[American Association of Law Schools]. Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History. Compiled and edited by a Committee of the Association of American Law Schools. Wigmore, John Henry (editor); Freund, Ernst; (joint ed.); Mikell, William Ephraim; (joint ed.). Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1907. 3 Volumes. 847; 823; 862..... More
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Hicks, Frederick. Men and Books Famous in the Law. With an introduction by Harlan F. Stone. Originally published: Rochester, New York: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing, 1921. 259 pp. Reprinted 1992, 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9780963010629; ISBN-10: 096301062X. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. $35. * A classic account of..... More
Greenidge, A.H.J. The Legal Procedure of Cicero's Time. Originally published: Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1901. xiii, 599 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194734. ISBN-10: 1616194731. Paperback. New. $21.95 * A systematic and historical treatment of the civil and criminal procedure of Cicero's time. At the..... More
Ecklund, John E., Constance Cryer Ecklund, ed. The Origins of Western Law from Athens to the Code Napoleon. Clark, NJ: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2014. 2 Volumes. xxxiii, 1035 pp. 118 black & white illustrations. ISBN-13: 9781616193713. ISBN-10: 1616193719. Hardcover. New. $195. * The Origins..... More
First Edition of "A Standard Book on the Law of Copyright" Copinger, Walter. Deazley, Ronan (New Introduction). The Law of Copyright, In Works of Literature and Art: Including that of Drama, Music, Engraving, Sculpture, Painting, Photography and Ornamental and Useful Designs; Together with International and Foreign Copyright, With the Statutes..... More
A Standard History of the Common Law Plucknett, Theodore F.T. A Concise History of the Common Law. Fifth Edition. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. xxvi, 746, 56 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191245 ISBN-10: 1616191244. Paperback. New. $44.95 * Reprint of the fifth..... More
Guide for Diplomats Published at the End of the First World War Phillimore, Sir Walter George Frank. Three Centuries of Treaties of Peace and Their Teaching. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1919. xx, 227 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191054; ISBN-10: 1616191058. Paperback. New..... More
[MacDonell, Sir John and Edward Manson]. Great Jurists of the World. Edited by Sir John MacDonell and Edward Manson. With an Introduction by Van Vechten Veeder. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1914. Illustrated. xxxii, 607 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190767. ISBN-10: 1616190760. Paperback..... More
"Absorbing" Study of Early English Statutes Plucknett, Theodore F.T. Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922. xliv, 200 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190712; ISBN-10: 161619071X. Paperback. New. $15.95 * An important book by..... More
Maitland, Frederic William and Francis C. Montague. A Sketch of English Legal History. Edited with Notes and Appendices by James F. Colby. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. x, 234 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190675; ISBN-10: 1616190671. Paperback. New. $12.95 * In this..... More
Forsyth, William. The History of Lawyers. Ancient and Modern. Originally published: Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1875. Illustrated. xvii, 404 pp. Reprinted 2010 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190538; ISBN-10: 1616190531. Paperback. New. $25.95 * First published in 1849 in London under the title Hortensius: or, The Advocate, Forsyth's History..... More
A Valuable Companion To Liebermann's Gesetze der Angelsachsen Schmid, Rheinhold, Editor and Translator. Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, In der Ursprache mit Uebersetzung, Erlauterungen und Einem Antiquarischen Glossar. Originally published: Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1858. lxxxiii, 680 pp. Anglo-Saxon texts and parallel German and Latin texts on facing leaves. Reprinted 2009 by The..... More
Hicks, Frederick. Men and Books Famous in the Law. With an introduction by Harlan F. Stone. Originally published: Rochester, New York: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing, 1921. 259 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779193; ISBN-10: 1584779195. Paperback. New. $14.95 * A classic account of law books and their..... More
The First English Treatise on Copyright Montefiore, Joshua. The Law of Copyright, Being a Compendium of Acts of Parliament and Adjudged Cases, Relative to authors, publishers, printers, artists, musical composers, print-sellers. Originally published: London: James Wallis, 1802. ix, 59 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779148; ISBN-10..... More
With a New Introduction by Ronan Deazley Maugham, Robert. A Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property, Comprising the Statutes and Cases Relating to Books, Manuscripts, Lectures; Dramatic and Musical Compositions; Engravings, Sculpture, Maps &c. Including the Piracy and Transfer of Copyright; With a Historical View, And Disquisitions on the..... More
Lowndes on Copyright, With a New Introduction by Ronan Deazley Lowndes, John J. An Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright; with Remarks on Sergeant Talfourd's Bill, And an Appendix of the Copyright Laws of Foreign Countries. Originally published: London: Saunders and Benning, 1840. xvii (iii-xvii new introduction), viii, 134..... More
A Suit Against Abraham Lincoln Townsend, William H. Abraham Lincoln, Defendant: Lincoln's Most Interesting Lawsuit. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. vii, [1] p., 2 l., 3-40, [1] p. front., facsims. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778301. ISBN-10: 158477830X. Cloth. New. $65. * Reprint of the..... More
"One of the Truly Great Pieces of Historical Literature of all Time" Pollock, Frederick, and Frederic William Maitland. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. Second Edition. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898. 2 Volumes. xxxviii, 688; xiv, 691 pp. Reprinted 2008, 2014 by The..... More
