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A Treatise of the Law of Arbitration; With an Appendix of Precedents.
The First Treatise on Arbitration Published in the United States Caldwell, James Stamford [1786?-1858]. A Treatise of the Law of Arbitration; With an Appendix of Precedents. Improved by a Copious Digested Index of American Decisions. Exeter: Published by George Lamson, 1822. xv, 496, [4], 37, [1], xxx pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
Actions Upon the Case for Slander, Or A Methodical Collection Under...
"Iniquity of the Tongue" Sheppard, William [d. 1675?]. Actions Upon the Case for Slander. Or, A Methodical Collection Under Certain Heads, Of Thousands of Cases, Dispersed in the Many Great Volumes of the Law, Of What Words are Actionable, And What are Not. And of a Conspiracy, And a Libel..... More
Judge Dodaridge, His Law of Nobility and Peerage, Wherein the...
"Nobilitie of the Realme" [Bird, William]. Judge Dodaridge, His Law of Nobility and Peerage. Wherein the Antiquities, Titles, Degrees, And Distinctions; Concerning the Peeres and Nobility of this Nation, Are Excellently Set Forth. With the Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen, And Yeomen; And Matters Incident to Them, According to the Lawes and..... More
A Discourse of the Judicial Authority Belonging to the Office of...
Handsome Copy of a Scarce Treatise on the Office of the Master of the Rolls [Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of (1690-1764)]. A Discourse of the Judicial Authority Belonging to the Office of Master of the Rolls in the High Court of Chancery. London: Printed by W. Bowyer, And Sold by..... More
The Countrey Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices of...
A Landmark Treatise on Justices of the Peace Dalton, Michael. The Countrey Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace Out of Their Sessions: Gathered for the Better Helpe of Such Iustices of Peace as Have Not Been Much Conversant in the Studie of the Lawes of This..... More
The Law of Libel, In Which is Contained a General History...
An Important English Treatise on Slander and Libel Holt, Francis Ludlow [1780-1844]. [Bleecker, Anthony, Editor]. The Law of Libel: In Which is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, and of Its Introduction, and Successive Alterations, In the Law of England. Comprehending a Digest of All..... More
A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, The Seizure of Papers, And...
An Important Argument for Freedom of the Press Inspired by the Wilkes Libel Case [Father of Candor]. [Almon, John (1735-1773), Attributed]. A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, The Seizure of Papers, And Sureties for the Peace of Behaviour; With a View to Some Late Proceedings, And the Defence of Them by..... More
Englands Wants: Or Several Proposals Probably Beneficial for England.
A Seventeenth-Century Plan to Reform English Law [Chamberlayne, Edward (1616-1703)]. Englands Wants: Or, Several Proposals Probably Beneficial for England, Humbly Offered to the Consideration of All Good Patriots in Both Houses of Parliament. By the Author of The Present State of England. London: Printed for, And Are to be Sold..... More
Imperatoris Iustiniani Sacratissimi Principis, Volumen Legum, Quod...
A Handsome Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. [Mameranus, Nicolaus (1500-1567)], Editor. [Ubaldi, Angelo Degli (d.1492?)], Commentary. [Ubaldi, Baldus degli (1327?-1400)], Commentary. [Bartolo of Sassoferrato (1313-1357)], Commentary. Imperatoris Iustiniani Sacratissimi Principis, Volumen Legum, Quod Vocant, Totius Iuris Civilis, Velut Colophon..... More
Justinian Institutiones, France, c.1700.
Annotated Manuscript Copy of the Institutes of Justinian [Manuscript]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Justinian Institutiones. [France, c.1700]. 144, [142], 63, [322] ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, fragments of thong ties. A few..... More
Legal Bibliography, Or a Thesaurus of American English, Irish and...
The First American Legal Bibliography Marvin, J[ohn] G[age] [d. 1855]. Legal Bibliography, Or a Thesaurus of American English, Irish & Scotch Law Books. Together with Some Continental Treatises. Interspersed with Critical Observations Upon Their Various Editions and Authority. To Which is Prefixed a Copious List of Abbreviations. Philadelphia: J.W. Johnson..... More
Pictorial Souvenir of the Great Tichborne Case, Being a Read
Lavishly Illustrated Contemporary Account of a Case that Captivated Victorian England [Tichborne Case]. Orton, Arthur [1834-1898], Defendant. Pictorial Souvenir of the Great Tichborne Case, Being a Readable Narrative of the Remarkable Lives of Roger Tichborne & The Claimant, with a Clear and Succinct Account of the Two Great Trials from..... More
Les Coustumes Generales des Pays et Duche de Bretagne, 3 Parts, 1651.
