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Britton, The Second Edition, Faithfully Corrected According to...
The Best Edition of Britton Wingate, Edm[und] [1596-1656], Editor. Britton. The Second Edition. Faithfully Corrected According to Divers Ancient Manuscripts of the Same Booke. London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore, 1640. [xxxii] pp., 287 ff., [41] pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind..... More
United Nations Juridical Yearbook. 1982 to 1986; 1990. 4 books
United Nations Judicial Yearbook. 1982 to 1986; 1990. 4 books. Reprint 1994. William S. Hein & Co. Maroon cloth with white spine lettering. As new. $150. * This record contains: 1982-84(1 bk); 1985; 1986; 1990. Contains the documentary text of treatises and other materials concerning legal status and activities of..... More
Bond Agreement, Henry County, Virginia, December 7, 1804.
An Eminent Local as Guarantor and a "Negro Woman Named Tiggy" as Collateral [Virginia]. [Bond Agreement to Settle a Debt]. Henry and Patrick Counties, [Virginia], December 7, 1804. 12-1/2" x 8" part-printed document inscribed in neat hand, signed by William Banks, Jr. and docketed on verso. Moderate toning, light soiling..... More
Typed Letter, Signed, From William Howard Taft to Louis D Brandeis.
Taft Wishes Brandeis an Enjoyable Summer Recess [Manuscript]. Taft, William Howard [1857-1930]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. [Typed Letter, Signed, To Louis D. Brandeis on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, Washington, DC, June 12, 1929]. 1 pp. typed letter on 7-3/4" x 5-3/4" sheet of U.S. Supreme Court letterhead. Moderate toning, single..... More
The Reports Of Divers Special Cases Adjudged In The Courts Of Kings...
First Edition of a Highly Respected Reporter Raymond, Sir Thomas [1627-1683], Reporter. The Reports Of Divers Special Cases Adjudged In The Courts Of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, & Exchequer, In the Reign of King Charles II. Printed from the Original Manuscript, Written in His Own Hand. With Two Tables, One..... More
Reports of Several Special Cases Argued and Resolved in the Court...
Includes an Important Early Case Involving Deaf-Mutes C[arter], S[amuel]. Reports of Sevral Special Cases Argued and Resolved in the Court of Common Pleas: in the XVI, XVII, and XIXth Years of King Charles II. In the Time When Sir Orlando Bridgman State Chief Justice There. to Which Are Added, Some..... More
Praxis Rerum Criminalium: Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus,...
Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Criminal Law Illustrated with 55 Large Woodcuts Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Elegantissimis Iconibus ad Materiam Accommodis Illustrata, Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisque id Genus Iustitiariis ac Officiariis, Non Modo Utilis Sed & Necessaria. Antwerp: Apud Ioannem Bellerum, 1556. [x], 567, [98]..... More
![Item #73957 A Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University [With]. Harvard Law School,...](/pictures/thumb/73957.JPG?v=1658933648)
A Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University [With]...
The First Official Catalogue of Harvard's Law Library [Harvard Law School]. [Sumner, Charles (1811-1874), Compiler]. A Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge: Charles Folson, Printer to the University, 1834. viii, 80 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 6") [With] [Sumner, Charles, Compiler]. Supplement to the Catalogue..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States....
Wharton on Homicide Wharton, Francis [1820-1889]. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To Which is Appended a Series of Leading Cases. Philadelphia: Kay and Brother, 1875. xli, [1], 794 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece..... More
Official Report of the Trial of Mary Harris Indicted for the Murder...
"This is an Interesting Case": McDade [Trial]. Harris, Mary, Defendant. Clephane, James O., Reporter. Official Report of the Trial of Mary Harris, Indicted for the Murder of Adoniram J. Burroughs, Before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, (Sitting as a Criminal Court,) Monday, July 3, 1865. Washington, DC..... More
Manuscript Brief on a Copyhold Case with the Opinion of Sir John Holt.
Sir John Holt's Opinion Regarding a Disputed Estate [Manuscript]. [Holt, Sir John (1642-1710)]. [Manuscript Brief on a Copyhold Case with the Opinion of Sir John Holt]. [London?, c.1700]. 12" x 7-1/2" bifolium, text in a single neat hand to recto of first leaf and docket to verso of final leaf..... More
A Treatise on the Criminal Law, Third Edition. 1855.
One of the "Great Textbooks" Wharton, Francis [1820-1889]. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States: Comprising a Digest of the Penal Statutes of the General Government, And of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia; With the Decisions on Cases Arising upon Those Statutes, And a General View..... More
The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 12, 1824-1828.
Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832] O'Sullivan, Luke, Editor. Fuller, Catherine, Editor. The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 12, July 1824 to June 1828. Oxford: Clarendon Press, [2012]. xxxii, 495 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. Preliminary leaves, i-xxxii, bound upside-down in reverse order. $30. * A volume in the authoritative Collected Works..... More
On the Liberty of the Press, And Public Discussion and Other...
Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832] Pease-Watkin, Catherine, Editor. Schofield, Philip, Editor. On the Liberty of the Press, And Public Discussion and Other Legal and Political Writings for Spain and Portugal. Oxford: Clarendon Press, [2012]. xxxviii, 363 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $50. * A volume in the authoritative Collected Works of..... More
The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, 1983-2012. 14 Volumes.
Oxford's Critical Edition of Bentham's Works Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983-2012. 14 volumes. Original cloth, light to moderate shelfwear, two volumes ex-library with markings to preliminaries, one with shelf-label residue to spine and small stamp to top edge of text block. $1,000..... More
To the Right Honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
A Petition to End the Death Penalty, In Thirty Lines of Rhyming Verse [Manuscript]. To the Right Honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled. The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Inhabitants and Householders of Woodbridge and its Vicinity; Interested as Men, Englishmen, And Christians in the Amelioration of..... More
The Laws of Fiji Containing the Ordinances of Fiji, 4 (of 7) vols.
Ordinances of Fiji, 1956 [Fiji]. Bryce, William Gordon, Editor. The Laws of Fiji Containing the Ordinances of Fiji and Subsidiary Legislation Thereunder Enacted on or Before the 16th day of April, 1955, Together with Letters Patent, Royal Instructions, And Certain Orders of Her Majesty in Council Relating to Fiji. Revised..... More
The History of Government from the Earliest Times. 3 Vols.
Finer, S[amuel] E[dward]. The History of Government from the Earliest Times. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Three volumes. Cloth bound hardcover, in near-fine dust jackets. $150. * Volume I: Ancient Monarchies and Empires; Volume II: The Intermediate Ages; Volume III: Empires, Monarchies and the Modern State. Fine..... More
Transcript of Testimony, Taken at the Coroner's Inquest, On...
One of Early Hollywood's Greatest Scandals [Trial]. Arbuckle, Roscoe [1887-1933]. Rappe, Virginia [1895-1921]. Transcript of Testimony, Taken at the Coroner's Inquest, On September 12th., 13th., And 14th., 1921, Into the Death of Miss Virginia Rappe. [San Francisco, 1921]. 232 ff. Octavo (11" x 8"). Contemporary cloth, gilt title to front..... More
Five Jewish Lawyers of the Common Law, Oxford, 1949.
Goodhart, Arthur L. Five Jewish Lawyers of the Common Law. London: Oxford University Press, 1949. [iv], 74 pp. Cloth very good moderately edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. $45. * Considered in light of the leading roles they have played in the history of the common law, the five British and American..... More
![Item #73941 [Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1796]. Scotland, Court of Session, Robert...](/pictures/thumb/73941.JPG?v=1658871728)
[Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1796].
Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1796 [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November M,DCC,XXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1757. [ii], 2, 216 pp. Lacking second part, pp. 217-460, covering decisions from 1739-1744. [With] Davidson, Robert, Compiler. Douglas..... More
History of the English Law. Dublin, 1787, 4 Vols.
The First History of English Law Reeves, John [1752-1829]. History of the English Law, From the Time of the Saxons to the End of the Reign of Philip and Mary. Dublin: Printed for Luke White, 1787. Four volumes. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering pieces..... More
Select Decisions Of The Court Of Session, From the Year 1752 to the...
Kames's "Select Decisions" [Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)]. Select Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1752 to the Year 1768. Collected by a Member of the Court. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, For John Bell, 1780. xvii, [1], 251 [i.e.351], [1] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2")..... More
Remarkable Decisions Of The Court Of Session, From 1716, To 1728...
First Edition of Lord Kames's First Publication [Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)]. Remarkable Decisions Of The Court Of Session, From 1716, to 1728. Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Tho. Ruddiman, 1728. iii-iv, 287, [1], xx pp. Recent library buckram, gilt institution name to boards, red and black lettering pieces and gilt..... More
Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1730...
"Advancing Law to a Vigorous Maturity" [Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)]. Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1730 to the Year 1752. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1766. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Recent library buckram, gilt institution name to boards, red and black..... More