Hurst, James Willard. The Growth of American Law: The Law Makers. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. xiii, 502 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777168. ISBN-10: 1584777168. Paperback. New. $29.95 * The first contemporary history of the development of American law, this book revolutionized the field..... More
The Standard Anglo-American Treatise on Civil Law During the Eighteenth Century Wood, Thomas. A New Institute of the Imperial or, Civil Law. With Notes Shewing in Some Principal Cases Amongst Other Observations, How the Canon Law, The Laws of England, And the Laws and Customs of Other Nations Differ From..... More
A Landmark Study by One of America's Great Medievalists Haskins, Charles Homer. Norman Institutions. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1918. xv, 377 pp. 7 facsimiles (3 double page). Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777106; ISBN-10: 1584777109. Hardcover. New. $95. * First published in 1918, Norman Institutions, a group..... More
Kyd, Stewart. A Treatise on the Law of Corporations. Originally published: London: J. Butterworth, 1793-1794. 2 Volumes. xx, 455, [20]; xxiii, 516, [10] pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776352. ISBN-10: 1584776358. Hardcover. New. $95. * Reprint of the first edition. According to Holdsworth, this "remarkably able..... More
Incomparable Guide to English Legal Education During the Last Quarter of the Seventeenth Century North, Roger. A Discourse on the Study of the Laws. Now Printed From the Original MS. in the Hargrave Collection. With New Illustrations by a Member of the Inner Temple. Originally published: London: Printed for Charles..... More
Blackstone Owed Much to Him in Terms of Content and Layout Wood, Thomas. An Institute of the Laws of England; or, The Laws of England in Their Natural Order, According to Common Use. Originally published: London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1772. Folio. [ii], x, 657, [40] pp..... More
Post, Gaines. Studies in Medieval Legal Thought: Public Law and the State, 1100-1322. Originally published: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1964. xv, 633 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776925; ISBN-10: 1584776927. Hardcover. New. $64.95 * This collection of eleven distinguished essays explores the legal thought..... More
Boyd, William K. The Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code. Originally published: New York: The Columbia University Press, 1905. 122 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775317; ISBN-10: 1584775319. Hardcover. New. $21.95 * Boyd discusses the influence of the Code's ecclesiastical edicts on early medieval jurisprudence and..... More
Kern, Fritz. Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages: I. The Divine Right of Kings and the Right of Resistance in the Early Middle Ages. II. Law and Constitution in the Middle Ages. Translated with an Introduction by S.B. Chrimes. Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1956. xxxi..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892. xii, 464 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774778. Hardcover. New. $28.95 * Vinogradoff argues that the Norman-era villain was the direct descendent of the Anglo-Saxon freeman..... More
Reinsch, Paul Samuel. English Common Law in the Early American Colonies. Originally published: Madison: [Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin], 1899. 64 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774877. ISBN-10: 1584774878. Hardcover. New. $65. * This focused study of the institutional framework of colonial government addresses the..... More
Cohen, Herman. A History of the English Bar and Attornatus to 1450. Originally published: London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1929. x, 622 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-10: 1584774827; ISBN-13: 9781584774822. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * A thorough study of the literature dealing with the English legal profession..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. English Society in the Eleventh Century: Essays in English Mediaeval History. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1908. xii, 599 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774761. ISBN-10: 1584774762. Cloth hardcover. New. $32.95 * One of the principal studies by the eminent legal..... More
"Absorbing" Study of Early English Statutes Plucknett, Theodore F.T. Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922. xliv, 200 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774853; ISBN-10: 1584774851. Hardcover. New. $23.95 * An important book..... More
Morris, William Alfred. The Frankpledge System. Originally published: New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. xvi, 194 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774136; ISBN-10: 1584774134. Smythe sewn cloth hardcover. New. $23.95 * A system that originated in Saxon England, frankpledge was a promise of good conduct..... More
Thorpe, W[illiam] G[eorge]. Middle Temple Table Talk: With Some Talk About the Table Itself. Originally published: London: Hutchinson & Co., 1894. xxiv, 376 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773412; ISBN-10: 1584773413. Cloth. $80. * Reprint of first edition. Thorpe [d.1902], a barrister and literary historian, was..... More
Vinogradoff, Paul, editor. Essays in Legal History Read Before the International Congress of Historical Studies Held in London in 1913. London: Oxford University Press, 1913. viii, 396 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773511. ISBN-10: 1584773510. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Complete text of papers read at the..... More
Keasbey, Edward Quinton. The Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey. 1661-1912. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912. Three volumes. xxxii, 459; ii, 461-856, lxxxiii; ii, 492 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772330; ISBN-10: 1584772336. Hardcover. New. $195. * An extensive chronicle of the years..... More
Gierke, Otto. Political Theories of the Middle Ages. Translated with an introduction by Frederick William Maitland. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1913. lxxx, 197 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771869; ISBN-10: 1584771860. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Gierke's masterful analysis of the medieval doctrine of..... More
