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A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Duties.
1764 Compilation of English Excise Taxes [Taxation]. [Great Britain]. A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Duties of Excise in England. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. [vi], 880, 169 pp. Folio (12" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets and large gilt arms of Great...
A Collection of the Statutes Made in the Reigns of King Charles the I.
A Continuation of Pulton's Collection of Sundrie Statutes Manby, Thomas. [Pulton, Ferdinando (1536-1618)]. A Collection of the Statutes Made in the Reigns of King Charles the I. and King Charles the II.: With the Abridgment of Such as Stand Repealed or Expired. London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and...
The Affidavit of Andrew Jackson, Taken by the Defendants in the Suit..
Was President Jackson Secretly Involved with Sam Houston's Plan to Wrest Texas from Mexico? [Trial]. Mayo, Robert [1784-1864]. The Affidavit of Andrew Jackson, Taken by the Defendants in the Suit of Robert Mayo vs. Blair & Rives for a Libel, Analysed and Refuted. Washington, DC: Printed for the Plaintiff, 1840...
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First[-Fourth] Report Made to His Majesty by the Commissioners...
Nineteenth-Century Proposals to Codify English Property and Partnership Law [Great Britain]. [Real Property]. [Partnership]. First [-Fourth] Report Made to His Majesty by the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Law of England Respecting Real Property. [London: H.M. Stationery Office], 1830-1832. Four books in three volumes. Complete set. First Report has.....
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First[-Eighth] Report from His Majesty's Commissioners on Criminal...
The First Attempt to Codify English Criminal Law [Great Britain]. [Commissioners on Criminal Law]. First [-Eighth] Report from His Majesty's Commissioners on Criminal Law. London: [Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, for H.M. Stationery Office], 1834-1845. Eight books bound as two volumes. Complete set. Folio (13-1/4" x 8-1/5"). Softbound volumes.....
International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements and Third
Rajagopal, Balakrishnan. International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements and Third Resistance. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. $65. * This first-ever analysis of international law using social movement theory provides a fundamental critique of modern international law, including traditional Third World engagements. Using a detailed historical and analytical critique...
Hawaii Under Army Rule
Anthony, J. Garner. Hawaii Under Army Rule. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1955. x, 203 pp. Hardcover, very good. $35. * First edition.
Law, Ethics and Medicine: Studies in Medical Law
Skegg, P.D.G. Law, Ethics and Medicine: Studies in Medical Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984. xii, 268 pp. Hardcover, fine, in a fine dust jacket. $10. * First edition. Winner of the 1989 Swiney Prize for Medical Jurisprudence. This book is intended for students, scholars, and practitioners of law; medical practitioners...
The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government. Hardcover.
Cox, Archibald. The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. vii, 118 pp. Cloth hardcover, very good, in a lightly worn dust jacket. ISBN: 0198274114. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally clean. $15. * First edition. Archibald Cox [1912-2004], a....
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United States Reports Vol 347 [and] United States Reports Vol 349.
A Turning Point in the History of Civil Rights [United States Supreme Court]. [Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka]. Wyatt, Walter, Reporter. United States Reports Volume 347: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1953 [and] Volume 349: Cases Adjudged...at October Term, 1954. Washington: United States Government...
Class Notes on Torts, c.1900.
Student Notebook from the Early Days of the Case Method [Manuscript]. [Legal Education]. [United States]. Class Notes on Torts. [N.p., c. 1900]. [260] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Plain-paper notepad, two metal fasteners at head. Light soiling and some edgewear to a few leaves at beginning and end of notebook...
Les Termes De La Ley, Or Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and...
First American Edition of Rastell's Termes de la Ley in a Well-Preserved Contemporary Binding [Rastell, John (d.1536)]. Les Termes de la Ley, Or Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms of the Common and Statute Laws of England, Now in Use, Expounded and Explained. Faithfully Translated From the Norman French...
The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, Or, A...
Early Edition of Coke on Littleton in a Handsome Binding Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton, Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law It Self. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers...
Concordance des Lois sur la Repression, La Poursuite, Et le Jugement..
A 1822 French Compilation of Laws Concerning Freedom of the Press with Fascinating Annotations by A Notable French Jurist Berny, Etienne Charles Gabriel de. Concordance des Lois sur la Repression, La Poursuite, Et le Jugement des Infractions Commises par la Voie de la Presse, Ou par Tous Autres Moyens de...
Libri Quinque Antehac in Lucem Editi, Recens Vero ab Eodemendati...
