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Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged.
A "Father" of Leading Cases Jenkins, [David] [1582-1663]. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, Or, Upon Writs of Error. Publish'd Originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins. Now Carefully Translated, With the Addition of Many Thousand References: Particularly to Such Statutes as..... More
Cases in Law, Wherein Justices of Peace Have a Jurisdiction, As...
Companion Volume to an Important JP Manual Blackerby, Samuel [fl. 1720-1738]. Cases in Law: Wherein Justices of Peace Have a Jurisdiction, As Well by Their Commission, As by Act of Parliament, Which Have Received a Determination by the Judges in Westminster Hall, Their Circuits, And Serjeants-Inn, From Edward the Third's..... More
The Infants Lawyer: Or the Law (Ancient and Modern) Relating to...
The First English Treatise on the Law of Infants [Carter, Samuel]. The Infants Lawyer: Or the Law (Ancient and Modern) Relating to Infants. Setting Forth Their Priviledges; Their Several Ages for Divers Purposes; Guardians and Prochein Amy, As to Suits and Defences by Them; Actions Brought by and Against Them..... More
The Infants Lawyer, Or, The Law (Both Ancient and Modern) Relating...
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Laws Concerning Infants [Carter, Samuel]. The Infants Lawyer: Or, The Law (Both Ancient and Modern) Relating to Infants. Setting Forth Their Priviledges; Their Several Ages for Divers Purposes; Guardians and Prochein Amy, As to Suits and Defences by Them; Actions Brought by..... More
Laws of the State of New-York, Comprising the Constitution, And the...
Handsome 1789 Folio Edition of New York Laws with Two Interesting Laid-In Manuscript Notes [New York]. [Jones, Samuel (1734-1819), Compiler]. [Varick, Richard (1753-1819), Compiler]. Laws of the State of New York, Comprising the Constitution, And the Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution, From The First to the Twelfth Session..... More
A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook, Draper, Dudley, For...
A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window [Trial]. Cook, Samuel [1786-1861], Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook, Draper, Dudley, For an Alleged Seditious Libel, Tried at Worcester, Aug. 1, 1827, Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short..... More
Tractatus De Jure Et Controversiis Limitum [Bound With 2 Other Books].
Three Notable Treatises Useful to a Practicing Lawyer or Wealthy Landowner Oettinger [Oetinger], Johann [1577-1633]. Tractatus de Jure et Controversiis Limitum, Ac Finibus Regundis, Oder Grundlicher Bericht Von den Grantzen und Marcksteinen, Wie durch Dieselbe der Konigreiche, Landschaften, Furstenthume, Bissthumer ... Gebiete, Weydreichin, Marckungen, Zwing und Bann, Nach Ausweisung der..... More
A Digest of All the Laws Relating to the Customs, To Trade...
The Ancient Revenue of the Crown Forster, Samuel. A Digest of All the Laws Relating to the Customs, To Trade, And Navigation; With a Short Historical Dissertation Concerning the Nature, Extent, And Method of Collection of the Ancient Revenue of the Crown. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and..... More
An Essay Concerning Parliaments at a Certainty, Or the Kalends of May.
How Often Should Parliament Meet? Johnson, Samuel [1649-1703]. An Essay Concerning Parliaments at a Certainty, Or the Kalends of May. London: Printed for the Author, 1693. [ii], ii, 47, [1] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets and lettering..... More
The Law of Executions: Or, A Treatise Shewing and Explaining the...
Scarce Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Executions C[arter], S[amuel]. The Law of Executions: Or, A Treatise Shewing and Explaining the Nature of Executions in Several Rules, And Who May Sue Execution or Not, And Against What Persons. By and Out of what Court Execution to be Awarded. The Several Sorts of Execution..... More
The Reports of Cases Adjudg'd in the Courts at Westminster, &c...
A Digest of Cases for Justices with a Section About Witchcraft Blackerby, S[amuel]. Blackerby, Nath[aniel], Editor. The Reports of Cases Adjudg'd in the Courts at Westminster, &c. Which Particularly Concern the Office of Justices of the Peace. Alphabetically Disposed Under Their Proper Heads. Some of Which are as Follow, Viz..... More
The Infants Lawyer: Or the Law (Ancient and Modern) Relating to...
First English Treatise on the Law of Infants [Carter, Samuel]. The Infants Lawyer: Or the Law (Ancient and Modern) Relating to Infants. Setting Forth Their Priviledges; Their Several Ages for Divers Purposes; Guardians and Prochein Amy, As to Suits and Defences by Them; Actions Brought by and Against Them, With..... More
Trial of the Action in Favor of the Rev Samuel Russell of Boylston...
Libel in Worcester, Massachusetts [Trial]. Russell, Samuel [1798-1835], Plaintiff. Trial of the Action in Favor of the Rev. Samuel Russell of Boylston Against John Howe of Boylston, For Defamation: At the Supreme Judicial Court, Holden at Worcester, April, A.D. 1831. Worcester [MA]: Spooner and Church, Printers, 1831. 27 pp. Octavo..... More
The First Part of the Justice of the Peace [And] The Second Part...
