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Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Works and of Baconiana to...1750.
Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Works and of Baconiana to the Year 1750. Oxford: At the Scrivener Press, 1950. xvii, 369 pp. Illustrated. Original quarter cloth over paper boards. Small bookplate of the legendary Boston antiquarian bookseller, Goodspeed's Book Shop, to front pastedown. Light soiling, spine ends..... More
Memorandum and Account Book, London, January-March 1771.
A Charming Slice of London Legal Life [Manuscript]. [Memorandum and Account Book]. [London], January 1-March 23, 1771. [28] pp. 5" x 4" untrimmed, unsewn bifolia, text in single neat hand. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, small holes or tears to a few leaves affecting text on final leaf only..... More
Property, Piracy and Punishment: Hugo Grotius on War and Booty in...
Blom, H.W. Property, Piracy and Punishment: Hugo Grotius on War and Booty in De Iure Praedae: Concepts and Contexts. Leiden, [Neth.]: Brill, 2009. vi, 422 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Internally clean and bright. $150. * Contents: Hugo Grotius's political and scholarly activities in the light of his correspondence, Henk J.M. Nellen;..... More
The Trials of Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, And Michael Shaw...
Transportation for Life [Trials]. Wallace, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Defendant. Wallace, Michael Shaw Stewart, Defendant. The Trials of Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, And Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, For Wilfully Destroying the Brig Dryad, Off Cuba, With Intent to Defraud the Marine Assurance Companies and Underwriters. London: Printed and Published by Williams..... More
The Institutes of English Private Law: Embracing an Outline of the...
Nasmith, David. The Institutes of English Private Law: Embracing an Outline of the Substantive Branch of the Law of Persons and Things. London: Butterworths, 1875. 2 volumes. Contents: Book 1. Persons; Book 2. Things. Cloth bound hardcovers. Moderate shelfwear. Bookplate to front pastedown, library stamp to title Page, otherwise internally..... More
The Green Bag. An Entertaining Magazine of the Law. 1911. Vol XXIII
Spencer, Arthur W., Editor. The Green Bag. Brookline, Boston: The Riverdale Press, Publishers. Volume XXIII Covering the Year 1911. In one book. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7"). 666, viii pp. Illustrated throughout with plates, photographs and engravings. Contemporary three quarter green morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, spine sunned, with gilt..... More
De la Justice et du Droit: Explication de la Definition...
Owned by an Important Scholar of Roman Law Senn, Felix [1879-1968]. De la Justice et du Droit: Explication de la Definition Traditionelle de la Justice, Suivie d'une Etude sur la Distinction du Ius Naturale et du Ius Gentium. Paris: Societe Anonyme du Recueil Sirey, 1927. 96 pp. Pamphlet in stiff..... More
Les Origines de la Notion de Jurisprudence, 1926.
Owned by an Important Scholar of Roman Law Senn, Felix [1879-1968]. Les Origines de la Notion de Jurisprudence. Paris: Societe Anonyme du Recueil Sirey, 1926. 54 pp. Pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers, publisher advertisements to rear wrapper, bound in later quarter cloth over marbled boards, hand-lettered title label to spine..... More
The Lives Of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest.
Campbell, Sir John [1779-1801]. The Lives Of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Mansfield. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lee, 1851. 2 volumes. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spines, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts... 1826. 2 vols.
First American Edition of Evans's Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Evans, William David (1767-1821), Translator and Editor]. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts. Translated From the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, and Notes, Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Published by Robert..... More
Plusieurs Tres-Bons Cases, Come ils Estoyent Adjudgees es Trois...
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
Transactions of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan. 6 vols
Blume, William Wirt. Transactions of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1935-1940. 6 volumes. Illustrations, maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher's cloth hardcover, moderate shelfwear and soiling. $350. * "Compiled, edited and published upon the William W. Cook Endowment Fund"..... More
The New Vade Mecum, Or Young Clerk's Magazine Digested and Improved...
