Kelsen, Hans. The Law of the United Nations. A Critical Analysis of Its Fundamental Problems. Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Praeger, [1964]. xvii, 994 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192358; ISBN-10: 1616192356. Paperback. Cover and page edges lightly soiled, else very good. $40. * First..... More

Gallatin and Webster Discuss the Establishment of the U.S.-Canadian Border Gallatin, Albert [1761-1849]. Webster, Daniel [1782-1852]. A Memoir of the North-Eastern Boundary, In Connexion with Mr. Jay's Map. Together With a Speech on the Same Subject, By the Hon. Daniel Webster; Delivered at a Special Meeting of the New-York Historical..... More

Village Communities in an Oriel College Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. London: John Murray, 1890. xii, 413 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind frames and gilt ornaments to boards, gilt armorial stamp of Oriel College, Oxford to front board, raised bands..... More

Kelsen, Hans [1881-1973]. What is Justice? Justice, Law, and Politics in the Mirror of Science. Berkeley: University of California Press, [1971]. 397 pp. Publisher's green cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine, occasional underlining and marginal checks in red ink, else very good. $25. * Later printing, first published in 1957..... More

Peace Cannot be Secured by Force [Manuscript Archive]. Bower, Sir Graham John [1848-1933]. [Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of "Treaties of Peace," Read Before the Grotius Society]. [London, c.1917]. 31, 10 ff. on 10" x 8" loose-leaf ruled sheets; 29 ff. in 10" x 8" ruled "Empire" notebook. Text to rectos..... More

Vattel, E[mmerich] de [1714-1767]. The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law Applied to the Conduct and to the Affairs of Nations and of Sovereigns. Translation of the Edition of 1758 by Charles G. Fenwick. With an Introduction by Albert De Lapradelle. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington..... More

Legal Classics Edition of Textor's Synopsis of the Law of Nations Textor, Johann Wolfgang [1693-1771]. Synopsis of the Law of Nations. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1916. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1985. 26a, v, [1], 349, [1] pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker..... More

With Two Important Essays on International Law Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Opera Minora, Olim Separatim, Nunc Conjunctim Edita. Recensuit & Nonnulla Addidit Auctor. Indicem Operum Exhibet Pagina, Quae Generalem Praefationem Excipit. Leiden: Apud Joannem van der Linden, 1730. [xiv], 571, [23] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary paneled vellum, large..... More

Mahan, A[lfred] T[hayer] [1840-1914]. Armaments and Arbitration or The Place of Force in the International Relations of States. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. Reprint. [Legal Classics Library, 2000]. [xii], 260 pp. Full calf, hardcover, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $30. *..... More

An Adaptation of Bynkershoek Lee, Richard. [Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (1673-1743)]. A Treatise of Captures in War. London: Printed for W. Sandby, 1759. viii, 264 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent paper-covered boards, contrasting spine with morocco lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, front and rear joints just..... More

Kelsen "At His Best" [C] Kelsen, Hans [1881-1973]. Law and Peace in International Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1942. xi, 181 pp. Cloth very good in lightly soiled and moderately worn dust jacket, light toning to text. $250. * First edition. The text of Kelsen's Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 1940-1941..... More

Murders of Newborn Children [War Crimes Trials]. Brand, George, Editor. Trial of Heinrich Gerike, Georg Hessling, Werner Noth, Hermann Muller, Gustav Claus, Richard Demmerich, Fritz Flint, Valentina Bilien (Velpke Baby Home Trial). With a Foreword by H. Lauterpacht. London: William Hodge and Company, [1950]. liv, 356 pp. Plates. Original red..... More

Malloy, William M., and C.F. Redmond, Compilers. Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers 1776-[1923]. Buffalo: Dennis, Hein, 1965-2000. Photoreprint ed. of the 1910-1938 ed. published by the U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington. 4 volumes in 8 books. Vols. 1-2. 1776-1909..... More

Scarce Complete British Edition of the Nuremburg Trials [Nuremberg Trials]. [International Military Tribunal]. The Trial of German Major War Criminals: Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremberg Germany. London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1946-1951. Complete set; 23 parts in 23 books, Part 23 an index. [With] Opening Speeches..... More

First Edition of the Standard English Textbook on Grotius Rutherforth, Thomas [1712-1771]. Institutes of Natural Law Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis Read in S. Johns College Cambridge. In Which are Explaned the Rights and Obligations of Mankind Considered as Individuals..... More

