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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
Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules 1998 ed.
Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules. 1998 edition. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co. 1340 pp. Softbound. Fine. $10. * Contains the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; Multidistrict Litigation Rules; Habeas Corpus Rules; Motion Attacking Sentence Rules; Federal Rules of Evidence; Federal Rules of Appellate Proc. and U.S. Supreme Court..... 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
Reflections on the Natural and Acquired Endowments Requisite for...
Guidance for Young Lawyers A Barrister At Law. [Simpson, Joseph]. Reflections on the Natural and Acquired Endowments Requisite for the Study of the Law, And the Means to be Used in the Pursuit of It. London: Printed for J. Worrall; T. Waller; And B. Tovey, 1764. xi, [1], 54, [2]..... 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
Observations on the Duty and Power of Juries, As Established by...
A Rare Tract Discussing Vulnerabilities in the Jury System A Friend to the Constitution. Observations on the Duty and Power of Juries, As Established by the Laws of England, Extracted from Various Authors. By a Friend to the Constitution. London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1796. vi [i.e. iv], 18, [2]..... 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
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
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
A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen, 5th ed.
"A Legal Classic of High Character" Abbott, Charles, Lord Tenterden [1762-1832]. Abbott, John Henry [c.1796-1870], Editor. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In Four Parts; I. Of the Owners of Merchant Ships; II. Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Thereof; III. Of the Carriage..... 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
Justices, Presidents, and Senators: A History of the U.S....
Abraham, Henry J. Justices, Presidents, and Senators: A History of the U.S. Supreme Court Appointments from Washington to Clinton. Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [1999]. xiii, 429 pp. New. $75. More
Voting With Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance
Ackerman, Bruce and Ian Ayres. Voting With Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance. New Haven: Yale University Press, [2002]. x, 303 pp. ISBN-10: 0300092628; ISBN-13: 978-0300092622. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket. New. $10. * First edition. A provocative study that builds on the tradition of the secret ballot. Ackerman..... More
Compilacion de Leyes Usuales Vigentes
Scarce Collection of "Outstanding" Costa Rican Law Acosta, Don Aquiles. Compilacion de Leyes Usuales Vigentes: Edicion Ordenada por el Senor Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Gobernacion. San Jose, Costa Rica: Imprenta Nacional, 1923. 255, 80 pp. Printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title..... More
Observations Respecting the Further Extension of Trial by Jury...
Scarce Essay on Jury Trials for Civil Causes in Scotland [Adam, William (1751-1839)]. Observations Respecting the Further Extension of Trial by Jury to Scotland in Civil Causes. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Hay & Co., 1819. [iv], 51, [1] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5"). Recent marbled boards, printed paper title panel..... More
Origin of the English Constitution.
Adams, George Burton. Origin of the English Constitution. Originally published London: Yale University, 1912. xii, 378 pp. Reprinted Littleton, Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1986. Cloth. New. $45. More
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States...
Adams' Study of Constitutions and Governments that Influenced the Founders Adams, John. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Originally published: Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Corbett, 1797. 3 Vols. xxxiii, 392; [4], 451; [4], 546 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2016 by..... More
Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting...
Cases on the Federal Dockets in 1819 [Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)]. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting, (Pursuant to a Resolution of the Senate, Of the 18th January, 1819,) A Report from the Secretary of State, Together with the Returns of Causes Depending in the Courts of..... More