1794 New York Legal Manual [Spencer, Thomas (1752-1840)]. The New Vade Mecum; or Young Clerk's Magazine: Digested and Improved to Correspond with the Laws of the State of New-York in Particular, and the United States in General: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents, Adapted to Almost Every Transaction..... More
Fragmenta Libri Singularis Regularum, Et Incerti Auctoris Collatio...
Attractive 1768 Edition of Ulpian's Fragmenta Ulpian [c.170-228]. Cannegieter, Johannes [1731-1804], Commentary. Fragmenta Libri Singularis Regularum, Et Incerti Auctoris Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum, Quibus Notas Adjecit Joannes Cannegieter, Advocatus in Curia Gelrica. Accedunt Ejusdem Disquisitio de Notis, Et Siglis Veterum, Et Observationum Miscellanearum Liber Singularis. Utrecht: Apud Guilielmum Henricum..... More
A History of The Courts and Lawyers of Ohio. 4 vols.
Marshall, Carrington T., Editor. A History of The Courts and Lawyers of Ohio. New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1934. 4 volumes. Portrait frontispieces. Illustrated. Original cloth, moderate soiling and shelfwear, internally clean. $200. * "Although some of the chapters are just a gathering together of almanac information, such..... More
Penal Reform: a Comparative Study.
Grunhut, Max. Penal Reform: a Comparative Study. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1948. xv, 486 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown, otherwise internally clean. $25. More
The Detection of Secret Homicide: A Study of the Medico-Legal...
Havard, J.D.J. The Detection of Secret Homicide: A Study of the Medico-Legal System of Investigation of Sudden and Unexplained Deaths. London: Macmillan & Co., 1960. xv, 253 pp. Cloth in lightly worn and soiled jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $30. * A title in the series Cambridge Studies in..... More
A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in...
First Edition of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland, From A.D. 1536, To 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; by William Smellie, 1785. xxiii, [1], 400 pp. Without the additional leaf..... More
Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Under Separate...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Copy of an Important Work on Parliamentary Procedure Hatsell, John [1743-1820]. [Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)]. Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Under Separate Titles; With Observations. London: Printed by H. Hughs, 1781. xi, 247, [32] pp. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2"). Nineteenth-century calf with later rebacking..... More
An Account of the Whole Proceedings at the Sessions, Holden at the...
"Tryals of Divers High-way-men, Clippers, Fellons" and the Conspirators in the Rye House Plot [Trials]. [Rye House Plot]. An Account of the Whole Proceedings at the Sessions, Holden at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, For the City of London, County of Middlesex, &c. Which Began on the Twelfth of this..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House...
The Most Extensive Account of an Important Trial Inspired by Fear of the French Revolution [Trial]. Hardy, Thomas [1752-1832], Defendant. Gurney, Joseph [1744-1815], Reporter. The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, On Tuesday the Twenty-Eighth, Wednesday the Twenty-Ninth, Thursday the Thirtieth..... More
Un-American Activities in California. 1943-1961. 8 volumes.
[California Legislature]. Joint Fact Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California. Report, Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities to California Legislature. Sacramento: The Senate, [1943-1961]. 8 volumes: Second Report (1943); Second Report (1945); Third Report (1947); Fourth Report (1948); Fifth Report (1949); Sixth Report (1951); Seventh Report (1953); Eleventh Report..... More
Old and New Ways in Judicial Review.
Black, Charles L. Old and New Ways in Judicial Review. Brunswick, [ME.]: Bowdoin College, 1957. 20 pp. Stapled pamphlet. Light shelfwear with staining to front cover. Internally clean. $20. More
The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected...
The King Must Consult with Parliament [Cotton, Sir Robert (1571-1631)]. The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected Our of the Fundamental Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome. Wherin is Manifested the Customary Uses of the Kings of England Upon All Occasions, Either of Marriage, Peace or Warre..... More
Deliberations of the International Penal and Penitentiary Congresses;.
Teeters, Negley K. Deliberations of the International Penal and Penitentiary Congresses; Questions and Answers, 1872-1935.... Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Book Store, [1949]. 198 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear and staining. Author's inscription to front free endpaper, else good. $45. More
What Was the Object of the Reform Bill?