Copy of a Rare Commentary on Roman Law by a Distinguished Professor from the University of Toulouse with Early Annotations Fernand, Berenger. Libri Quinque Antehac in Lucem Editi, Recens Vero ab Eodemendati et Multo Locupletiores Redditi: Quibus Sextum de Futura Conventionali Successione Pacta Complexum Adjuxit, Opera Crede, Jurisprudentiae Studiosis cum...
The Decisions Of The Lords Of Council And Session, In Most Cases...
The Earliest Printed Scottish Case Decisions Durie, Alexander Gibson, Lord [d.1644]. The Decisions Of The Lords Of Council And Session, In Most Cases of Importance, Debated and Brought Before Them; From July 1621 to July 1642. With an Index of the Pursuers and Defenders Names; And Another of the Most...
Power of the State to Exclude Foreigners from its Limits, and to...
Stephen Field's Opinion in an Early Case Concerning the Restriction of Chinese Immigration Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. Power of the State to Exclude Foreigners from its Limits, And to Prevent Their Landing, On Account of the Immorality of Their Past Lives, Considered: Opinion of Mr. Justice Field, Of U.S. Supreme.....
Trial of Stephen and Jesse Boorn, For the Murder of Russell Colvin...
"A Constant Reminder that Innocent Persons Can Be Convicted" [Trial]. Boorn, Stephen, Defendant. Boorn, Jesse, Defendant. Trial of Stephen and Jesse Boorn, For the Murder of Russell Colvin, Before an Adjourned Term of the Supreme Court of Vermont, Begun and Holden in Manchester, In the County of Bennington, Oct. 26...
Manipulus Curatorum, Lyons?, 1497.
A Rare Guide to the Sacraments with Interesting Material on Marriage Guido, de Monte Rocherii (Rochen) [14th c.]. Manipulus Curatorum; Qui summe Quilibet Sacerdoti est Necessarius et Nucliam Virtutis Animarum Ipsasq[ue] Redimendas a Purgatorio & Eterna da[m]pnatione quo Modo ad Beatitudine Pertingi Valeant in se Continet: Summa cum Diligentia Correctus.....
Summa Casuum Conscientiae (second version, known as Rosella Casuum).
One of the Great Fifteenth-Century Manuals for Confessors [Trovamala de Salis, Battista (d.1496)]. [Summa Casuum Conscientiae (Second Version known as Rosella Casuum)]. [Venice: Paganinus de Paganinis, 21 Dec. 1499]. [xiv], 479 ff. Collation: ?4, a10, aa-CC16, DD12. Complete. Printed register at end does not list the first [14] leaves, which...
Summula Sacramentorum Raymundi de Pennaforte Metrificata...
Verse Epitome of a Classic Penitential Manual [Adam, Magister (13th c.)]. [Penaforte, Raymond of [c.1175-c.1240]. Summula Sacramentorum Raymundi de Pennaforte Metrificata. Cologne: [Retro Minores (Martin von Werden?)], for Heinrich Quentell, 18 July 1500]. [i], 148, [7] ff. Collation: a-s6 t-v4 x-z6, aa-cc6, dd4. Leaf x2 (Fol. CXVII) lacking. Quarto (8"...
The Attorney and Solicitor's Companion, Or, Compleat Affidavit-Man...
The "Compleat Affidavit-Man" [Jacob, Giles (1686-1744), Attributed]. The Attorney and Solicitor's Companion: Or, Compleat Affidavit-Man. Containing, The Laws, Statutes, Rules, And Orders of Our Courts, Relating to Affidavits; And also Instructions for Drawing, And Great Variety of Forms of Affidavits, In all Courts, And all Causes. To Which are Added...
St. Luke's Parish Malt!!! Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between...
"A Figure with the Body, Feet, And Tail of a Rat, With the Head and Face of a Man, (Resembling the Plaintiff)" [Trial]. Wood, William, Defendant. St. Luke's Parish Malt!!! Fairburn's Edition of the Trial between Doctor Smith and Mr. Wm. Wood: For a Malicious and Scandalous Libel Against the...
The Virginia Scrivener, Being a Collection of Forms of Bonds,...
"A Cheap Instructor" for Virginians, Includes a Sample Inventory that Includes Slaves [Michie, Thomas Johnson (1795-1873), Attributed]. The Virginia Scrivener, Being a Collection of Forms of Bonds, Contracts, Conveyancing, and Other Instruments of Writing, Carefully Selected from the Most Approved Authors, and Accompanied by Plain and Well Established Explanatory Rules...
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, With Some...
"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Heads; From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary...