With Interesting Comparisons Between Roman and English Law Justinian I, Emperor of the East [483-565 CE]. 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 by J. Purser; for M. Withers, 1761. xv, [1], 73..... More

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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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Account Book of a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Jurist [Manuscript]. Vredenburgh, Peter [1805-1873]. [Account Book]. Freehold, NJ, 1829-1839. 231, [13] pp. Oblong octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Reversed calf, black-stamped frames to boards. Light rubbing and some scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges with wear to corners..... More

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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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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

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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

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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

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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