A Moderate Take on the Reform Act of 1832 [Gore, Montague (1800-1864)]. What Was the Object of the Reform Bill? London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. 51, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, occasional faint staining to title page and margins of text, (illegible) owner signature..... More
Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode correspondence in the...
Osgoode, William. Hay, Douglas, Editor. Ruth Paley, Editor. Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode Correspondence in the Archives of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 1990. xvi, 323 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's inscriptions to title page, verso Table of Contents, rear..... More
Crime and Justice. 3 Volumes.
Radzinowicz, Leon, Editor. Wolfgang, Marvin E., Editor. Crime and Justice. New York: Basic Books, [1971]. 3 volumes. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $30. * Contents: Volume 1. The Criminal in Society; Volume 2. The Criminal in the Arms of the Law; Volume 3. The Criminal in Confinement. More
The Manner and Method of Proceeding Against Bishops, For High-Treason.
Published in Response to the Atterbury Plot [Great Britain]. The Manner and Method of Proceeding Against Bishops, For High-Treason, And Other Capital Offences. With An Impartial Enquiry into their Rights and Privileges, As to Peerage; And their Judicature in Parliament, In Cases of Tryals. And Also A Brief History of..... More
The Letters of Junius. London, 1796.
Letters (and Polemics) from Junius Junius. The Letters of Junius. London: Printed for J. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh, 1796. viii, 316 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt ornaments to compartments, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate..... More
The Way to Justice, a Primer of Legal Reform.
Hart, Heber L. The Way to Justice, a Primer of Legal Reform. London: G. Allen & Unwin, [1941]. 146 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Bookplate to front pastedown, pencil inscription to rear pastedown, some foxing, otherwise clean. $65. More
Professional Thieves and the Detectives; Containing numerous...
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Professional Thieves and the Detectives; Containing Numerous Detective Sketches collected from Private Records ... with a Sketch of the Author, how he became a Detective, etc. Toronto: Rose Pub. Co., [1880]. 441 pp. Hardcover embossed with gilt lettering. Spine slightly cocked with moderate shelfwear. Pencil inscritpion to..... More
Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life.
Spink, William. Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life. London: W.P. Nimmo, 1876. iv, 355 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Pencil inscription to title page, otherwise clean. $50. * Contents: The last spuilzie at Battleknowe.; The last claimants of the R peerage.; The founders of Adullam.; The heir of Tailzie.; Late seniors..... More
Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's...
Abbott, C. C., Defendant. Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Manchester Winter Assizes, Wednesday, March 29th, 1933: Transcript of Shorthand Note. Great Britain: High Court of Justice; King's Bench Division, 1933. 185 pp. Hardcover. Worn. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Brattleboro, VT, 1813.
Attractive Brattleboro Imprint of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. Balmanno, John, Introduction, Notes. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. With Introductory Remarks, and Notes, Comprising the Most Modern Authorities. Brattleboro, VT: Printed by William Fessenden, 1813. [12], 144, xxi pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston, 1796.
The First American Edition of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston: From the Press of Samuel Etheridge, For John West, 1796. 178, [1] pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to board edges, lettering piece and blind fillets to..... More
The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, 1860.
First Post-Statehood Printing of Oregon's Constitution [Oregon]. The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, Enacted During the First Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, Begun, Sept. 10, 1860. Salem, OR: Asahel Bush, State Printer, 1860. 111, [1], 9, [1], 5, [1], 6, [2] pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
The Young Clerk's Magazine, Or, English Law-Repository, Containing...
An Early American Formbook, Philadelphia 1792 [Formbook]. The Young Clerk's Magazine: Or, English Law-Repository: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents of Articles of Agreement, Bonds, Bills, Recognizances, Releases, Letters and Warrants of Attorney, Awards, Bills of Sale, Gifts, Grants, Leases, Assignments, Mortgages, Surrenders, Jointures, Covenants, Copartnerships, Charterparties, Letters..... More
Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts [with] Supplements 1 & 3.
