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Essays in Legal History in Honor of Felix Frankfurter.
Forkosch, Morris D., Editor. Essays in Legal History in Honor of Felix Frankfurter. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company, Inc., [1966]. xix, 647 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Hardbound, light shelfwear, internally clean. $20. More
On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E....
Thorne, Samuel E. Arnold, Morris S. On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne. Chapel Hill, [NC]: University of North Carolina Press, [1981]. xx, 426 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $75. * Contents: Simpson, A.W.B. The laws of 5, Ethelbert.;..... More
An Essay on the Growth of Law.
Cohn, Morris M. An Essay on the Growth of Law. Chicago: Callaghan & Co., 1882. ix, 181 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Ex-library ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplates to front pastedown. Some foxing. Previous owner's inscriptions to rear endleaves. $120. More
Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379.
Ames Foundation Edition Arnold, Morris S., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-c.1400). Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379. [Cambridge, MA]: The Ames Foundation, 1975. xl, 124, 151 pp. English and Law French. Hardcover original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $50. * Ames Foundation Year Book Series..... More
A Short Enquiry into the Nature of Monopoly and Forestalling, 2d ed.
Government Intervention to Lower Grain Prices Morris, Edward [d.1815]. A Short Enquiry into the Nature of Monopoly and Forestalling. Considerably Enlarged and Amended. With an Appendix, On the Probable Effect of an Act of the Legislature to Enforce the Use of a Coarser Sort of Bread; And Some Considerations on..... More
The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300.
Morris, William Alfred. The Medieval English Sheriff: To 1300. Manchester: At the University Press, 1927. xviii, 291 pp. Hardcover, moderately worn, library stamps to top-edge of text block and front free endpaper, finger smudges to a few leaves. $20. * First edition. Contents: The king's reeve; The office of sheriff..... More
John Hemphill, First Chief Justice of the State of Texas.
Curtis, Rosalee Morris. John Hemphill, First Chief Justice of the State of Texas. Austin: Jenkins Pub. Co., 1971. xv, 122 pp. Hardcover. Fine with library stamps on front and back pastedowns. $25. More
Studies in Criminal Law.
Morris, Norval. Howard, Colin. Studies in Criminal Law. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1964. xxxiv, 270 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with large chip to top-edge of front flap, internally clean. Author's presentation inscription to front free endpaper dated April 2, 1965: "Gilbert Geis In appreciation of an..... More
The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects.
Bakken, Gordon Morris. The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, [2008]. xxx, 237 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone.
The Definitive Blackstone Bibliography Laeuchli, Ann Jordan. Cohen, Morris L., Foreword. Mooney, James E., Editor. A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone. Getzville, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 2015. xvii, 537 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. $175. * In 1938 Yale University Press published Catherine Spicer Eller's catalog of the Yale Law..... More
Colonial Arkansas, 1686-1804: A Social and Cultural History.
Arnold, Morris S. Colonial Arkansas, 1686-1804: A Social and Cultural History. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1991. xv, 232 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Rocky Mountain Constitution Making, 1850-1912.
Bakken, Gordon Morris. Rocky Mountain Constitution Making, 1850-1912. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. x, 184 pp. Hardbound, cloth, fine. $20. More
The Trial of Scott Nearing and the American Socialist Society.
Nearing, Scott. Hillquit, Morris. The Trial of Scott Nearing and the American Socialist Society. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970. 249 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn. $20. More
Appellate Civil Practice and Procedure Handbook.
Talley-Morris, Neva B. Appellate Civil Practice and Procedure Handbook. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 229 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn, lightly soiled, dust jacket. $35. More
The History of the Development of Law.
Morris, Hon. M.F. The History of the Development of Law. Washington, D.C: John Byrne and Co, 1916. 315 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn. $25. More
The Development of Law on the Rocky Mountain Frontier: Civil Law...
Bakken, Gordon Morris. The Development of Law on the Rocky Mountain Frontier: Civil Law and Society, 1850-1912. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, [1983]. 200 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $35. More
Free Men All: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North, 1780-1861.
Morris, Thomas D. Free Men All: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North, 1780-1861. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1974]. xii, 253 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $45. More
Southern Slavery and the Law.
Morris, Thomas D. Southern Slavery and the Law: 1619-1860. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [1996]. x, 575 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Madness and the Criminal Law.
Morris, Norval. Madness and the Criminal Law. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982. ix, 235 pp. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket. $10. More
4 Judicial Appointment Certificates, Litchfield County, CT, 1829-1839.
Four Certificates Appointing a Distinguished Litchfield Judge [Manuscript Archive]. [Woodruff, Morris (1777-1840)]. [4 Judicial Appointment Certificates]. Litchfield, CT, 1829-1839. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" part-printed bifolia, text running parallel to fold line, blind-embossed seal to 3 certificates and residue from removed seal to 1 certificate. Light toning, negligible light soiling, a few..... More
Select Cases of Trespass from the King's Courts 1307-1399 Vols I & II.
Arnold, Morris S. (Editor). Select Cases of Trespass from the King's Courts 1307-1399. Volumes I and II (2 books). London: Selden Society, 1985-1987. Volume 100 for the Year 1984. lxxxv, 179 pp. [together with] Volume 103 for the Year 1987. 2 books. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location..... More
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
History of the Yale Law School to 1915. Reprint w/new intro. & index.
Classic History of Yale Law School Hicks, Frederick C. History of the Yale Law School to 1915. Introduction by Morris L. Cohen [1927-2010], Professor of Law, Yale Law School. ix, 301 pp. Illustrated. Clark, NJ: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2018. ISBN-13:9781616196004; ISBN-10:1616196009. Paperback. New. $29.95 * This book collects four..... 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
Letters From the Tombs
Schappes, Morris U. Letters From the Tombs. Edited, with an Appendix, by Louis Lerman, Foreword by Richard Wright, Drawings by James D. Egleson. New York: Schappes Defense Committee, [1941]. Illustrated. vi, 119 pp. Printed pictorial brown wrappers. Very good. $25. More