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Waging War: the Clash between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS.
Barron, David J. Waging War: the Clash between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS. New York: Simon & Schuster, [2016]. xiv, 560 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $5. * Contents: Foundings. The Revolutionary War; The founding; Quasi war; The good officer; The man on horseback; Antebellum; Civil War and..... More
A Court Divided: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Politics..
Barrow, Deborah J. Walker, Thomas G. A Court Divided: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Politics of Judicial Reform. New Haven, [CT]: Yale University Press, [1988]. xiv, 274 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $20. More
De Jure Pascendi et in Primis de Jure Ovium Materiisque Affinibus...
Right of Pasture in the Holy Roman Empire Barth, Gottfried [1650-1728]. Hahn, Heinrich [1605-1668]. Struve, Georg Adam [1619-1692]. Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. De Jure Pascendi et in Primis de Jure Ovium, Materiisque Affinibus, German. Von Hut- und Weide-Schafen, Schafereyen, Und Andern Hiebey Gehorigen Materien. Tractat. Selectiss. Annexis Consiliis, Resolutionibus et Decisionibus..... More
Infrascripti Utiles et Solaciosi Tractatuli Bartoli Legu[m] Doctoris..
1493 Collection of Treatises from a Renowned Legal Scholar and Commentator Bartolo of Sassoferrato [1313-1357]. Infrascripti Utiles et Solaciosi Tractatuli Bartoli Legu[m] Doctoris Famosissimi hic Continent. Repeticio l. i. C. De Dignita li. xii. De Nobilitate cum Pulchris Addicionibus. De Insigniis et Armis. De Falcone. De Regimine Reipublice Civitatis. Et..... More
Shakespeare and the Law.
Barton, Dunbar Plunket. Shakespeare and the Law. With a foreword by James M. Beck. Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. xl, 167 pp. Reprinted 1999, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770008; ISBN-10: 1584770007. Hardcover. Lightly bumped spine, else fine. $27.95 * An entertaining evaluation of Shakespeare's plays..... More
Thoughts on Peace, Inscribed by Bernard Baruch, 1944.
Inscribed by an Eminent Statesman to his Daughter [Baruch, Bernard M. (1870-1965)]. "Thoughts on Peace." At head of title: Speeches at the Presentation of the Churchman Annual Award for Distinguished Service in the Promotion of Goodwill and Better Understanding Among All Peoples in 1944 to Bernard M. Baruch. [New York..... More
In the Eyes of the Law: Women, Marriage, and Property in... New York
Basch, Norma. In the Eyes of the Law: Women, Marriage, and Property in Nineteenth-Century New York. Ithaca, [N.Y.]: Cornell University Press, [1982]. 255 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $75. More
Peace through International Adjudication?
Basdevant, Jules. Peace through International Adjudication? Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers Society, [1949]. 29 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $65. More
Elenchi Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia Pars Prima; Simul ac Juris Regii...
A Noted Royalist's History of the English Civil War Bate, George [1608-1669]. Elenchi Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia Pars Prima; Simul ac Juris Regii & Parlamentarii Brevis Enarratio, Ab Autore Geor. Batio M.D. Regiae Majestatis Protomedico Recognita & Aucta Aerae Christianae Anno 1660. London: Typis J. Flesher & Prostant Apud R...... More
A Treatise on Agistment Tithe... [And] An Appendix to the Treatise...
Two English Works on Agistment Tithes Bateman, Tho[mas]. A Treatise on Agistment Tithe, In Which the Nature, Right, Objects, Mode of Payment, and Method of Ascertaining the Value of Each Species of It, Are Fully Stated and Explained. As Settled in Pursuance of a Decree of the Court of Exchequer..... More
Edward Bates Against Thomas H Benton. St Louis, 1828.
An Important Tract on Spanish Land Claims in Missouri and Arkansas Bates, Edward [1793-1869]. [Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858)]. Edward Bates Against Thomas H. Benton. St. Louis: Charless & Paschall, Printers, 1828. 12 pp. 12mo. (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning, faint spotting and..... More
Cambridge Gild Records.
Bateson, Mary. Cunningham, W. Cambridge Gild Records. Cambridge: Printed for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1903. xxxvii, 176 pp. Hardcover, moderate shelfwear. $30. More
Polarized Law (With an English Translation of the Hague Conventions...