Primary Source for Many Subsequent Manuals Blackerby, Samuel [fl. 1720-1738]. Blackerby, Nathaniel. The First Part of the Justice of Peace His Companion; Or, A Summary of All the Acts of Parliament, Whereby One, Two, Or More Justices of the Peace, Are Authorized to Act, Not Only In, But Out of..... More
An Enquiry into the Customary-Estates and Tenant-Rights of Those...
Land Tenure on Ecclesiastical Property [Burroughs, Samuel (d. 1761)]. An Enquiry into the Customary-Estates and Tenant-Rights of Those who Hold Lands of Church and Other Foundations, By the Tenure of Three Lives and Twenty-One Years. With Some Considerations for Restraining Excessive Fines. By Everard Fleetwood, Esq. London: Printed for J...... More
Our Weakened Constitution: An Historical and Analytical Study of the
Thomas, Samuel Bell in collaboration with Edward Williams. Our Weakened Constitution: An Historical and Analytical Study of the Constitution of the United State [sic] and of the Additions to the Original Text Undertaken to Place the Facts before the American People, and to Emphasize the Present Necessity for a Movement..... More
Elementos de Derecho Penal
Scarce Study of Colombian Penal Law Barrientos Restrepo, Samuel. Elementos de Derecho Penal. Medellin: Ediciones "Universidad Pontificia Bolivariano," 1962. 314 pp. Softbound volume bound into later quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear, moderate toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small inkstamp..... More
You Should Not. A Book for Lawyers...Elements of Legal Ethics
From the series Foundations of the American Law of Lawyering, Michael H. Hoeflich, General Series Editor Wandell, Samuel H. "You Should Not." A Book for Lawyers, Old and Young, Containing the Elements of Legal Ethics. Originally Published: Albany, NY: Matthew Bender, 1896. xix (iii-xix new introduction), [vii], 100 pp. Reprinted..... More
You Should Not. A Book for Lawyers Old and Young
From the series Foundations of the American Law of Lawyering, Michael H. Hoeflich, General Series Editor Wandell, Samuel H. "You Should Not." A Book for Lawyers, Old and Young, Containing the Elements of Legal Ethics. Originally Published: Albany, NY: Matthew Bender, 1896. xix (iii-xix new introduction), [vii], 100 pp. Reprinted..... More
Salem Witchcraft; Comprising More Wonders of the Invisible World...
Fowler, Samuel P., Editor. Salem Witchcraft; Comprising More Wonders of the Invisible World. Collected by Robert Calef; And Wonders of the Invisible World, By Cotton Mather; Together With Notes and Explanations. Originally published: Salem, Mass.: H.P. Ives and A.A. Smith, 1861. xxi, [22]-450 pp. Reprinted 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange..... More
Redefining The Supreme Court's Role. A Theory of Managing The Federal
Estreicher, Samuel; John Sexton. Redefining The Supreme Court's Role. A Theory of Managing The Federal Judicial Process. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1986]. x, 201 pp. Gilt stamped cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. Very good. $10. More
Leges Atticae. Sam. Petitus Collegit, Digessit, et Libro...
Important Early Study of Ancient Athenian Law Petit (Petitus), Samuel [1594-1643]. Leges Atticae. Sam. Petitus Collegit, Digessit, et Libro Commentario Illustravit. Opus Iuris, Literarum, Et Rei Antiquariae Studiosis Utilissimum, VIII. Libris Distinctum, In Quo Varii Scriptorum Veterum Graecorum et Latinorum Loci Explicantur et Emendantur. Paris: Sumptibus Caroli Morelli, 1635. [xii]..... More
Law of Burial: Report of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York...
Ruggles, Samuel B. [1800-1881], Referee. Law of Burial: Report of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York, in 1856, In Respect to Compensation to Owners of Vaults in Cemeteries, And to Relatives of Individuals Buried in Graves, Disturbed by Legal Proceedings. Printed by Order of the Senate, Feb. 17th..... More
The Law of Inns, Hotels and Boarding Houses, A Treatise Upon the...
Engagingly Written Treatise on Hotel Law Illustrated With Anecdotes Wandell, Samuel H. [1860-1943]. The Law of Inns, Hotels and Boarding Houses, A Treatise Upon the Relation of Host and Guest. Rochester, NY: Williamson & Higbie, 1888. 5, xix, 271 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Period-style quarter calf over maroon cloth..... More
The Constitutional History of Canada
Watson, Samuel James. The Constitutional History of Canada. Volume I (all published). Toronto: Adam, Stevenson & Company, 1874. 157 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776086. ISBN-10: 1584776080. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * This compact history covers the period spanning the English conquest in 1760 to the union..... More