Militia Laws of Massachusetts, 1851-1854 [Massachusetts]. Stone, Ebenezer W., Compiler. Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts, And Extracts Relating to the Militia from the United States and State Constitutions and the Laws of the United States. Compiled and Published for the Use of the Militia, In Conformity to a...... More
The Conductor Generalis: Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices
"Revised and Adapted to the United States of America" 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..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.
First American Edition of a Notable Treatise on the Law of Negotiable Paper Kyd, Stewart [d.1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. With Considerable Additions. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, For S. Hall [et al.], 1798. xii, 288 pp. 12mo. (7" x 4")..... More
The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial in Which Light...
Dunton, Alvin. [Hart, Nathan F., Defendant]. The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial: in Which Light is Thrown Upon Dark Deeds, Incompetency and Perfidy; And Crime Fastened Upon Those Whose Position, If Not Manhood, Should Have Commanded Honest Dealing. Boston: By the Author, 1882. 309 pp. Two portrait frontispieces..... More
An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to...
A 1788 Attack on Connecticut Divorce Law Trumbull, Benjamin [1735-1820]. An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to the Unlawfulness of Divorces, in All Cases, Excepting Those of Incontinency. The Substance of the Argument Was Pleaded Before the Consociation of the County of New-Haven, December 9th..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James...
Labor Activism in Glasgow Cotton Mills [Trials]. Hunter, Thomas, Primary Defendant. The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James Gibb, And William M'Lean, The Glasgow Cotton-Spinners, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Charges of Murder, Hiring to Commit Assassinations-And Committing, And Hiring to Commit, Violence..... More
The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder Held at the Central...
Bartlett, Adelaide, Defendant. Beal, Edward, Editor. Clarke, Edward, Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court, Monday April 12 to Saturday, April 17th, 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1886. x, 313 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Original cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some shelfwear..... More
The Years of my Pilgrimage: Random Reminiscences.
Ross, John. The Years of my Pilgrimage: Random Reminiscences. London: E. Arnold & Co., 1924. viii, 304 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Some foxing to text block, otherwise internally clean. $20. More
Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody.
LaFave, Wayne R. Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. xxxiv, 540 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. More
Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379.
Ames Foundation Edition Arnold, Morris S., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-c.1400). Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379. [Cambridge, MA]: The Ames Foundation, 1975. xl, 124, 151 pp. English and Law French. Hardcover original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $50. * Ames Foundation Year Book Series..... More
Proceedings Before the Justices of the Peace in the Fourteenth and...
Putnam, Bertha Haven. Proceedings Before the Justices of the Peace in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd., 1938. clxi, 590 pp. Hardcover cloth. Very good. $125. * Ames Foundation Publications Series, Book 5. More
Year Books of Richard II: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390.
Issued by the Ames Foundation Plucknett, Theodore F.T., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-1400). Year Books of Richard II: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd. [for the Ames Foundation], 1929. xlix, 166, 205 pp. English and Law French. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $25..... More
Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society.
Selden, John. Milward, Ri. Pollock, Frederick, Editor. Fry, Edward, Biography. Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society. London: Quaritch, 1927. xxv, 200 pp. Hardcover. A few minor smudges, spine ends and corners bumped, some foxing, otherwise good. $20. More
Gloucestershire Studies.
Finberg, H.P.R., Editor. Gloucestershire Studies. Leicester, [UK]: University Press, 1957. xiii, 304 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with price clip. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise good. $20. More
Le Droit du Seigneur au Moyen-Age: Etude Critique et Historique.
The Infamous Droit du Seigneur Foras, Amedee de [1830-1899]. Le Droit du Seigneur au Moyen-Age: Etude Critique et Historique. Chambery: Andre Perrin, 1886. xix, 281, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stiff printed wrappers bound in later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, blind fillets and gilt title and..... More
The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the...
Lew-Williams, Beth. The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 2018. 349 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. $25. * Contents: Introduction: The violence of exclusion; Part I. Restriction. The Chinese question; Experiments in restriction; Part II..... More
Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise.
Fernandez, Angela. Dubber, Markus D. Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012. ix, 252 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: Introduction: putting the legal treatise in its place, Angela Fernandez and Markus D. Dubber; Historicising Blackstone's Commentaries on..... More
Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the Twelfth Century.