A Handsome Copy of One of the Great Landmarks of International Law Suarez, Francisco [1548-1617]. Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus. Naples: Ex Typis Fibrenianis, 1872. 2 volumes. [vi], 378; [iv], 680 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (10-1/2" x 7"). Contemporary quarter morocco over..... More

"The First True Scholar and Writer on Modern International Law" Gentili, Alberico [1552-1608]. De Legationibus, Libri Tres. Omnibus Omnium Ordinum Studiosis, Praecipue Vero Iuris Civilis Lectu Utiles, Ac Maxime Necessarii. Hanover: Apud Guilielmum Antonium, 1594. [xvi], 231, [1] pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary flexible vellum, blind rules to boards..... More

James Kent on International Law Kent, James [1763-1847]. Abdy, J[ohn] T[homas] [1822-1899], Editor. Kent's Commentary on International Law, Revised with Notes and Cases Brought Down to the Present Time. Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co.; London: Stevens and Sons, 1866. xx, 484, 12 pp. Main text followed by 12-page publisher catalogue..... More

Chitty's Edition of Vattel Vattel, Emmerich de. Chitty, Joseph Chitty. The Law of Nations; or Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns. From the French of Monsieur De Vattel. With Additional Notes and References by Edward D. Ingraham, Esq. Originally published..... More

Loring, Charles G. [1794-1867]. Neutral Relations of England and the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. iv, 116 pp. Octavo (10" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamplet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate shelfwear and light soiling, chip to fore-edge of front wrapper, moderate toning to interior, light foxing..... More

A Code of Land Warfare Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten). Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. viii, 150 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776598; ISBN-10: 1584776595. Hardcover cloth. New. $22.95 * Holland [1835-1926] analyzed the proceedings of the international..... More

An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities..... More

Ohlin, Jens David. The Assault on International Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. xi, [1], 289 pp. ISBN: 9780199987405. Cloth hardcover in fine dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $15. * International law presents a conceptual riddle. Why comply with it when there is no world government..... More

Gentili, Alberico [1552-1608]. Abbott, Frank Frost, Introduction. Hispanicae Advocationis Libri Duo. Volume One. The Photographic Reproduction of the Edition of 1661, With an Introduction by Frank Frost Abbott, and a List of Errata. New York: Oxford University Press, 1921. 44a, [16], 274, 2 pp. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear and soiling..... More

Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Moore, Frank Gardner, Translator. De Officio Hominis et Civis Juxta Legem Naturalem Libri Duo. Volume Two. The Translation by Frank Gardner Moore. New York: Oxford University Press, 1927. 27a, xxi, 152, [2] pp. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear and soiling, library markings to binding, edges of text..... More

Selden's Reply to Grotius Bound with a Reply to Selden by Pontanus Selden, John [1584-1654]. Mare Clausum Seu De Dominio Maris Libri Duo. I. Mare, Ex Iure Naturae seu Gentium, Omnium Hominum non Esse Commune, Sed Dominii Privati seu Proprietatis Capax, Pariter ac Tellurem, Esse Demonstratur. II. Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae..... More

Catholicism and the Law of Nations Eppstein, John The Catholic Tradition of the Law of Nations. Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Published for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace by the Catholic Association for International Peace, [1935]. xxi, 525 pp. Reprinted 2008, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778226; ISBN-10..... More

An Important Forerunner to Grotius Ayala, Balthazar [c.1548-1584]. Westlake, John [1828-1913], Editor. De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis Et Disciplina Militari Libri III. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1912. [vi], xxvi, [9], 226, [6] pp. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. [With] Ayala, Balthazar. Bate, John Pawley, Translator, Notes. De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis Et..... More

With a New introductory Essay by Benjamin Ferencz Taylor, Telford. Nuremberg and Vietnam. An American Tragedy. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, [1970]. xxvii, 224 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a New Introductory Essay entitled "Will We Finally Apply Nuremberg's Lessons?" by Benjamin Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor for the United..... More

Landmark Study of Nazi Law Fraenkel, Ernst. The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship. Translated From the German by E.A. Shils, in Collaboration with Edith Lowenstein and Klaus Knorr. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. xvi, 248 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange..... More

Vinogradoff on International Law Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Butler, William E., Editor. On the History of International Law and International Organization: Collected Papers of Sir Paul Vinogradoff. Edited and with introductory and other materials by William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Vinogradoff Institute..... More

"The Father of International Law" Grotius, Hugo [1583 1645]. . De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres, in quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, item Juris Publici praecipua explicantur. Cum Annotatis Auctoris, ejusdemque Dissertatione de Mari Libero; ac Libello singularis de Aequitate, Indulgentia, & Facilitate: Nec non Joann. Frid. Gronovii V.C...... More

