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E Libris Constitutionum Theodosii A Libri Priores Octo LongŠ...
A Scarce Critical Edition of the Codex Theodosianus Theodosius II [401-450 CE], Emperor of the East. Du Tillet, Jean [d. 1570], Editor. E Libris Constitutionum Theodosii A. Libri Priores Octo: Longe Meliores Quam Adhuc Circunferebantur: Sed ab Alarico Rege Gothorum ita Deminuti, Ut uix Decima Pars in his Hodie Appareat..... More
De Successionibus ad Leges Ebraeorum in Bona Defunctorum, Liber...
Selden on the Jewish Laws of Inheritance Selden, John [1584-1654]. De Successionbus in Bona Defuncti, Ad Leges Ebraeorum, Liber Singularis. Editio Altera, Correctior & Multum Auctior. Accedunt Ejusdem De Successione in Pontificatum Ebraeorum, Libri Duo. Prior Historicus Est; Pontificum ab Aharone Usque ad Templi Secundi Excidium Successionem Continens. Posterior est..... More
Sampson's Discourse, And Correspondence With Various Learned Jurists.
An Important American Essay on Codification Sampson, William [1764-1836]. Thompson, Pishey [1784-1862], Editor. Sampson's Discourse And Correspondence With Various Learned Jurists, Upon The History Of The Law, With the Addition of Several Essays, Tracts, And Documents Relating to the Subject. Washington, D.C.: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826. viii, 202..... More
The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Treatise on Civil Actions Howe, Samuel [1785-1828]. Fay, Richard S. [1806-1865], Editor. Chapman, Jonathan [1807-1848], Editor. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law in Massachusetts. Edited by Richard S. Fay and Jonathan Chapman. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company. 1834. xii, 599 pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 9"). Contemporary..... More
Practical Conveyancing, A Seletion of Forms of General Utility, With..
Praised in Marvin's Legal Bibliography Oliver, Benjamin Lynde [1788-1843]. Practical Conveyancing, A Selection of Forms of General Utility, With Notes Interspersed. Corrected and Enlarged. Hallowell, ME: Glazier & Co.; Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins, Richardson & Lord, And Wells and Lilly, 1827. 581 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary..... More
Commentaries on the Law of Bailments... First Edition, Boston, 1832.
Story on Bailments, First Edition Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments, With Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1832. xxxiv, 411 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing and..... More
A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions, With Occasional...
The First Legal Work Bearing Story's Name Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Banjamin, Oliver [1788-1843], Editor. A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions, With Occasional Annotations on the Law of Pleading. With Additions by Benjamin L. Oliver. Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee, 1829. xv, 709 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary..... More
A Compendium of the Law of Evidence. Walpole, NH, 1804.
1804 Edition of a Standard Nineteenth-Century Evidence Treatise with Contemporary Annotations Peake, Thomas [1771-1838]. A Compendium of the Law of Evidence. Walpole, NH: Published by Thomas & Thomas, 1804. xvi (i.e. xiv), 199 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary sheep covered in a contemporary blue paper book cover affixed to..... More
Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic 1st ed 1834
First Edition of "An Epoch in the Law" Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, in Regard to Contracts, Rights, and Remedies, and Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Successions, and Judgments. Boston: Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1834. xxv, [1], 557 pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
Transcript of Record, Supreme Court of the United States, October...
Issued to Support a Convicted Associate of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg [Trials]. Rosenberg, Julius [1918-1953]. Rosenberg, Ethel [1915-1953]. Sobell, Morton [1917-2018]. Transcript of Record: Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1951; No. 111 Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg, Petitioners, Vs. The United States of America; No. 112 Morton..... More
Restoring the Global Judiciary, Why the Supreme Court Should Rule...
Flaherty, Martin S. Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, [2019]. xiv, [2], 325 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. $20. More
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Boston 1853-1854, 3 vols.