Constable, Giles. Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the Twelfth Century. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, 1964. xxi, 346 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Previous owner's signature and inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper, otherwise good. $35. * Contents: Tithes in the early Middle Ages; The..... More
An Introduction to the History of the Land Law.
Simpson, A.W.B. An Introduction to the History of the Land Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. xx, 276 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear and soiling, light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, else clean. $20. More
A Firebrand Pluckt Out of the Burning: A Sermon Preached at...
"The Vitals of this Kingdome are Fearefully Distempered" Pickering, Benjamin. A Firebrand Pluckt Out of the Burning. A Sermon Preached at Margarets Westminster, Before the Honourable House of Commons, At Their Late Solemn Fast, Novemb. 27. 1644. London: Printed by I.L. for Philemon Stephens, and Samuel Gellibrand, 1645 [i.e. 1644]..... More
Three Criminal Law Reformers: Beccaria, Bentham, Romilly.
Phillipson, Coleman. Three Criminal Law Reformers: Beccaria, Bentham, Romilly. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1923. xvi, 344 pp. Hardcover. Ex-library with light shelfwear, ink shelf number to foot of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown, library stamp to verso title page, library card to rear pastedown, else good. $40. More
Jeremy Bentham Bicentenry Celebrations: Lectures Delivered at...
Everett, Charles Warren. Gagnebin, Bernard. Jeremy Bentham Bicentenry Celebrations: Lectures Delivered at University College London, 8 June 1948. "The Constitutional Code of Jeremy Bentham". London : H.K. Lewis & Co., 1948. 55 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear. Internally clean. $50. More
English Liberties, Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance...
A Profound Influence in Pre-Revolutionary America [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio, Non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With Comments on Each of Them. Likewise, Of Ship-Money: Of..... More
A Treatise on the Law and Practice in Lunacy in Ireland: Together...
Harris, Leslie Gerald Eyre. A Treatise on the Law and Practice in Lunacy in Ireland: Together with the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871 : and a Collection of Forms for use in the Irish Free State and in Northern Ireland. Dublin: Corrigan and Wilson, 1930. xxxiii, 300 pp. Hardcover in..... More
Lexicon Iuris Civilis [bound with] Iuris Civilis Universi...
An Important Humanistic Law Dictionary with a Handsome Title Page, No Copies of this Edition in North America [Spiegel, Jakob (1483-c.1547)]. [Oldendorp, Johannes (1487-1567), And Others]. Lexicon Iuris Civilis, Per C.U.D. Iac. Spiegelium, Postremo Auctum & Recognitum. Basel: Apud Ioan. Hervagium, 1564. Main text printed in double columns. [275] ff...... More
Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts...
Ekirch, A. Roger. Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xvi, 277 pp., illustrations. Softcover, fine. $35. More
Feudal Institutions as Revealed in the Assizes of Romania, the Law...
Topping, Peter W. Feudal Institutions as Revealed in the Assizes of Romania, the Law Code of Frankish Greece: Translation of the Text of the Assizes with a Commentary on Feudal Institutions in Greece and Medieval Europe. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1949. x, 192 pp., map. Publisher's original maroon cloth..... More
The Right of the People.
Douglas, William O[rville]. The Right of the People. Garden City: Doubleday. 1958. 238 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered spine. Very good, dust jacket slightly soiled and light wear to edges, else very good. $100. * First edition. Inscribed by author, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to Clifford Evans..... More
The Trial of John Italos and the Crisis of Intellectual Values...
Clucas, Lowell. The Trial of John Italos and the Crisis of Intellectual Values in Byzantium in the Eleventh Century. Munchen: Institut fur Byzantinistik, Neugriechische Philologie und Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte der Universitat, 1981. xliii, 266 pp. Softbound, new. $40. * Includes bibliographical references and index. More
The History of Contempt of Court: The Form of Trial and The...
Fox, Sir John C. The History of Contempt of Court: The Form of Trial and the Mode of Punishment. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. xxiii, 252 pp. Publisher's original red cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $100. More
The Freedom of the Seas; or, The Right Which Belongs to the Dutch...