Autograph Note by a Distinguished Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice Loder, Bernard C.J. [1849-1935]. [Furman, Alfred A. (b. 1856)]. [Autograph Note, Signed, On Netherlands Postal Service Post Card, The Hague, February 28, 1935]. 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" postcard, addressed and stamped on verso. Light edgewear and moderate toning..... More

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

Important Early Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or, a Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce. In Three Books. London: Printed for John Bellinger, 1682. [xxiv], 433, [15] pp. Two-page copperplate pictorial frontispiece, three-page publisher advertisement. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf..... More

Two of Bynkershoek's Most Important Works Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Conradi, Franz Karl [1701-1748], Editor. Opuscula Varii Argumenti, Nunc Primum Collecta Atque in Duos Tomos Distributa. Cum Praefatione D. Francisci Caroli Conradi. Halle: Sumtibus Ern. Gottl. Crugii, 1729. Two volumes. [iv], 5-28, [6], [5]-424, [24]; [ii], 3-407, [29] pp. [Bound..... More

Kelsen, Hans. The Law of the United Nations. A Critical Analysis of Its Fundamental Problems. Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Praeger, [1964]. xvii, 994 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770770; ISBN-10: 1584770775. Hardcover. Cover bumped and corners and head of spine. Else fine. $120..... More

Kelsen, Hans. The Law of the United Nations. A Critical Analysis of Its Fundamental Problems. Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Praeger, [1964]. xvii, 994 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770770; ISBN-10: 1584770775. Hardcover cloth. New. $150. * First published under the auspices of The..... More

Butler, William E., Editor. On the History of International Law and International Organization: Collected Papers of Sir Paul Vinogradoff. Edited and with introductory and other materials by William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Vinogradoff Institute at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School..... More

Reams, Bernard D. (Compiler and Editor). American International Law Cases. Second Series 1979-1989. Sources and Documents. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1991. Volumes 1-2 ONLY. Hardcover. Very good with no marks of previous ownership. $50. More

Coll, Alberto R., James S. Ord and Stephen A. Rose, Editors. Legal and Moral Constraints on Low-Intensity Conflict. International Law Studies 1995 Volume 67. Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College, [1995]. xix, 387 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $20. More

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

Phillipson, Coleman. Termination of War and Treaties of Peace. New York: Dutton, 1916. xix, 486 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778608. Cloth. Cover lightly bumped, page edges soiled. Else very good. $60. * Reprint of the sole edition. Phillipson [1878-1945] considers methods of terminating wars with..... More

Roxburgh's Copy Roxburgh, Sir Ronald Francis. International Conventions and Third States: A Monograph. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. xvi, 119, [1] pp. Original cloth, blind rules to boards, gilt title to spine. Corners and spine ends bumped. Author signature to front free endpaper, two leaves of his notes laid-in..... More

[Natural and Civil Law]. A Dissertation on the Law of Nature, the Law of Nations, and the Civil Law in General. Together with Some Observations on the Roman Civil Law in Particular: To Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, a Curious Catalogue of Books, Very Useful to the Students..... More

Franklin, Carl M. The Law of the Sea: Some Recent Developments (With Particular Reference to the United Nations Conference of 1958). International Law Studies series volume 53. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1961. viii, 312 pp. Ex-library. Publisher's blue gilt stamped cloth hardcover, moderate shelfwear. Shelf location label at..... More

Rank, Richard. The Criminal Justice Systems of the Latin-American Nations: A Bibliography of the Primary and Secondary Literature. South Hackensack, NJ: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1974. xxxiii, 540 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear and scuffing, internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to front endleaves. $20. More

Lissitzyn, Oliver J. The International Court of Justice: Its Role in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security. Foreword by Hersch Lauterpacht. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1951. [xii], 118 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777021; ISBN-10: 1584777028. Hardcover. New. $65. * A successor..... More

Dinstein, Yoram. The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International Armed Conflict. [Cambridge]: Cambridge University Press, [2004]. xx, 275 pp. ISBN 0521834368. Hardbound. New. $95. * This companion volume to the author's seminal War, Aggression and Self-Defence focuses on issues arising in the course of hostilities between states, with..... More

A Useful Compilation of American Diplomatic Documents Elliot, Jonathan, Compiler. The American Diplomatic Code: Embracing a Collection of Treaties and Conventions between the United States and Foreign Powers from 1778 to 1834. Also a Concise Diplomatic Manual Containing a Summary of the Law of Nations from the Works of Wicquefort..... More