Kilbourn, Dwight C. The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1709-1909: Biographical Sketches of Members, History and Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School. Historical Notes. Litchfield: Published by the Author, 1909. xiv, 344, [3], viii pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772132; ISBN-10: 1584772131. Hardcover..... More
Hurst, James Willard. The Growth of American Law: The Law Makers. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. xiii, 502 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771944; ISBN-10: 1584771941. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * The first contemporary history of the development of American law, this book..... More
Cameron, James R. Frederick William Maitland and the History of English Law. Originally published: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1961]. xvi, 214 pp. Portrait frontis. Illustrations. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771357; ISBN-10: 1584771356. Hardcover. New. $85. * Frederick William Maitland was a Cambridge University professor and..... More
Hearn, William Edward. The Aryan Household Its Structure and its Development. An Introduction to Comparative Jurisprudence. London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. viii, 494 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771241; ISBN-10: 1584771240. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Originally published in Melbourne in 1878, this..... More
Study of Vitoria by a Leading Figure in Twentieth-Century International Law Scott, James Brown. The Spanish Origin of International Law. Francisco De Vitoria and His Law of Nations. Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934. 19a, 288, [6], clviii pp. Frontispiece and portrait. Reprinted 2000, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd..... More
Esmein, A[dhemar]. A History of Continental Criminal Procedure with Special Reference to France. Translated by John Simpson; with an editorial preface by William E. Mikell and introductions by Norman M. Trenholme and by William Renwick Riddell. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1913. xlv, 640 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Custom and Right. Oslo: H. Aschehoug, 1925. 110 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770480; ISBN-10: 1584770481. Hardcover. New. $45. * John M. Zane recommends this work, of which he comments "...the facts and ideas that are called legal can be studied with advantage..... More
Woodbine, George E. Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts. A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1910. vi, 183 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770077;..... More
Greenidge, A.H.J. The Legal Procedure of Cicero's Time. Originally published: Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1901. xiii, 599 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363991; ISBN-10: 1886363994. Hardcover. New. $30.95 * A systematic and historical treatment of the civil and criminal procedure of Cicero's time. At the..... More
Bar, Carl Ludwig von. A History of Continental Criminal Law. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. lvi, 561 pp. Reprinted 1999, 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770138. ISBN-10: 1584770139. Hardcover. New. $34.95 * Originally published as volume 6 of The Continental Legal History Series, under the..... More
Fortescue, Sir John. The Governance of England: Otherwise Called The Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy. A Revised Text edited with Introduction, Notes, and Appendices by Charles Plummer. London: Oxford University Press, 1885. xxiii, 387 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363793; ISBN-10: 188636379X. Hardcover..... More
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. Originally published: London: Oxford University Press, 1920. Two volumes. 428; x, 315 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363649. ISBN-10: 1886363641. Hardcover. New. $69.95 * A complex description and analytical perspective of the growth of jurisprudence from tribal to modern..... More
An Excellent Introduction to English Legal History Maitland, Frederic William. Montague, Francis C. A Sketch of English Legal History. Edited with Notes and Appendices by James F. Colby. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. x, 234pp. Reprinted 1998, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363502; ISBN-10: 1886363501..... More
[Maitland, Frederic William]. A General Survey of Events, Sources, Persons & Movements in Continental Legal History. By Various European Authors. With an introduction by Albert Kocourek. Boston: Little, Brown, 1912. liii, 754 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363472. ISBN-10: 1886363471. Cloth bound, smythe sewn, hardcover. New..... More
The Lives and Works of Eminent Jurists From the Last Two Thousand Years [MacDonell, Sir John and Edward Manson]. Great Jurists of the World. Edited by Sir John MacDonell and Edward Manson. With an Introduction by Van Vechten Veeder. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1914. Illustrated. xxxii, 607..... More
Jhering, Rudolf von. The Struggle for Law. Translated from the Fifth German Edition by John J. Lalor. Second Edition, with an Introduction by Albert Kocourek. Chicago: Callaghan and Company, 1915. lii, 138 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363250. ISBN-10: 1886363250. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * First published..... More
"One of the Truly Great Pieces of Historical Literature of all Time" Pollock, Frederick, and Frederic William Maitland. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898. 2 volumes. xxxviii, 688; xiv, 691 pp. Reprinted 1996, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange..... More
A Spirited Account of Advocacy Forsyth, William. The History of Lawyers. Ancient and Modern. Originally published: Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1875. Illustrated. xvii, 404 pp. Reprinted 1996, 2010 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363144; ISBN-10: 1886363145. Hardcover. New. $35.95 * First published in 1849 in London under the title..... More
Holdsworth, William S. Essays in Law and History. Edited by A.L. Goodhart and H.G. Hanbury. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1946. xv, 302 pp. Reprinted 1995, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363137; ISBN-10: 1886363137. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Compiled and edited by A.L. Goodhart and H.G...... More