Grotius, Hugo. The Freedom of the Seas; or, The Right Which Belongs to the Dutch to Take Part in the East Indian Trade. Translated with a Revision of the Latin Text of 1633 by Ralph van Deman Magoffin. Edited with an Introductory Note by James Brown Scott. New York: Oxford..... More
Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI....
A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]..... More
The Moulding of International Law: Ten Dutch Proponents.
[International Law]. The Moulding of International Law: Ten Dutch Proponents. Hague, Netherlands: T.M.C. Asser Instituut, [1995]. Illustrated. vii, 409 pp. Original gilt stamped green cloth. Fine. $35. * Biographies of outstanding Dutch scholars of International Law from the 19th century onwards who have made substantial contributions to the development and..... More
Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England...
Taggart, Michael. Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England: The Story of Edward Pickles and the Bradford Water Supply. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. xxiii, 235 pp., illustrations, maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Damage stamp on title page. Very good, in a...... More
English Criminal Appeals, 1844-1994: Appeals Against Conviction...
Pattenden, Rosemary. English Criminal Appeals, 1844-1994: Appeals Against Conviction and Sentence in England and Wales. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 494 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $100. * Jacket. The failure of justice in..... More
Bench and Bar of Alameda County, 1953.
Taylor, C[harles] W[illiam]. Bench and Bar of Alameda County, 1953. [Angwin, Calif.] : [Pacific Union College Press], 1953. 207 pp., portraits. Padded faux black leather, with gilt stamped front cover and spine, with raised bands. Good. $60. More
Consilia: A Bibliography of Holdings in the Library of Congress...
Pazzaglini, Peter R., and Catherine A. Hawks. Consilia: A Bibliography of Holdings in the Library of Congress and Certain Other Collections in the United States. Washington: Library of Congress, 1990. xxiv, 154 pp. Illustrations. Original red cloth, with gilt stamped front cover and spine. Very good. $25. * Consilia are..... More
A Man's Home, a Man's Castle.
Weinberg, Kenneth G. A Man's Home, a Man's Castle. New York, McCall Pub. Co., 1971. xxi, 149 pp. Introduction by Haywood Burns. Hardcover, with gilt stamped spine, in a good dust jacket. Very good. $15. More
History, Law, and the Human Sciences: Medieval and Renaissance...
Kelley, Donald R. History, Law, and the Human Sciences: Medieval and Renaissance Perspectives. London: Variorum Reprints, 1984. Various paging, frontispiece. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Fine. $100. More
Institutionum Juris Civilis Expositio Methodica.
Scarce Commentary on the Institutes by a Parisian Law Professor Justinian I [485-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Lorry, Francois, Commentary. D. Justiniani Imperatoris P.P. Augusti Institutionum Juris Civilis Expositio Methodica. Paris: Apud Desaint & Saillant, 1757. xviii, 556 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, blind rules to..... More
The Decision of Judge Proudfoot in the Case of Dorland vs. Jones.
Proudfoot, William. The Decision of Judge Proudfoot in the Case of Dorland vs. Jones. Philadelphia: Wm. H. Pile, printer, 1884. 48 pp. Softbound, front cover chipped at top right corner. Light shelfwear. $40. More
A Reading on the Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of England...
Jardine, David. A Reading on the Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of England Previously to the Commonwealth: Delivered at New Inn Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1836, by Appointment of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1837. xii, 109 pp. Publisher's original green cloth..... More
Lives of Eminent British Lawyers. 2 Volumes.
Roscoe, Henry. Lives of Eminent British Lawyers. 2 Volumes, in 2 books. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. Publisher's original green cloth, with spine labels. Light rubbing to boards, foxing throughout both volumes. Otherwise good. $150. * Contents. Vol. 1. Sir Edward Coke. John Selden. Sir Matthew Hale. Lord Guilford. Lord..... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year...
Elchies, Patrick Grant, Lord [1690-1754]. Morison, William M. [b. 1821], Editor. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary, by Patrick Grant of Elchies, Esq. One of the Senators of the College of Justice. Edited..... More
Social Dimensions of Law and Justice.
