Dr. Michael. Anglo-American Law: A Comparison. xxvi, 463 pp. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2019. ISBN-13: 9781616196325. ISBN-10: 1616196327. Hardcover. New. $85. * English and American law share a common origin. Yet the differences between them are now greater than the similarities..... More

"Commonly Called Old Patch" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Price, Charles [1723-1786]. Memoirs of a Social Monster; Or the History of Charles Price, Otherwise Boilingbroke, Otherwise Johnson, Otherwise Parks, Otherwise Wigmore, Otherwise Brank, Otherwise Wilmott, Otherwise Williams, Otherwise Schutz, Otherwise Powel, &c. &c. &c. And commonly called Old Patch. Containing an Accurate..... More

The First Annotated Louisiana Civil Code [Louisiana]. Upton, Wheelock S., Annotator. Jenning, Needler R., Annotator. Civil Code of the State of Louisiana; With Annotations. New Orleans: E. Johns & Co., 1838. xl, xl, 536, 536, [v], 48 pp. French translation on facing pages. Octavo (10" x 6-1/2"). Later library cloth..... More

Rare 1914 Layman's Guide to Liberian Criminal and Civil Procedure Karnga, Abayomi. A Guide to our Criminal and Civil Procedure. Monrovia, Liberia: College of West Africa Press, 1914. 53 pp. Tipped-in 4 pp. brochure titled Public Health and Sanitation Regulations No. 1. 1931 at rear of book. Stapled pamphlet in..... More

"Distinguished for Accuracy and Sound Learning" Vaughan, Sir John [1603-1674]. Vaughan, Edward [d. 1688], Editor. The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge Sir John Vaughan Kt. Late Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas. Being All of Them Special Cases, And Many Wherein he Pronounced the Resolution..... More

The Trial of "Weeping Billy" [Trials]. Greenaway, Thomas ("Weeping Billy"), Defendant. Duncan, William, Defendant. Maycock, John, Defendant. Pope, John, Defendant. Augustus, John, Defendant. The Trial of Weeping Billy, For the Wilful Murder of Ann Webb. Also, the Trials of William Duncan, For the Wilful Murder of W. Chivers, Esq., John..... More

A Trial Concerning the Status of Catholics in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain [Trial]. Atchison, Thomas, Defendant and Compiler. Trial of Captain Thomas Atchison, Of the Royal Artillery, By a General Court Martial, At Malta; In Consequence of Having to be Exonerated from Firing Patteraro Salutes, And Tolling a Roman Catholic Bell..... More

Cobbett's First Attempt to Promote Reform [Trial]. Powell, Richard, Captain, Primary Defendant. [Cobbett, William (1763-1835), Reporter]. Proceedings of a General Court Martial Held at the Horse-Guards, On the 24th and 27th of March, 1792, For the Trial of Capt. Richard Powell, Lieut. Christopher Seton, and Lieut. John Hall, Of the..... More

Not Listed on COPAC or OCLC [Trial]. Taylor, Edward, Defendant. Taylor, Robert, Defendant. The Defence of Mr. Edward Taylor, Delivered by Him on the Trial of Himself and His Brother, Robert Taylor, On the Sixteenth of January 1816, at the Old Bailey, On an Indictment Charging them with Forging and..... More

One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain [Trial] Fauntleroy, Henry [1785-1824], Defendant. Egan, Pierce [1772-1849], Reporter. Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy, For Forgery, At the Session's-House, In the Old Bailey, On Saturday, The 30th of October, 1824, Before Mr.Justice Park and Mr.Baron Garrow..... More

Friedman, Lawrence M. Percival, Robert V. The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, [1981]. xiii, 335 pp. Hardcover in lighly worn dust jacket, with light fading to spine, protected in a Brodart book cover, owner name to..... More

Professional Guidance for French Lawyers Mollot, [Francois-Etienne] [1794-1870]. Regles sur la Profession d'Avocat: Suivies 1. des Lois et Reglements qui la Concernent; 2. des Precedents du Conseil de l'Ordre des Avocats a la Cour Royale de Paris Avec des Notes Historiques et Explicatives. Paris: Ches Joubert, 1842. viii, xxxix, 606..... More

Stenton, Doris Mary (editor). Rolls of the Justices in Eyre, Being the Rolls of Pleas and Assizes for Yorkshure in 3 Henery III (1218-19). The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 56 for 1937. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1937. lvi, 577 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Ex-library..... More

Bateson, Mary (editor). Borough Customs. Volume II. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 21 for 1906. Volume I was published as Volume 18 for 1904. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1906. clvi, 242 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with property stamps on inside covers, title page and pages edges..... More

