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The Legal System. A Social Science Perspective
Friedman, Lawrence M. The Legal System: A Social Science Perspective. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, [1975]. viii, 338 pp. Cloth. Ex-library with light shelfwear. Shelf location label to foot of spine. Library stamps to bottom of text block and front pastedown. Author Biography clipping to front free endpaper. Library card..... More
Peter and His Enemies, 1859.
An Acerbic Call for Law Reform With a Dedicatory Preface to Sir Walter Scott Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey [1773-1850]. Peter and His Enemies. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1859. 31, [1] pp. Two woodcut vignettes. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Disbound pamphlet. Moderate toning, internally clean. Rare. $450. * First edition. Jeffrey..... More
The Framework of Grotius' Book De Iure Belli ac Pacis (1625).
Vollenhoven, Cornelis van. The Framework of Grotius' Book De Iure Belli ac Pacis (1625). Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij, [1932]. viii, 174 pp. Softcover. Worn. Some pencil markings to leaves. $150. * Translation by University of Michigan with footnotes from De Iure Praedae, Hague Ed. (1868), and De Iure Belli ac Pacis..... More
A Handbook of English Law Reports from the Last Quarter of the...
Fox, John Charles. A Handbook of English Law Reports from the Last Quarter of the Eighteenth Century to the year 1865, with Biographical Notes of Judges and Reporters. Part 1, House of Lords, Privy Council, and Chancery Reports. London: Butterworth, 1913. ix, 107 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Bookplate to front..... More
Hugo Grotius: a Great European 1583-1645; Contributions Concerning...
Grotius, Hugo. Feenstra, Robert; Editor. Hugo Grotius: a Great European 1583-1645; Contributions Concerning his Activities as Humanist Scholar; Complete Translation of his Dutch Articles Abridged for the Exhibition Catalogue Het Delft Orakel, Hugo de Groot 1583-1645. Delft, [NL]: Meinema, [1983]. 103 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's annotations to front..... More
Iconographie van Hugo Grotius.
Beresteyn, E.A. van. Iconographie van Hugo Grotius. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1929. 136 pp. 65 plates. Softbound, deckle edges. Previous owner's signature to front cover, newspaper clipping to front free endpaper. Light soiling and rubbing to exterior, minor wear to spine ends, small scuff to front joints, moderate toning to..... More
American Attitudes Towards Catholic Church-State Relation, 1870-1891.
Trimble, William Raleigh. American Attitudes Towards Catholic Church-State Relation, 1870-1891. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1944. 155 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $125. * Thesis/dissertation; Manuscript. More
Elements of Western Water Law.
Chandler, A.E. Elements of Western Water Law. San Francisco: Technical Pub. Co., 1913. 150 pp. Cloth. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's annotations to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Underlining and annotations throughout. $150. * First "published as separate articles for the Journal of electricity." cf. Pref. More
An Abridgment of Penal Statutes [With] An Appendix to Addington's...
A Tabular Guide to Crime and Punishment from Eighteenth-Century England Addington, Sir William [d.1811]. An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, Which Exhibits at One View The Offences, And the Punishment or Penalties, In Consequence of Those Offences, The Mode of Recovering, And Application of the Penalties, The Number of Witnesses, And..... More
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