Stone, Julius. Social Dimensions of Law and Justice. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1966. xxxv, 933 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Internally clean, good. $40. * This is the concluding volume of a trilogy of works on the major problems of modern jurisprudence by one of the world's..... More
A Treatise of Gavelkind [bound with] The History of Gavel-Kind...
Two Important Early Treatises on Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, The Nature, Antiquity and Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations.... London: Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, 1660. [xxvi], 216, [8] pp..... More
Natural Law and the Theory of Society 1500-1800.
Gierke, Otto. Natural Law and the Theory of Society 1500-1800. With a Lecture on The Ideas of Natural Law and Humanity. Translated with an Introduction by Ernest Barker. Cambridge: University Press, 1950. xci, 423 pp. Vols. I & II complete in 1 book. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt stamped spine..... More
Select Pleas of the Crown Volume I, AD 1200-1225. Vol 1 Selden Society
Maitland, F.W. Select Pleas of the Crown, Volume I, AD 1200-1225. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 1 for 1887. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888. 1955 reprint. Frontis., xxx, 164 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Light wear..... More
Bench and Bar in California. History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences.
Shuck, Oscar T[ully]. Bench and Bar in California: History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences. San Francisco: The Occident printing House, 1888. Hardcover, gilt stamped front cover and front cover. Moderate shelfwear and rubbing. Front hinge started to crack. Internally clean. $35. More
Die Rechtliche Natur der Staatenvertrage: Ein Beitrag zur Juristischen
By an Important Scholar of Public Law Jellinek, Georg [1851-1911]. Die Rechtliche Natur der Staatenvertrage. Ein Beitrag zur Juristischen Construction des Volkerrechts. Vienna: Alfred Holder, 1880. IV, 66, [2] pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, gilt title to spine, ribbon bookmark. Faint spotting to front board, light rubbing to..... More
The Statutes of California, Passed at the Sixth Session of the...
[California]. The Statutes of California, Passed at the Sixth Session of the Legislature, Begun on the First Day of January, One Thougsand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five, and Ended on the Seventh Day of May, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five, at the City of Sacramento. Sacramento: B.B. Redding, State printer..... More
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of...
Du Bois, William E. B. Gates, Henry Louis, Editor. Hartman, Saidiya, Introduction. The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870. Oxford, [UK]: Oxford University Press, [2007]. xxxi, 253 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $20. * Contents: The planting colonies; The farming colonies;..... More
The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations.
Soule, Charles C[arroll]. The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations. Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1883. x, 497 pp. Reprinted 1953, Dennis & Co. Hardcover. New. $35. * Comprises a list of American reports, digests and statutes with brief notes with regard to editions and peculiarities; lists of English..... More
The Court Baron: Being Precedents for Use in Seignorial and Other...
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Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Soiled dust jacket.
Bell, H E. Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 1965. 150 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $10. More
Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Soiled dust jacket.
Bell, H E. Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 1965. 150 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $10. More
Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Soiled dust jacket.
Bell, H E. Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 1965. 150 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $10. More
Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Soiled dust jacket.
Bell, H E. Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 1965. 150 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $10. More
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Bell, H.E. Maitland: a Critical Examination and Assessment. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. 150 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $15. More
The Letters of Frederic William Maitland. Lightly worn dust jacket.
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[Legal Classics Library]. A Collection of 17 Notes From the Editors. Thomas G. Barnes; David Lieberman; Stefan A. Reisenfeld; L. Ray Patterson; Alpheus Thomas Mason; Michael S. Moore (editors). Birmingham, AL; Delran, NJ: The Legal Classics Library, 1982-2004. Stapled wraps, together 18 pamphlets, in slipcase, as new. $250. * These..... More
A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University With...
Marke, Julius J., Compiler and Editor. A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University With Selected Annotations. New York: The Law Center of New York University, 1953. xxxi, 1372 pp. Original cloth, spine stamp with gilt lettering, some rubbing, internally clean. $95. * First edition of the massive..... More