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Clinical Education for The Law Student. Legal Education in Service....
Clinical Education for The Law Student. Legal Education in Service Setting. New York: [Meilen Press], [1973]. v, 429 pp. Ex-library with stamps. Red cloth, worn with gilt lettering. Internally clean. $15. More
Memoirs of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Memoirs of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Centennial Volume Vol. XI - Part VI - No. VII. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1888. 325-524 pp. Softbound, worn. Cover chipped around edges. Illustrated. Uncut leaves. Many pages unopened. $5. More
In Pursuit of Justice: Australian Women and the Law, 1788-1979.
Mackinolty, Judith. Radi, Heather. In Pursuit of Justice: Australian Women and the Law, 1788-1979. Sydney: Hale and Iremonger, 1979. xvii, 300 pp. Illustrations. Softbound with light fading to spine. $25. More
Two Letters: The First Containing Some Remarks on the Meeting Held...
"They Must At Least Stand Convicted of a Rash, Intemperate, and Improvident Zeal" A Freeholder of Cornwall. [Gregor, Francis (1760-1815)]. Two Letters: The First Containing Some Remarks on the Meeting Held 5th November, 1809, To Celebrate the Acquittal of Messrs. Hardy, J.H. Tooke, Thelwall, And Others, In November 1794: With..... More
A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders...
"Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders" A Gentleman at Chichester. A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer, And Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, By Fourteen Notorious Smugglers, With the Execution of Seven of the Bloody Criminals, At Chichester. Also the Trials..... More
A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders...
"There Never Was Such a Horrible Scene of Villainy" A Gentleman at Chichester. A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders Committed on the Bodies of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer in the Port of Southampton: And Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, Of Fordingbridge in Hampshire..... More
The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer, Containing...
A Pennsylvanian His Own Lawyer A Gentleman of the Bar. The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer: Containing a Variety of Precedents, Laid Down in So Plain a Manner, That the Farmer, Mechanic, Apprentice, Or School Boy, Can Draw Any Instrument of Writing Without the Assistance of an..... More
The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer, Containing...
Every Pennsylvanian His Own Lawyer A Gentleman of the Bar. The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer: Containing a Variety of Precedents, Laid Down in So Plain a Manner, That the Farmer, Mechanic, Apprentice, Or School Boy, Can Draw Any Instrument of Writing Without the Assistance of an..... More
Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament, London, 1774.
One of the First Works to Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple, Editor. [Bohun, William, Attributed]. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon and All Their Incidents; Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested..... More
Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament, London, 1774.
One of the First Works to Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple, Editor. [Bohun, William, Attributed]. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon, And All Their Incidents: Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested..... More
Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament...
One of the First Works To Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple, Editor. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon, And All Their Incidents: Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested Under Proper Titles..... More
A Letter to the Hon Fox Maule, MP, Chairman of the Committee of the...
Scarce Tract on Judicial Reform in Scotland A Member of the College of Justice. A Letter to the Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., Chairman of the Committee of the Committee of the House of Commons Appointed to Enquire into the Administration of the Law of Scotland, On Some Points Connected with..... More
Testamentary Counsels, And Hints to Christians on the Right...
"Have You Made Your Will?" A Retired Solicitor. Testamentary Counsels, And Hints to Christians on the Right Distribution of Their Property by Will. Carefully Revised by a Member of the American Bar. Troy, NY: W. And H. Merriam, 1845. xii, 13-108 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Contemporary cloth, blind panels..... More
Reasons for a Registry: Shewing Briefly the Great Benefits and...
An Early Argument for Universal Land Registration A Well-Wisher. Reasons for a Registry: Shewing Briefly the Great Benefits and Advantages That May Accrew to This Nation Thereby. And Likewise Reconciling Those Mistaken Inconveniences Which Many Have Conceived Thereof. By a Well-Wisher to the Publick Interest of the Nation. London: Printed..... More
The Comic Blackstone... Parts I-IV... Carey and Hart, 1844-1846.
Rare American Edition of The Comic Blackstone, A Variant of Eller 187 and Lauechli 433 A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. Cruikshank, George [1797-1878]. The Comic Blackstone. Part I.--Of the Rights of Persons. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. [ii], 9-94 pp. Frontispiece and added pictorial title page. [Bound with] A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott..... More
The Comic Blackstone, With Illustrations by George Cruikshank, 1846.
Attractive 1846 Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. Cruikshank, George [1797-1878], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone of "Punch." With Illustrations by Cruikshank. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1846. [xii], 9-94; [ii], 9-52; iv, 13-117, [1], 5, [1], [4] pp. Frontispiece and pictorial title page to Part I. Text preceded by 6 pp..... More
The Comic Blackstone, London, 1887, 10 Color Plates.
The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. 10 color lithographed plates (including a frontispiece), 19 text engravings. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, gilt..... More
The Comic Blackstone, London, 1887, 10 Color Plates.
Handsomely Bound Copy of The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. 10 color lithographed plates (including a frontispiece), all with tissue guards, 19 text..... More
Forms of Pleading
Abbott, Austin. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal or Equitable Relief. Completed for Publication After his Decease by Carlos C. Alden. Third Edition by Joseph Walker Macgrauth. New York: Baker, Voorhis, 1937. cxv, 997; xxxvii, 999-2040; xxxix, 2041-3105. Original cloth, leather labels. $150. *Third edition. More
Trial Evidence, Rules of Evidence Applicable on the Trial of...
Reflects Changes Introduced by the New York Code of Procedure Abbott, Austin [1831-1896]. Trial Evidence: Rules of Evidence Applicable on the The Trial of Civil Actions (Including Both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co...... More
Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable in the...
Abbott, Austin. Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable in the Trial of Civil Actions (including both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., Publishers, 1881. xxx, 884 pp. Reprint Buffalo: William S. Hein &..... More
A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen, Fifth Ed.
Classic Maritime Treatise with Notes by Joseph Story Abbott, Charles, Lord Tenterden [1762-1832]. Shee, William [1804-1868], Editor. Perkins, J[onathan] C[ogswell] [1809-1877], Editor. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen. In Five Parts. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846. lxiii, [1], 1004..... More
Law Reporting in England 1485-1585.
Abbott, L W. Law Reporting in England 1485-1585. London: The Athlone Press, 1973. xxi, 372 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. $25. More
The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian.
Gaius and Ulpian with Parallel Translations Abdy, J.T. and Bryan Walker. The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian. Translated with Notes by J.T. Abdy and Bryan Walker. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1885. xxvi, 501 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775485; ISBN-10: 1584775483..... More
Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel...
A Collection of Humorous Legal Anecdotes with Attractive Copperplate Pictorial Title Pages Abele von und zu Lilienber, Matthias [1618-1677]. Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel. Samt Denen/Hierauf Gleichsfalls Seltsam Erfolgten Gerichts Ausspruchen: Zusammen Getragen/Mit Iustigen Anmerckungen Erlautert/Auch Uhterschiedlichen Geschichten Vermehret/Und an Vielen Orten Verbessert. Nuremberg: In Verlegung Michael Endters..... More