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Essai sur la Nomenclature et la Classification des Principales...
First Appearance in French Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. Bentham, George [1800-1884], Editor and Translator. Essai sur la Nomenclature et la Classification des Principales Branches d'Art-et-Science: Ouvrage Extrait du Chrestomathia de Jeremie Bentham. Paris: Bossange Freres, Libraires, 1823. viii, 239 pp. 3 folding plates on 2 leaves. 1 Folding table. As in..... More
The Political Influence of the Military, A Comparative Reader.
Perlmutter, Amos, Editor. Bennett, Valerie Plave, Editor. The Political Influence of the Military: A Comparative Reader. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. x, 508 pp. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket. $10. More
The Mirror of Justices. Selden Society, Volume 7 for 1893.
Whittaker, William Joseph, Editor. Maitland, Frederic William, Introduction. The Mirror of Justices. Selden Society, Volume 7 for the Year 1893. London: Bernard Quaritch for The Selden Society, 1895. Quarto. lv, 210, 7 [List of publication and Rules of the Selden Society] pp. Publisher's dark navy starched buckram with gilt spine..... More
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership, 1st American Edition.
The "Best English Treatise on the Subject" Collyer, John [1801-1870]. Phillips, Willard [1784-1873], Notes. Pickering, Edward [d.1876], Notes. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership. With Notes of American Cases; By Willard Phillips and Edward Pickering. Springfield, MA: Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1834. xxxii, 728 [i.e. 544]..... More
The Laws of the Gold Coast, 1954, Five Volumes, Complete Set.
The Final Compilation of the Laws of the Gold Coast [Gold Coast]. McElwaine, Sir Percy Alexander, Editor. The Laws of the Gold Coast. Containing the Ordinances of the Gold Coast, The Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, The Northern Territories, And Togoland Under United Kingdom Trusteeship Enacted On or Before the 31st..... More
United States Reports Vol 347 [and] United States Reports Vol 349.
A Turning Point in the History of Civil Rights [Supreme Court, United States]. [Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka]. Wyatt, Walter, Reporter. United States Reports Volume 347: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1953 [and] Volume 349: Cases Adjudged...at October Term, 1954. Washington: United States Government..... More
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership, 2nd American Edition.
The "Best English Treatise on the Subject" Collyer, John [1801-1870]. Collyer, John [1801-1870], Notes. Phillips, Willard [1784-1873], Notes. Pickering, Edward [d.1876], Notes. Barbour, Oliver L. [1811-1889], Notes. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership. From the Last London Edition, Containing the American Notes of the Former Edition by Willard..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, 14th ed 1883, 3 Vols.
The First Important Work on Evidence Published in America Greenleaf, Simon [1783-1853]. Crosswell, Simon Greenleaf, Editor. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Revised with Large Additions. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1883. Three volumes. lxxxiv, 753; lxxxix, 683; xxix, 577 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary law calf, blind..... More
Of the Rights of War and Peace, In Three Volumes; In Which are...
Early English Translation of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. [Morrice, John, Translator and Editor]. Of the Rights of War and Peace, In Three Volumes; In Which are Explain'd the Laws and Claims of Nature and Nations, And the Principal Points that Relate Either to Publick Government, Or..... More
Crime and Justice, Second and Revised Edition, 3 Vols.
Radzinowicz, Leon, Editor. Wolfgang, Marvin E., Editor. Crime and Justice. New York: Basic Books, 1977. Three volumes. Cloth in lighty worn dust jackets, owner signature of Dr. Arthur Zitrin to front free endpaper of each volume. $150. * Second and Revised edition. Volume I: The Criminal in Society. Volume II..... More
Capital Punishment: Strategies for Abolition
Hodgkinson, Peter, Editor. Schabas, William A., Editor. Capital Punishment: Strategies for Abolition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xiv, 374 pp. Coth in near-fine dust jacket, tiny sopt to head of text block. $25. More
Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate
Angell, Joseph K., and Samuel Ames. [Lathrop, John, Editor]. Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861. lvi, 810 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774730; ISBN-10: 1584774738. Hardcover cloth. New. $31.95 * Reprint of..... More
Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From 1766 to 1791...