Turner, G.J. (Editor). Year Books of Edward II. Vol. IX. 4 Edward II. A.D. 1311. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 42 for 1935. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1926. xciv, 244 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with property stamps on inside covers, title page and pages edges, shelf..... More

Maitland, F.W. (1850-1906) and G.J. Turner (1867-1946), Editors. Year Books of Edward II. Vol. IV. 3 & 4 Edward II. A.D. 1309-1311. The Year Book Series Vol. IV. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, Volume 22 for 1907. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1907. Engraved portrait of Frederic William Maitland frontispiece..... More

Collas, John P. and Theodore F.T. Plucknett (editors). Year Books of Edward II, vol XXIII, 12 Edward II, Michaelmas AD 1318. The Year Books Series. Vol. XXIII. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, Volume 65 for 1946. London: Quaritch, 1950. lxiii, 206 pp. Numbered in parallel with original text..... More

Carr, Sir Cecil. Pension Book of Clement's Inn. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 78 for 1960. London: Bernard Quartich, 1960. ixvii, 147 pp. Hardcover, cloth bound, good condition. $10. * The lengthy history of Clement's Inn, one of the courts of chancery, followed by the transcribed 18th..... More

Oldham, James, editor. Case Notes of Sir Soulden Lawrence, 1787-1800. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 128 for 2011. London: Selden Society, 2013. lxi, 439 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth, excelent condition. $35. * Lawrence, a Common Pleas and King's Bench judge 1794-1812, left extensive manuscript notes of..... More

D'Aguilar, Sir George. Endle, John, Revisor. Observations on the Practice and the Forms of District, Regimental, and Detachment Courts Martial: Also Remarks on the Composition and Practice of Courts of Inquiry, Etc., Etc. By Lieut.-General Sir George D'Aguilar, K.C.B., Formerly Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland. Dublin: Printed at the University Press..... More

Levi, Leone [1821-1888]. International Law: With Materials for a Code of International Law. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888. 4, 356 pp. Original cloth, paper shelf label to foot of spine. Light rubbing to extremities, small chip to head of spine, front joint starting, light toning to text, embossed..... More

First Edition of Bentham's Theory of Legislation Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. Dumont, Pierre Etienne Louis [1759-1829], Editor and Translator. Traites de Legislation Civile et Penale, Precedes de Principes Generaux de Legislation, Et d'une Vue d'un Corps Complet de Droit: Termines par un Essai sur l'Influence des Terms et des Lieux Relativement..... More

Honderich, Ted. Punishment: The Supposed Justifications Revisited. London: Pluto Press, 2006. vii, 249 pp. Softcover, negligible light shelfwear, minor staining near lower corner of text block, internally clean. $15. More

Stevenson, Brenda. The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. xxxi, 411 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $10. More

Maine, Henry Summer [1822-1888]. Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. London: John Murray, 1875. [ii], viii, [ii], 412, [20] pp. Publisher catalogues at beginning and end of text. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title and blind frames to spine. Light rubbing and a few..... More

Reports from the Reign of Charles I Latch, John [1588 or 9-1655]. Walpole, Edward. Plusieurs Tres-Bons Cases, Come Ils Estoyent Adjudgees es Trois Premiers Ans du Raign du Feu Roy Charles le Premier en La Court de Bank le Roy, Non Encore Publiees per Aucun Autre: Avec Deux tables Parfaits..... More

"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, And Exchequer, Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Heads: From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary..... More

The City Charters and Geographical Boundaries of Bristol, England [Bristol (England)]. Bristol. The City Charters. Containing the Original Institution of Mayors, Recorders, Sheriffs, Town-Clerks, And All Other Officers Whatsoever. As also of a Common-Council, And the Ancient Laws and Customs of the City. Diligently Compar'd with, And Corrected According to..... More

A Scarce 1824 New Jersey Layman's Guide [Layman's Guide]. [New Jersey]. The Law Instructor: Or, Farmer's & Mechanic's Guide: Containing a Commentary on the Act Entitled "An Act Constituting Courts for the Trial of Small Causes," With its Supplements, Together with Concise and Correct Precedents or Statements of Demands in..... More

The Vetus Codex: Parliamentary Rolls of Edward I and II Ryley, William [d.1667]. Placita Parlamentaria una Cum Judiciis Forensibus, Sive Sententiis Diffinitivis Desuper Latis, Regnantibus Edwardo Primo & Edwardo Secundo Angliae Regibus. Quibus Appendix Subjicitur Annexa, Continens Collectionem Quorundam Exemplarium, Sive Transcriptorum Statutorum, Ordinationum, Provisionum, Inhibitionum, Formularum, Scriptorum Originalium, Ex..... More