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Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LLD, Boston, 1816.
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
An Historical Vignette of Oak Hill, Fauquier Country Home of John...
Russell, T. Triplett. Gott, John K. An Historical Vignette of Oak Hill, Fauquier Country Home of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States and Native Son of Fauquier County. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000. 65 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, fine in custom 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" cloth folder. $30. More
The Hope of the Briefless; Or, The Cradle of Crime.
"The Last Recorded Syllable of Time Shall Throb to Human Weakness, Want, And Crime" [Legal Poetry]. [Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1810-1892), Attributed]. The Hope of the Briefless; Or, The Cradle of Crime. [London?]: Printed for private circulation, [c.1850]. 7 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter..... More
On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application...
Beaumont, Gustave de; Tocqueville, Alexis de. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application in France. Carbondale, [Ill.]: Southern Illinois University Press, [1964]. xl, 222 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn, moderately soiled dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: 1. An Historical Outline of..... More
Liberte, Egalite, Le Directoire Executif aux Citoyens de Paris...
A Turning Point of the French Revolution [Broadside]. [French Revolution]. [Coup of 18 Fructador]. Liberte, Egalite. Le Directoire Executif aux Citoyens de Paris. [Paris]: De L'Imprimerie du Directoire Executif, [1797]. 21-1/2" x 16-1/2" broadside, untrimmed edges. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few creases to lower-right corner, small..... More
Statutes, Treaties and Documents of the Canadian Constitution,...
Kennedy, W.P.M. Statutes, Treaties and Documents of the Canadian Constitution, 1713-1929. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1930. Second edition. xxviii, 752 pp. Original cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. $95. More
Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990.
Guth, DeLloyd J. Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990. Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, 1998. xxxix, 357 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn and soiled. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $35. * Contents: Preface; Foreword, Antonio Lamer; Introduction, DeLlyod J. Guth; About Brian, Bill..... More
Corrected Typescript of Constitutional Science: Being the English...
An Unpublished English Translation of an Important Spanish-Language Work on Constitutional Law [Manuscript]. Hostos, Eugenia Maria de [1839-1903]. Hunt, A[lbert]. F[rancis]., Jr. [1872-1947], Translator. Constitutional Science: Being the English Version of a Work Entitled "Lecciones De Derecho Constitucional" by Eugenio M. de Hostas. Nahant, Massachusetts and Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania..... More
Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and...
Shoemaker, Robert Brink. Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and rural Middlesex, c. 1660-1725. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1991]. xviii, 351 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $50. * Contents: pt. I. Background: 1. Introduction. Misdemeanors and Society in Preindustrial England;..... More
The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite.
Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1937. 114 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket, internally clean. $60. * First edition. "These three lucid essays are a welcome contribution to the clarity of history.": Charles..... More
Washington Bowed, Inscribed to Stanley Forman Reed.
McKeldin, Theodore. Washington Bowed. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1956. 31 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light soiling to extremities, very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription dated October 25th, 1956 to front free endpaper. $20. * First edition. This copy is inscribed to Stanley Forman Reed..... More
Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case.
Russell, Francis. Tragedy in Dedham. The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1962]. First edition. v, 478 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light shelfwear, good in lightly soiled, faded, moderately worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription "With all good wishes/ Francis Russell" to front free..... More
The Defenses of Freedom, Inscribed to Al Weinstein.
Goldberg, Arthur. The Defenses of Freedom: The Public Papers of Arthur J. Goldberg. Edited by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New York: Harper and Row, [1966]. xvii, 342 pp. Hardcover cloth, light shelfwear, very good in lightly worn dust jacket with light fading to extremities, internally clean. Author inscription to front free..... More
Bail Bond for John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll, Hudson, NY, 1798.
A New York Bail Bond from 1798 [New York]. Know All Men by These Presents, That We [John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll] are Held and Firmly Bound Unto [Benjamin Allen] Esquire, Marshal of the City of Hudson.... Hudson, New York, March 5, 1798. 2 pp. 12" x 7-1/4" part-printed..... More
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court, Inscribed by Frankfurter.
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Ralph Baker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965], Editor. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 139 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine, in lightly worn dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities..... More
The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977.
Harvey, Cameron. The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977. Winnipeg: Peguis, 1977. ix, 289 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Preface; Foreword; List of Illustrations; I. The Legal Profession and the Public Interest, D. Trevor Anderson; II. A Brief History of the Law Society..... More
The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy, Inscribed by Robert Jackson.
Inscribed by Robert H. Jackson to John Leo Blair Mowrer, Edgar Ansel. The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. viii, 283, xxii pp. Hardcover, very good with light shelfwear in lightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Inscription "For John L. Blair/ with greetings/..... More
Becoming Justice Blackmun, Signed Copy.
Greenhouse, Linda. Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey. [New York: Times Books, 2006]. xiii, 268 pp. Softbound, fine. Author signature to title page. $20. More
A Bibliography of Canadian Law: Prepared for the International...
Boult, Reynald. Bibliography of Canadian Law: Prepared for the International Committee for Social Sciences Documentation under the Auspices of the International Association of Legal Science, with the Support of the Canadian Association of Comparative Law and the Canadian and Foreign Law Research Centre. Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur, 1966. xii, 393..... More
Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America.
A Consequential Congress [Congress, United States]. Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, On Monday, The Second of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three, And of the Independence of the United..... More
Roger Brooke Taney: The Annual Address Delivered Before the American..
In Praise of Chief Justice Taney Potter, Clarkson N. [1825-1882]. [Taney, Roger B. (1777-1864)]. Roger Brooke Taney. The Annual Address Delivered Before the American Bar Association At its Fourth Annual Meeting, At Saratoga Springs, N.Y., August 18, 1881. Philadelphia: E.C. Markley & Son, Printers, 1881. 26 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x...... More
The Palestine Situation Restated, Reprinted From Foreign Affairs, 1931
Frankfurter on "The Palestine Situation" Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Palestine Situation Restated. Reprinted from Foreign Affairs, April 1931. New York: The Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1931. 28 pp. Pamphlet in self-wrappers bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers added. Light toning, light..... More
Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, One of the Associate...
The Only Impeachment of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice [Trial]. Chase, Samuel [1741-1811], Defendant. Evans, Charles, Reporter. Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Before the High Court of Impeachment, Composed of the Senate of..... More
The Practice and Representation of Reading in England.
Raven, James, Editor. Small, Helen, Editor. Tadmor, Naomi, Editor. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, [1996]. xvii, 313 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: Introduction: the Practice and Representation of Reading in England, James Raven..... More
An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics.
Father Coughlin's Friends. [Coughlin, Charles (1891-1979)]. An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics. Michigan: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1940. 164 pp. Printed wrappers, light soiling to exterior, a few tiny tears to spine, internally clean. Housed in 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" x 1/2" cloth slipcase. $100. * Coughlin was..... More