Dalrymple's Reports Dalrymple, Sir David [1726-1792]. Brown, M[ungo] P[onton], Editor. Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From 1766 to 1791. Selected from the Original MSS. Edinburgh: Printed for William Tait, 1726. Two volumes. vii, 576; [ii], 577-1142 pp. Quarto (10" x 8"). Recent library buckram, gilt institution name..... More
Select Cases Before the King's Council, 1243-1482;Selden Society Vol35
Baldwin, J.F.; Leadam I.S. (Editors). Select Cases Before the King's Council, 1243-1482. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 35 for 1918. Cambridge: The Harvard University Press, 1918. cxvii, 155 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with property stamps on inside covers, title page and pages edges, shelf location..... More
Borough Customs. Volume II
Bateson, Mary (editor). Borough Customs. Volume II. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 21 for 1906. Volume I was published as Volume 18 for 1904. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1906. clvi, 242 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with property stamps on inside covers, title page and pages edges..... More
A New Law-Dictionary: Containing the Interpretation and Definition
Ninth Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. Ruffhead, Owen [1723-1769], Editor. Morgan, John, Editor. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing the Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; As Also the Law and Practice, Under the Proper Heads and Titles. Together With Such Learning as Explains..... More
Reports of Divers Special Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's...
A Reporter Held in High Regard by Holdsworth Raymond, Sir Thomas [1627-1683], Compiler. Wilson, George, Editor. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, In the Reigns of the Late King William, Queen Anne, King George the First, And King George the Second..... More
The Oxford Edition of Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Blackstone, William. Prest, William (Editor). The Oxford Edition of Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book I, II, III, IV. Oxford University Press, 2016. 4 Volumes. Paperback. ISBN: 9780199600984. New. $150. * The definitive version of this classic text of Anglo-American law Detailed varia trace the evolution of Blackstone's..... More
Oeuvres Completes du Chancelier d'Aguesseau.
Collected Works of d'Aguesseau, A Set from the Royal Library at Versailles Aguesseau, Henri Francois d' [1668-1751]. Pardessus, Jean-Marie [1772-1853], Editor. Oeuvres Completes du Chancelier d'Aguesseau. Nouvelle Edition, Augmentee de Pieces Echappees aux Premiers Editeurs, Et d'un Discours Preliminaire. Paris: Fantin et Compagnie, 1819. Sixteen volumes. Complete set. Octavo (8"..... 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
Law and Civil War in the Modern World
Moore, John Norton, Editor. Law and Civil War in the Modern World. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1974]. xxv, 648 pp. Reprinted 2009, by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a new introduction for this edition by John Norton Moore, Walter L. Brown Professor of Law, Director, Center for National..... More
Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada. 4th ed
Classic Canadian Treatise on Parliamentary Law Bourinot, Sir John George. Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada. Fourth Edition. Edited by Thomas Barnard Flint. Originally published: Toronto: Canada Law Book, 1916. xx, 693 pp. Reprinted 2008, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778813; ISBN-10: 1584778814. Hardcover. New..... More
The Verdict, 1971. Albany, NY, 1971.
[Albany Law School Yearbook]. [Werbalowsky, Allen, Editor]. The Verdict, 1971. Albany, NY: [Albany Law School of Union University], 1971. 101, [3] pp. Illustrations. Textured cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $30. More
The Legal Code of Aelfred the Great. 1973 Reprint of 1893 edition.
Aelfred, King of Wessex [CE 871-899]. Turk, Milton Haight, Editor. The Legal Code of Aelfred the Great. Edited With an Introduction. Boston: Published by Ginn and Company, 1893. Reprint. New York: AMS Press, [1973]. viii, 147 pp. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. New. $20. * This edition contains..... More
Trilateral Perspectives on International Legal Issues: From Theory...
Schoenbaum, Thomas J., Junji Nakagawa and Linda C. Reif, Editors. Trilateral Perspectives on International Legal Issues: From Theory Into Practice. Irvington: Transnational Publishers, Inc., 1998. xi, 404 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. New. $30. * Published under the auspices of the American Society of International Law, this is the second..... More