A Rare Three-Part Pocket-Sized Breton Coutumier [Brittany]. Les Coustumes Generales des Pays et Duche de Bretaigne: Nagueres Reformees, Et Publiees aux Estats Tenus a Ploermel. Rennes: Et se Vendent, Chez Iean Vatar Marchand Libraire, 1651. 303, [2]; 111, [1]; 122, [6] pp. Three parts each with title page and individual..... More
A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence, In Which
Handsome Presentation Copy Inscribed by the Author to Lord Lyndhurst, To Whom the Book is Dedicated Elmes, James [1782-1862]. A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence; In Which the Constitutions, Canons, Laws and Customs Relating to the Art of Building, Are Collected from the Best Authorities; For the Use of Architects..... More
A Visit to the Philadelphia Prison, Being an Accurate and Particular..
The "Wise and Humane Administration" of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Prison Turnbull, Robert J. [1775-1833]. A Visit to the Philadelphia Prison; Being an Accurate and Particular Account of the Wise and Humane Administration Adopted in Every Part of That Building; Containing Also an Account of the Gradual Reformation and Present Improved..... More
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Korematsu v United States [and] Ex Parte Endo, US Reports Vol 323...
The Internment of Japanese-Americans [United States Supreme Court]. [Korematsu v. United States]. [Ex Parte (Mitsuye) Endo]. United States Reports, Volume 323: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1944, From October 2, 1944, To and Including (In Part) January 29, 1945. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1945..... More
Compiled Laws of the State of California, Containing all the Acts...
The First California Law Compilation [California]. Garfielde, S., Compiler. Snyder, F.A., Compiler. Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing all the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, The..... More
The Law of Bankruptcy and the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898, 1st ed.
First Edition of One of America's "Great Textbooks" on Bankruptcy Collier, W[illia]m. Miller [1867-1956]. The Law of Bankruptcy and the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Law of Bankruptcy as Embodied in the New National Bankruptcy Act. With Citations to All Applicable..... More
Mes Prisons, First Edition, Inscribed by Verlaine.
Inscribed by Verlaine Verlaine, Paul [1844-1896]. Mes Prisons. Paris: Leon Vanier, 1893. [iv], 81, [1] pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Sewn pamphlet in printed wrappers bound into contemporary (or near-contemporary) three quarter morocco over marbled boards by (P. Hauttecoeur), gilt rules and title to spine, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Light..... More
Speeches, Inscribed by Holmes.
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. [vi], 86 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original printed paper-covered boards, deckle edges. Moderate rubbing with some wear to joints, spine ends and corners, which are bumped, tiny stain to front board, rear free endpaper..... More
A Practical Treatise of Powers, First American Edition.
"It is Held in the Highest Estimation" Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw [1781-1875]. Ingraham, Edward D. [1793-1854], Editor. A Practical Treatise on Powers. With Notes and References to American Decisions. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Abraham Small, 1823. xxxii, 703 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Recent period-style calf, blind fillets to boards..... More
A Discourse Pronounced at the Inauguration of the Author as Royall...
Signed by Greenleaf Greenleaf, Simon [1783-1853]. A Discourse Pronounced at the Inauguration of the Author as Royall Professor of Law in Harvard University, August 26, 1834. Cambridge: James Munroe and Co., 1834. 28 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet sumptuously bound into recent period-style calf, gilt and blind panels..... More
The Public and Its Government, Signed by Frankfurter.
Signed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Public and Its Government. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1931. [viii], 170 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, bookplate of John Forrest Flobert to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to head of text block near gutter..... More
The Labor Injunction, Inscribed by Frankfurter to Grace Abbott.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Distinguished Female Social Worker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Green, Nathan [c.1902-1964]. The Labor Injunction. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. [xii], 343 pp. 11 folding tables. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, tiny..... More
An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries...
First Edition of the Appendix Volume to Bell's American Blackstone With an Interesting Association Priestley, Joseph [1733-1804]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Furneaux, Philip [1726-1783]. Foster, Sir Michael [1689-1763]. Murray, William, Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793)]. An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. Containing, I. Priestley's..... More