Baty, T[homas]. Polarized Law (With an English Translation of the Hague Conventions on Private International Law). Three Lectures on Conflicts of Law, Delivered at the University of London. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1914. Reprint. Littleton: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1986. xv, 210 pp. Cloth. New. $35. More
War: Its Conduct and Legal Results.
Baty, T., and J.H. Morgan. War: Its Conduct and Legal Results. Originally published: London, John Murray, 1915. xxviii, [ii], 578 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange. ISBN-13: 9781584775737. ISBN-10: 1584775734. Hardcover. Slightly Damaged. Small bump to top of spine. Else good. $40. * The authors argue that the..... More
Commentarius de Iurisprudentia Muciana [Bound With Two Other Works].
An Important Humanist Scholar Baudouin, Francois [1520-1573]. Commentarius de Iurisprudentia Muciana. Accessit Rerum & Verborum Praecipue Memorabilium Index. Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1558]. [xvi] 306 [6] pp. [Bound with] Baudouin, Francois. De Legibus XII Tabularum. Tertia sed Plane nova Editio. Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1557]. [viii] 252 [18] pp. [And]..... More
Political Trials in Ancient Greece.
Bauman, Richard A. Political Trials in Ancient Greece. London: Routledge, [1990]. xiii, 222 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Reformacion der Bayrischen Lanndrecht [Bound with Two Books]...
Sixteenth-Century Compilations of Bavarian Law [Bavaria]. [William IV (1493-1550), Duke of Bavaria]. [Ludwig X (1495-1545), Duke of Bavaria]. Reformacion der Bairisch[e]n Lanndrecht: Nach Cristj Unsers Hailmachers Geburde Im[m] Funftzehenhundert unnd Achtzehendm Jar Aufgericht. [Munich: Hans Schobsser, 1518]. [xxxvi], 168, [1] ff. Final leaf is a blank. Two-page woodcut table of..... More
A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States...
Bayard, James. A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States. With an Appendix, Containing the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation, and a Copious Index. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1845. Reprinted by Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1993. 178 pp. Hardcover. New. $35. More
Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, and Promissory...
"The Best Book Upon Bills of Exchange" Bayley, Sir John. Bayley, Francis, Editor. Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, And Promissory Notes. With Considerable Additions. London: Printed by A Strahan, 1830. xx, 624 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, gilt library name to front..... More
Institutions of the Criminal Law of Scotland, For the Use of the...
An Eighteenth-Century Synopsis of Scottish Criminal Law Bayne, Alexander [d. 1737]. Institutions of the Criminal Law of Scotland. For the Use of the Students Who Attend the Lectures of Alexander Bayne, J.P. Edinburgh: Printed for, And Sold by Gideon Crawfurd, 1748. [ii], 70 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Recent buckram..... More
Select Cases in The Council of Henry VII. Selden Society Vol. 75.
Bayne, C.G. and William Huse Dunham (Editors). Select Cases in The Council of Henry VII. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 75 for 1956. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1958. clxxiv, 197 pp. Frontispiece. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps..... More
Rosarium Decretorum, Venice, 1481
1481 Printing of an Important Commentary on Gratian with Handsome Penwork [Baysio, Guido de (d. 1313)]. [Moneliensis, Franciscus, Editor]. [Rosarium Decretorum]. [Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, Et Socie, 3 April 1481]. [415] ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: a10, b8, c-d10, d-l8, m-n6..... More
Counter Negligence, A Treatise on the Law of Contributory Negligence..
Beach on Contributory Negligence Beach, Charles Fisk, Jr. [1854-1934]. Counter Negligence: A Treatise on the Law of Contributory Negligence or Negligence as a Defense. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1892. cxiv, 638 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and black..... More
The Law of Foreign Corporations and Taxation of Corporations....
Beale on Foreign Corporations and the Taxation of Corporations Beale, Joseph Henry [1861-1943]. The Law of Foreign Corporations and Taxation of Corporations Both Foreign and Domestic. Boston: W.J. Nagel, 1904. xxvi, 1149 pp. Later library cloth, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, endpapers renewed, light toning to interior. $350..... More
Observations upon the Power Exercised by the Court of Chancery...
The Power of Chancery Courts in Matters of Paternal Custody [Beames, John (1781?-1853)]. Observations Upon the Power Exercised by the Court of Chancery, of Depriving a Father of the Custody of His Children. London: John Miller, 1828. 48 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning..... More