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A Practical Treatise on the Law of Tithes, 2nd Edition, London 1822.
Authoritative Treatise on Tithes Mirehouse, John [1789-1850]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Tithes. With Additions. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1822. xliv, 336 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Laer cloth, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers renewed, edges untrimmed. Light soiling to exterior, spine somewhat darkened, library..... More
The Parson's Counsellor, With the Law of Tithes or Tithing, In Two...
Influential English Treatise on Tithes and Tithing Degge, Sir Simon [1612-1704]. The Parson's Counsellor, With the Law of Tithes or Tithing. In Two Books. The First Sheweth, The Order Every Parson, Vicar, &c. Ought to Observe in Obtaining a Spiritual Preferment, And What Duties are Incumbent upon Him After the..... More
State Trials, Specimen of a New Edition. London, 1838. 1st ed.
State Trials, In Verse Moile, Nicholas Thirning, Pseudonym. [Bliss, Henry (1797-1873)]. State Trials: Specimen of a New Edition. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1838. xxix, [3], 402 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Recent cloth, gilt title and date to spine, endpapers renewed, cloth hinges. Light soiling to exterior, light toning..... More
Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed England 2nd ed. 4 vols Complete
With the Scarce Index Volume Wing, Donald, Compiler. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, And British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1994 [Vol. I], 1982 [Vol. II], 1988 [Vol. III], 1998 [Vol. IV]..... More
The London Bookshop: a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book...
Brown, Richard. Brett, Stanley. The London Bookshop: a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises. Pinner, [Eng.]: Private Libraries Association, 1971. 2 volumes. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $75. * Contents: pt. 1. Portraits and premises, with prefatory reminiscence by P. Muir; pt. 2. Portraits and premises. More
Autograph Letter, Signed, From James Kent to Thomas Isaac Wharton.
A Warm Letter from Chancellor Kent [Manuscript]. Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, From James Kent to Thomas Isaac Wharton, New York, May 3, 1828 (?)]. 2 pp. 10" x 8" bifolium, addressed and docketed (Ch. Kent Nov: 3d. 38) on verso with postmark and wax seal. Light toning, fold..... More
The Tryal of William Turton, Esq; For the Murder of John Holloway...
Murder or Self-Defense? [Trial]. Turton, William, Defendant. The Tryal of William Turton, Esq; For the Murder of John Holloway, At the Assizes Held at Oxford, On Thursday, The Seventeenth Day of July, 1755. Before the Honble. Sir Michael Foster, One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench..... More
The International Court of Justice, Its Role in the Maintenance of...
Lissitzyn, Oliver J. The International Court of Justice: Its Role in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1951. [12], 118 pp. Paper-covered boards, moderate shelfwear, light fadig to spine, library markings to binding and endleaves. $30. More
Finnerty v Tipper: A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of the...
A Convicted Libeler Brings His Own Libel Charges [Trial]. Tipper, Samuel, Defendant. Finnerty, Peter, Plaintiff. Finnerty v. Tipper. A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of the Action Brought by Peter Finnerty Against Samuel Tipper, Publisher of "The Satirist," For a Libel. Tried in the Court of Common Pleas..... More
The Common Law Tradition: Essays in Irish Legal History.
McEldowney, John F. O'Higgins, Paul. The Common Law Tradition: Essays in Irish Legal History. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, [1990]. 249 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $30. * Contents: The common law tradition in Irish legal history, J.F. McEldowney and Paul O'Higgins; The development of civil bill procedure in Ireland..... More
All Graduates & Gentlemen: Marsh's Library.
McCarthy, Muriel. All Graduates & Gentlemen: Marsh's Library. Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1980. 239 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Author inscription to half-title. $50. * Contents: Archbishop Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713); Marsh's library; Incunabula and other early printings; Famous books. More
The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct
Cruelty Against a Woman, Or a Political Hatchet Job? Marie, Jane. The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct of James Ross, To a Defenceless Woman. Written and Published by the Object of His Cruelty and Vengeance, And Addressed to the Public of Philadelphia and the Whole..... More
Law and its Administration.
Stone, Harlan Fiske. Law and its Administration. New York: Columbia University Press, 1924. 2nd ed. vii, 232 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and lightly soiled dust jacket. $30. * Contents: 1. Nature and functions of law; 2. Law and justice; 3. Fundamental legal conceptions; 4. Fundamental legal conceptions (continued); 5..... More
An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936.
Molinaro, Dennis G. An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2017]. xii, 325 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $45. * Contents: For the protection of people and state; Defining suspects; The trial; Citizens of the world; Outlaws; judgement. More
The Law of Libel, In Which is Contained a General History...
First American Edition of an Important English Treatise on Slander and Libel Holt, Francis Ludlow [1780-1844]. [Bleecker, Anthony, Editor]. The Law of Libel: In Which is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, and of Its Introduction, and Successive Alterations, In the Law of England. Comprehending..... More
Minor Practicks, Or, a Treatise of the Scottish Law...
A Handy 1726 Guide to Scots Civil Law Hope, Sir Thomas [1580?-1646]. Minor Practicks, Or, a Treatise of the Scottish Law. To Which is Subjoined, A Discourse On the Rite and Progress of the Law of Scotland: And an Alphabetical Abridgment of the Acts of Sederunt, From the Restoration to..... More
Synopsis or, An Exact Abridgement of The Lord Cokes Commentaries upon.
Davenport's Synopsis of Coke on Littleton Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Davenport, Sir Humphrey [1566-1645]. Synopsis or, An Exact Abridgement of The Lord Cokes Commentaries upon Littleton: Being A Briefe Explanation of the Grounds of the Common Law. Composed by that Famous and Learned Lawyer, Sir Humphrey Davenport Knight, Heretofore Reader..... More
A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of...
A Guide to Criminal Law for Justices of Peace Davis, Daniel [1762-1835]. A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of the Peace in Criminal Prosecutions. To Which are Now Added Precedents of Declarations and Pleadings. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1828. iv, 471 pp. Octavo (8-3/4"..... More
The Lawyer and His Profession, A Series of Letters to a Solicitor.
"Leading Principles" Smith, J[ob]. Orton. The Lawyer and His Profession: A Series of Letters to a Solicitor Commencing Business. London: V. and R. Stevens and Sons, S. Sweet and W. Maxwell, 1860. vi, 135, 31 pp. Includes 31 pp. publisher catalogue, other publisher advertisements to pastedowns and free endpapers. Octavo..... More
Petty Justice: Low Law and the Sessions System in Charlotte County...
Craven, Paul. Petty Justice: Low Law and the Sessions System in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2014]. xiv, 542 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $50. * Contents: Introduction: high law, low law, not law; The trials of David Owen, 1787-1803; High noon at..... More
Celia, a Slave.
McLaurin, Melton Alonza. Celia, a Slave. Athens, [GA]: University of Georgia Press, [1991]. xi, 148 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. * Contents: Beginnings; The crime; Inquisition; Backdrop; The trial; The verdict; Final disposition; Conclusions. More
The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality in...
Samuels, Shirley. The Culture of Sentiment: Race, Gender, and Sentimentality in Nineteenth-Century America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. viii, 349 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Price tag on back cover. $30. * Contents: Tender violence: literary eavesdropping, domestic fiction, and educational reform, Laura Wexler; "Domestic differences": competing..... More
Cornerstones of Order: Courthouses and Town Halls of Ontario...
MacRae, Marion. Adamson, Anthony. Cornerstones of Order: Courthouses and Town Halls of Ontario, 1784-1914. Toronto: C. Irwin, [1983]. viii, 283 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20. More
Samuel Maxwell Harrington, a Pioneer Judge.
Winslow, Julian D. Samuel Maxwell Harrington, a Pioneer Judge. New York: Vantage Press, [1994]. 1st ed. xi, 223 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
The Prison at Philadelphia, Cherry Hill: the Separate System of...
Teeters, Negley K. Shearer, John D. The Prison at Philadelphia, Cherry Hill: the Separate System of Penal Discipline, 1829-1913. New York: Columbia University Press, 1957. xvi, 249 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with price clip. Ink stamps to front free endpaper and edges. $50. *Contents: The Pennsylvania system..... More
City Lawyer: The Autobiography of a Law Practice, Inscribed by Hays.
Hays, Arthur Garfield. City Lawyer: The Autobiography of a Law Practice. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. xvi, 482 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Author inscription to front free endpaper. $50. More
A Select Collection of Remarkable Trials, In One Volume, London, 1744.
"Select Collection" of British Trials [Trials]. [Great Britain]. A Select Collection of Remarkable Trials: In One Volume. Viz. of The Duke of Norfolk, And the Lady Mary Mordaunt, For a Divorce. Patrick Hurley, For Perjury. Dr. Henry Sacheverell, For a Misdemeanor. James Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl..... More
Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel...
A Collection of Humorous Legal Anecdotes with Attractive Copperplate Pictorial Title Pages Abele von und zu Lilienber, Matthias [1618-1677]. Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel. Samt Denen/Hierauf Gleichsfalls Seltsam Erfolgten Gerichts Ausspruchen: Zusammen Getragen/Mit Iustigen Anmerckungen Erlautert/Auch Uhterschiedlichen Geschichten Vermehret/Und an Vielen Orten Verbessert. Nuremberg: In Verlegung Michael Endters..... More
Fair Value: the Meaning and Application of the term "Fair Valuation"..
Hartman, Harleigh H. Fair Value: the Meaning and Application of the term "Fair Valuation" as used by Utility Commissioners. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. xix, 263 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Pencil markings to several pages. $65. More
Free-born John: a Biography of John Lilburne.
Gregg, Pauline. Free-born John: a Biography of John Lilburne. London, Harrap, [1961]. 424 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $20. More
The History of the Original and Progress of Ecclesiastical Revenues...
A Critical Examination of Tithes and Other Forms of Ecclesiastical Revenue [Simon, Richard (1638-1712)]. The History of the Original and Progress of Ecclesiastical Revenues. Wherein is Handled According to the Laws, Both Ancient and Modern, Whatsoever Concerns Matters Beneficial, The Regale, Investitures, Nominations, And Other Rights Attributed to Princes. Written..... More
My Lawyer, A Concise Abridgment of and Popular Guide to the Laws...
A "Key" to English Law Barrister-at-Law. My Lawyer: A Concise Abridgment of and Popular Guide to the Laws of England. London: Keegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1887. xii, 548 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5"). Original cloth, rebacked retaining spine, gilt titles to spine and front board, which has the text..... More
The Federal Trust Policy.
Clark, John D. The Federal Trust Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1931. v, 305 pp. Hardcover. Light sehlfwear. Shelf location label to foot of spaine and library stamps to front free endpaper. $20. More
The Second Republic of Pakistan: an Analytical and Comparative...
Mahmood, Shaukat. The Second Republic of Pakistan: an Analytical and Comparative Evaluation of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1962. Lahore: Ilmi Kitab Khana. 2nd rev. ed. viii, 279 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear and soiling. Library shelf location label to front board and library stamp to front free endpaper. $75. More
The Law of Baron and Femme; Of Parent and Child; Of Guardian and Ward.
First Edition of Reeve's Baron and Femme in an Attractive Contemporary Binding Reeve, Tapping [1744-1823]. The Law of Baron and Femme; Of Parent and Child; Of Guardian and Ward; Of Master and Servant; And of the Powers of Courts of Chancery. With an Essay on the Terms, Heir, Heirs, and..... More
The Paradoxes of Legal Science, First Edition.
First Edition of One of Cardozo's Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light rubbing..... More
The Law and Procedure of International Tribunals: Being a Resume...
Ralston, Jackson H. The Law and Procedure of International Tribunals: Being a Resume of the Views of Arbitrators Upon Questions Arising Under the Law of Nations and of the Procedure and Practice of International Courts. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1926. xl, 512 pp. Publisher's cloth, moderate shelfwear and light..... More
Administrative Tribunals and the Rules of Evidence, A Study in...
Stephens, Harold M. Administrative Tribunals and the Rules of Evidence: A Study in Jurisprudence and Administrative Law. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. x, 128 pp. Original cloth, light shelfwear, top edge gilt. Light rubbing and shelfwear, spot of adhesive residue to foot of spine, small shelf label to front board..... More
Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities.
A Pioneering and Fascinating Comparative Study Cherry, Richard R. [1859-1923]. Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. xi, 123 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, black-stamped frames to boards, black-stamped fillets and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing and moderate shelfwear..... More
Legal Psychology: Psychology Applied to the Trial of Cases to Crime...
Brown, M. Ralph. Legal Psychology: Psychology Applied to the Trial of Cases to Crime and Its Treatment and to Mental States and Processes. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1926]. First edition. x, 346 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portrait, diagrams. Original maroon cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover, light..... More
International Law. The Substance, Processes, Procedures and...
Rhyne, Charles S. [Weinberger, Caspar W.] International Law. The Substance, Processes, Procedures and Institutions for World Peace with Justice. Washington, D.C.: CLB Publishers, Inc. 1971. 656 pages. A very good hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. With bookplate on front pastedown "From the Library of Caspar W. Weinberger." Internally clean..... More
John Lilburne, the Leveller: A Christian Democrat.
Gibb, M.A. John Lilburne, the Leveller: A Christian Democrat. London: L. Drummond, 1947. 359 pp. Hardbound, moderate shelfwear with fading to book spine. $20. More
Francis Lieber, Nineteenth-Century Liberal.
Freidel, Frank. Francis Lieber, Nineteenth-Century Liberal. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1948. xiii, 445 pp. Hardcover, fine. $20. More
Federal Justice in California: The Court of Ogden Hoffman...
Fritz, Christian G. Federal Justice in California: The Court of Ogden Hoffman, 1851-1891. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. xv, 324 pp. Illustrations. Hardbound, near-fine. $20. More
Margery Fry: The Essential Amateur.
Jones, Enid Huws. Margery Fry: The Essential Amateur. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. 256 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $20. More
Private International Law; A Comparative Treatise on American...
Ehrenzweig, Albert A. Private International Law; A Comparative Treatise on American International Conflicts Law, Including the Law of Admiralty. Leyden, Sijthoff, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y: Oceana, 1974. Light shelfwear, spot of shelf label residue to foot of spine, stamps to edges of text block and title page card pocket to rear..... More
Changing Law: a Biography of Arthur T. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt, Arthur T. Changing Law: a Biography of Arthur T. Vanderbilt. New Brunswick, [N.J.]: Rutgers University Press, [1976]. xiv, 271 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20. More
Judicial Control of the Federal Trade Commission and the...
McFarland, Carl. Judicial Control of the Federal Trade Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1920-1930: A Comparative Study in the Relations of Courts to Administrative Commissions. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1933. 222 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear, library markings to front endleaves. More
Skene's Memorabilia Scotica, 1475-1612 and Revisals of Regiam...
Skene, John Sir. Skene's Memorabilia Scotica, 1475-1612 and Revisals of Regiam Majestatem. Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co., 1923. 45 pp. Softbound, moderate wear, faint dampstaining to wrappers, owner bookplate of W. MacDonald Mackay to front pastedown. $175. More
Miscellany Volume.
Mure, William Sir. Miscellany Volume. Edinburgh, London: Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons, 1933. 212 pp. Hardbound, near-fine, owner bookplate to front pastedown. $25. More
From Local Courts to National Tribunals: the Federal District Courts..
Hall, Kermit L. Rise, Eric W. From Local Courts to National Tribunals: the Federal District Courts of Florida, 1821-1990. Brooklyn, [N.Y.]: Carlson Pub., 1991. x, 252 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $45. More
Murder by Numbers.
Dickson, Grierson. Murder by Numbers. London: R. Hale, [1958]. 224 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with small tear and price tag to front cover. $25. More
The Newspaper and Authority.
Salmon, Lucy Maynard. The Newspaper and Authority. New York: Oxford University Press, 1923. xxviii, 505 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Owner signature to front free endpaper. $25. * Contents: Authority and the newspaper; Theory of censorship; Preventive censorship; Primitive censorship; Results of censorship; Regulation of the press; Taxes on knowledge; The..... More
The F.B.I. Transcripts on Exhibit in U.S.A. v. De Cavalcante... 6 vols
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The F.B.I. Transcripts on Exhibit in U.S.A. v. De Cavalcante, Vastola, and Annunziata. U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; index number: Criminal 111-68. New York: Lemma Publishing Corporation, 1970. Thirteen volumes in Six books. Complete. Original black cloth hardcover. As new. $300. *..... More
Modern Constitutions: a Collection of the Fundamental Laws of...
Dodd, Walter Fairleigh. Modern Constitutions: a Collection of the Fundamental Laws of Twenty-Two of the Most Important Countries of the World : with Historical and Bibliographical Notes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1909. 2 volumes. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. $100. More
The Compleat Practical Undersheriff, Comprehending the Duties...
The Role of Regency-Era Sheriffs and Undersheriffs Skirrow, George. The Compleat Practical Undersheriff. Comprehending the Duties of the Office as Exercised by the Sheriff in Person, Or by His Undersheriff, From His First Coming into the Office to the Passing of His Accounts, and Obtaining his Quietus, In a Regular..... More
European Human Rights Convention in Domestic Law: a Comparative Study.
Drzemczewski, Andrew Z. European Human Rights Convention in Domestic Law: a Comparative Study. Oxford, [UK]: Oxford University Press, 1983. xiv, 372 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with library stamps to endleaves. $20. More
Laszlo Rajk and his Accomplices before the People's Court.
Koltai, Ferenc. Laszlo Rajk and his Accomplices before the People's Court. Budapest, [Hun.]: Budapest Print. Press, 1949. 319 pp. Softcover. Worn. Price stamp to title page. $50. More
The College of Justice: Essays on the Institution and Development of..
Hannay, Robert Kerr. The College of Justice: Essays on the Institution and Development of the Court of Session. Edinburgh, [Scot.]: W. Hodge & Company, Limited, 1933. xv, 176 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Owner's signature to front free endpaper. $25. More
Lord Fullerton.
Strathclyde, Alexander Ure. Lord Fullerton. Edinburgh, [Scot.]: W. Hodge, 1921. 129 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Owner signature to half-title page. $45. More
Tractatus Novus vom Wechsel-Recht: In Sich Begreiffend, So Wohl...
Scarce Treatise on Exchange in the Holy Roman Empire with Striking Engraved Pictorial Frontispiece Beck, Johann Adam [1686-1751]. Tractatus Novus vom Wechsel-Recht: In Sich Begreiffend, So Wohl die Persohnen, Welche Diesem Recht Unterworffen Sind, Als Auch die Verschiedene Arten und Gattungen Derer Wechsel und Wechsel-Brieffen, Ingleichen was in- Order bey..... More
Criminal Law, Tradition, and Legal Order: Crime and the Genius of...
Farmer, Lindsay. Criminal Law, Tradition, and Legal Order: Crime and the Genius of Scots Law: 1747 to the Present. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1997]. xi, 207 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. * Contents: 1. The boundaries of the criminal law: criminal law, legal theory and history; 2..... More
The Indian Police.
Curry, John Court. The Indian Police. London, Faber & Faber, [1932]. 353 pp. with folded map. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $30. More
Bound and Gagged: a Secret History of Obscenity in Britain.
Travis, Alan. Bound and Gagged: a Secret History of Obscenity in Britain. London: Profile Books, [2000]. viii, 344 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20. More
Bracton's Note Book. A Collection of Cases..., 3 Vols. Complete set.
Maitland's Edition of Bracton Bracton, Henry de, [d. 1268]. Maitland, F[rederick] W[illiam] [1850-1906], Editor. Bracton's Note Book: A Collection of Cases Decided in the King's Courts During the Reign of Henry the Third, Annotated by a Lawyer of that Time, Seemingly by Henry of Bracton. London: C.J. Clay & Sons..... More
Pioneering in Penology: the Amsterdam Houses of Correction in the...
Sellin, Thorsten. Pioneering in Penology: the Amsterdam Houses of Correction in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Philadelphia: Universitry of Pennsylvania Press, 1944. viii, 125 pp. Hardcover in worn dust jacket with price clip and bookplate to front pastedown. $30. More
Inter-Governmental Relations in India: a Study of Indian Federalism.
Ray, Amal. Inter-Governmental Relations in India: a Study of Indian Federalism. Bombay: Asia Pub. House, [1966]. viii, 184 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Shelf location label to front cover and library stamps to front free endpaper. $30. More
Select Scottish Cases of the Thirteenth Century.
Cooper, Thomas Mackay. Select Scottish Cases of the Thirteenth Century. Edinburgh, [UK]: W. Hodge & Co. Limited, 1944. lxviii, 103 pp. Table of abbreviations...to facilitate identification of works referred to, xii-xv pp. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $50. More
Candie for the Foundling.
Gordon, Anne. Candie for the Foundling. Edinburgh, [UK]: Pentland Press, [1992]. xi, 720 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $30. More
The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300.
Morris, William Alfred. The Medieval English Sheriff: To 1300. Manchester: At the University Press, 1927. xviii, 291 pp. Hardcover, moderately worn, library stamps to top-edge of text block and front free endpaper, finger smudges to a few leaves. $20. * First edition. Contents: The king's reeve; The office of sheriff..... More
Cluverius: My Life, Trial and Conviction.
Cluverius Tells His Story: McDade 193 Cluverius, Thomas J. [1861-1887]. Cluverius: My Life, Trial and Conviction. Richmond: Andrews, Baptist & Clemmitt, 1887. 112 pp. Quarto (6" x 5"). Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling, spine ends abraded, chips to edges and corners of wrappers, front wrapper partially detached but..... More
Law and Literature [with] Autograph Letter, Signed, February 20, 1931.
A First Edition of Cardozo's Law and Literature with a Related Cardozo Letter Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. Law and Literature and Other Essays and Addresses. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1931]. [ix], 190 pp. Cloth. Light rubbing, spine ends and corners bumped, lettering rubbed away from spine, light toning..... More
The Forms of Action at Common Law.
Maitland, Frederic William. Chaytor, A.H., Editor Whittaker, W.J., Editor. The Forms of Action at Common Law. London: Cambridge University Press, 1958. [1st ed. 1909]. xi, 92 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear, shelf label to front cover, library markings to front endleaves and title page, card pocket to rear pastedown. $25. More
Charting the Future: The Supreme Court Responds to a Changing Society
Semonche, John E. Charting the Future: The Supreme Court Responds to a Changing Society, 1890-1920. Westport, [Conn.]: Greenwood Press, [1978]. xiii, 470 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $50. * Contents: 1. Setting the scene: the men and the court; 2. Shifting membership and the shifting doctrine; 3. Into..... More
The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America
Novak, William J. The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America. Chapel Hill, [N.C.]: University of North Carolina Press, [1996]. x, 396 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $55. * Contents: Governance, police, and American liberal mythology; The common law vision of a well-regulated society; Public safety: fire and the relative right..... More
Contract Law in America, A Social and Economic Case Study.
Friedman, Lawrence M. Contract Law in America. A Social and Economic Case Study. Madison and Milwaukee: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. x, 280 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket, shelf label to spine of dust jacket at foot, library markings to edges of text block and preliminary leaves..... More
Pornography & Politics, A Look Back to the Williams Committee.
Simpson, A.W. Brian. Pornography & Politics: a look back to the Williams Committee. London: Waterlow Publishers, [1983]. 143 pp. Softcover. Moderately worn. $35. More
Comstockery in America, Patterns of Censorship and Control.
Haney, Robert W. Comstockery in America: Patterns of Censorship and Control. Boston: Beacon Press, [1960]. viii, 199 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $20. More
The Administration of Ireland, 1172-1377.
Richardson, H.G. Sayles, G.O. The Administration of Ireland, 1172-1377. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1963. xiii, 300 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $75. * Contents: Introduction; Lists of ministers; Irish treasurer's accounts; Illustrative documents (in Middle French and Latin). More
Manuscripts at Oxford, An Exhibition in Memory of Richard William...
Hunt, Richard William. De la Mare, Albinia Catherine, Editor. Barker-Benfield, B.C., Editor. Manuscripts at Oxford: an Exhibition in Memory of Richard William Hunt (1908-1979), Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1945-1975, on Themes Selected and Described by some of his Friends. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1980. x, 155..... More
The Black Hole and Other Essays.
Critchley, Macdonald. The Black Hole and Other Essays. London: Pitman, [1964]. x, 288 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $35. More
Facts, Failures & Frauds, Revelations Financial, Mercantile Criminal.
Evans, D. Morier. Facts, Failures & Frauds. Revelations Financial Mercantile Criminal. London: Groombridge & Sons, 1859. Reprint. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1968. viii, 727 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $20. More
Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office.
Fitzgerald, Percy. Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office. London: Chapman & Hall, 1888. Reprint. Montclair, NJ: Patterson Smith, 1972. 2 volumes in 1 book. Illustrations. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $20. More
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Fifth Series, Vol.33.
Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Fifth Series, Vol. 33. London: Royal Historical Society, 1983. 297 pp. Hardbound, light shelfwear with light fading to spine. $20. More
The Judge: Fred Vinson, Legislator, Executive, Jurist.
Anderson, James A. The Judge: Fred Vinson, Legislator, Executive, Jurist. Louisville, KY: The Sulgrave Press, 1999. 139 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography.
St. Clair, James E. Gugin, Linda C. Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. xiv, 394 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Legal Psychology.
Burtt, Harold E. Legal Psychology. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1931. xiv, 467 pp. Hardbound, light shelfwear. $20. More
History of the Juridical Society of Edinburgh.
Reid, William. History of the Juridical Society of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed for the Society, 1875. 159 pp. Hardbound, moderate shelfwear, light fading to spine, library security tag to rear free endpaper. $20. More
A Liberal Attorney-General: Being the Life of Lord Robson of...
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