The Standard American Evidence Treatise Before Wigmore Greenleaf, Simon. [1783-1853]. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1853-1854. Three volumes. 8, lxvi, [2] 780; lx, 708; 8, xxix, [2], 585 pp. Volumes I and III have 8-page publisher catalogues. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4")..... More
Reports of Decisions in the Circuit Courts Martial, of Questions...
Notable Collection of Courts Martial [Trials]. Smith, Francis O.J. [1806-1876], Reporter. Reports of Decisions in the Circuit Courts Martial, Of Questions Arising on Trials had in Said Courts. Compiled from Original Papers in the Office of the Adjutant General, In Conformity to a Resolve of a Legislature of Maine, Passed..... More
Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, And Men of...
Includes Biographies of Several Eminent Massachusetts Lawyers Knapp, Samuel L. [1783-1838]. Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, And Men of Letters. Boston: Published by Richardson and Lord, 1821. iv, [1], 6-360 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Publisher boards, printed paper title label to spine, untrimmed edges, front hinge reinforced. Light..... More
Precedents of Wills, Drawn Conformably to Revised Statutes of New York
1843 Treatise on Wills "Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of New York" Tayler, Thomas [fl. 1833-1843]. Precedents of Wills, Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of the State of New York: With Practical Notes: Comprising the Duty of Executors, Administrators and Guardians. Dedicated, By Permission, To the Hon. James..... More
A Review of the Principal Events of the Last Ten Years in the Life...
Mrs. Kinney Defends Herself Kinney, Hannah. A Review of the Principal Events of the Last Ten Years in the Life of Hannah Kinney: Together with Some Comments Upon the Late Trial. Written by Herself. Boston: J.N. Bradley & Co., 1841. 87 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary cloth, faint label..... More
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Practycke in Civile Saken [Bound With] Practycke in Criminele Saken.
Two of Damhouder's Classic Treatises on Civil and Criminal Law with 71 Illustrations Damhouder [Damhoudere], Josse de [1507-1581]. Practycke in Civile Saken, Seer Nut, Profytelijck Ende Noodigh Allen Schouten, Burgermeesteren, Schepenen, Ende Andere Rechteren. Uyt de Latijnsche in de Nederduytsche Tale Over-Geset, Ende met Schoone Figuren, Tot Elcke Materie Dienende..... More
Speeches and Passages of the Great and Happy Parliament, From the...
The Long Parliament Establishes Fundamental English Liberties [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. Speeches and Passages of the Great and Happy Parliament, From the Third of November, 1640, To this Instant June, 1641. Collected into One Volume, And According to the Most Perfect Originalls, Exactly Published. London: Printed for William Cooke, 1641. [8]..... More
A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law...
A Useful Companion to the Modern Reports Burn, John Ilderton [1774?-1848]. A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law, Previous to the Commencement of the Term Reports: Including W. Blackstone, Burrow, Cowper, Douglas, Lofft, Ld. Raymond, Salkeld, Strange, Willes, Wilson. London: Printed by A. Strahan..... More
The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic...
The First Critical Edition of Magna Carta Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic Instruments: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. [iv], lxxvi, [iv], 86 pp. Half-title and table of contents..... More
A Report of the Trial on an Action for Damages Brought by the...
Designed to Display the Corruption of the Irish Nobility [Trial]. Taylour, Thomas, Marquess of Headfort [1757-1829], Defendant. A Report of the Trial on an Action for Damages Brought by the Reverend Charles Massy Against the Most Noble the Marquis of Headfort, For Criminal Conversation With Plaintiff's Wife: Damages Laid at..... More
An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for the More Equal...
Massachusetts Addresses the Effects of the Panic of 1837 Cushing, L[uther] S[tearns] [1803-1856]. An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for the More Equal Distribution of Their Effects; Passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, April 23, 1838. With an Outline of the System Thereby Introduced, And Forms of..... More
The Life, Trial, