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The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature...
The First English Translation of Pufendorf's De Officio Hominis et Civis Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Motte, Benjamin [d.1710], Translator. The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature. By that Famous Civilian Samuel Puffendorf, Professor of the Law of Nature and Nations, In the University of Heidelberg, And..... More
The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed...
"A Project for Retrieving Credit" [Bankruptcy]. [Scotland]. The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed; Containing a Project for Retrieving Credit, And Advancing Trade, By Preventing Tedious Law-Suits: Again Addressed to the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, Members of Parliament, And all Scotsmen. Edinburgh..... More
The Royal Navy and Anglo-Jewry, 1740-1820: Traders and Those Who...
Green, Geoffrey L. The Royal Navy and Anglo-Jewry, 1740-1820: Traders and Those Who Served. London: G.L. Green, [1989]. 244 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $45. More
Sommario del Codice dei Delitti e delle Pene pel Regno d'Italia.
Rare Index to Italy's Napoleonic Penal Code [Kingdom of Italy]. Sommario del Codice dei Delitti e delle Pene pel Regno d'Italia. Disposto per Ordine Alfabetico. Milan: Dalla Tipografia di Francesco Sonzogno di G.B., 1811. [ii], 112 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Sewn pamphlet in printed wrappers, signatures uncut, edges untrimmed..... More
Analyse Raisonee de l'Esprit des Loix. Pisa, 1784.
Rare Italian Printing of a Study of Montesquieu Bertolini, Stefano [1711-1782]. Analyse Raisonee de l'Esprit des Loix. Pisa: Chez Jacques Grazioli, 1784. 125, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary stiff patterned wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities, patterned paper of spine lightly worn. Light toning to interior, light soiling to..... More
The Duello, Or, Single Combat, From Antiquity Derived into this...
Selden on Dueling Selden, John [1584-1654]. The Duello, Or, Single Combat: From Antiquity Derived into this Kingdom of England; With Several Kinds and Ceremonious Forms Thereof from Good Authority Described. By the Learned Mr. Selden. Printed in the Year 1610. And Now Re-Printed. London: Printed for William Bray in Exeter-Court..... More
A Collection of All the Publicke Orders, Ordiances and Declarations...
Ordinances and Orders from the First English Civil War [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. A Collection of All the Publicke Orders Ordinances and Declarations of Both Houses of Parliament, From the Ninth of March 1642. Untill December 1646. Together with Severall of his Majesties Proclamations and Other Papers Printed at Oxford. Also..... More
Lawyers in Canada.
Stager, David. Arthurs, H.W. Lawyers in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1990]. xiii, 370 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. $25. More
An Epitome of All the Common & Statute Laws of this Nation, Now in...
A New Departure for the Abridgment Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. An Epitome of All the Common & Statute Laws of This Nation Now in Force. Wherein More than Fifteen Hundred of the Hardest Words or Terms of the Law are Explained; And All of the Most Useful and Profitable Heads..... More
The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the...
First Edition of the First Complete English Translation, With the Pictorial Title Page Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. Evats, William [c.1606-1677], Translator. The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace. In the First is Handled, Whether any War be Just. In the Second is..... More
The Life and Work of Gerard Noodt, 1647-1725: Dutch Legal Scholarship
Bergh, G.C.J.J. van den. The Life and Work of Gerard Noodt, 1647-1725: Dutch Legal Scholarship between Humanism and Enlightenment. Oxford, [Eng.]: Clarendon Press, 1988. xiv, 391 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $35. More
The Booke Called, The Mirrour of Justices: Made by Andrew Horne...
First English-Language Edition of Horne's Mirrour of Justices Horne, Andrew [d.1328]. H[ughes], W[illiam], Translator. [Fitzherbert, Anthony (1470-1538)]. The Booke Called, The Mirrour of Justices: Made by Andrew Horne. With the Book, Called, The Diversity of Courts, And Their Jurisdictions. Both Translated Out of the Old French into the English Tongue..... More
Jurisprudence. 5 Volumes. 1959. First edition.
Pound's Magnum Opus Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Jurisprudence. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1959. Five volumes. Original publisher's cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spines and front covers. Internally clean. A near-fine set. $450. * First edition. His magnum opus, begun in 1911, is the culmination of a life devoted to the..... More
Ancient Hebrew Marriage Laws, with Special References to General...
Neufeld, E. Ancient Hebrew Marriage Laws, with Special References to General Semitic Laws and Customs. London: Longmans, Green and Co., [1944]. xix, 304 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Some foxing, otherwise good. $65. More
An Inquiry Into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the...
"Deserves to Rank Among the Two or Three Really Historic Contributions to Political Science Which Have Been Produced in the United States" Taylor, John, Of Caroline [1753-1824]. An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States. Comprising Nine Sections, Under the Following Heads: I. Aristocracy;..... More
The Royal Fishery Companies of the Seventeenth Century.
Elder, John Rawson. The Royal Fishery Companies of the Seventeenth Century. Glasgow, [Scot.]: J. Maclehose, 1912. vi, 136 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Small publisher's stamp to verso title page, otherwise clean. $45. More
The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina, 1804 2 vols
North Carolina Public Acts with 1804-1805 Appendix Martin, Francois-Xavier [1762-1846], Editor. Iredell, James [1751-1799], Compiler. The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North-Carolina. Volume I. Containing the Acts from 1715 to 1790; Revised and Published, Under the Authority of the Legislature. Newbern (NC): Martin & Ogden, 1804. [iv], 501..... More
The Laws of Q. Elizabeth, K James, and K Charles I Concerning Jesuits.
Collection of Laws Concerning Jesuits Published Eight Years Before the Glorious Revolution Cawley, William. The Laws of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and K. Charles the First, Concerning Jesuites, Seminary Priests, Recusants, &c. and Concerning the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance Explained by Divers Judgments and Resolutions of the Reverend Judges..... More
Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections.
A Tribute to Frankfurter Freund, Paul A. [1908-1992]. Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections. [Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1982]. 13 pp. Stitched pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light toning, small stain to front wrapper, cancel slip tipped onto title page. Item housed in handsome three-quarter calf over plain paper folding case..... More
The Jews in Medieval Germany; a Study of their Legal and Social Status
Kisch, Guido. The Jews in Medieval Germany; a Study of their Legal and Social Status. New York, Ktav Pub. House, 1970. xxviii, 655 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $25. * Second Edition. Contents: Jewry-law and its investigation; Sources and literature; Magdeburg jury-court decisions; Legal-historical literature: a critical survey; The..... More
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Congressional Quarterly. Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Inc., [1979]. xxii, 1,022 pp. Illustrated. Cloth very good in worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. More
Development of International Humanitarian Law.
Herczegh, Geza. Development of International Humanitarian Law. Budapest : Akademiai Kiado, 1984. 239 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn. Internally clean. $25. * Translated by Sandor Simon.; Translation edited by Lajos Czank. More
Lawyers and Laymen of Western Canada.
Stubbs, Roy St. George. Lawyers and Laymen of Western Canada. Toronto: Ryerson Press, [1939]. 197 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Library stamps to front and rear pastedowns, otherwise clean. $25. * Contents: Nicholas Flood Davin.; Nathaniel Francis Hagel.; Sir Hugh John Macdonald.; Samuel Larcombe.; Chief Justice Prendergast.; Robert Andrew Bonnar.; Patrick James..... More
The Poor and the City: the English Poor Law in its Urban Context...
Rose, Michael E. The Poor and the City: the English Poor Law in its Urban Context, 1834-1914. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. xi, 175 pp. Hardcover in near-fine lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Introduction: the poor and the city, 1834-1914, Michael E. Rose; Finance and..... More
The Spirit of International Law.
Bederman, David J. The Spirit of International Law. Athens, [Ga.]: University of Georgia Press, [2002]. xvi, 374 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $25. * Contents: Authority and obligation; Sources; Methods and approaches; Subjects and objects; Coherence and sophistication; Values and paradoxes; Confines; Formalism and pragmatism;..... More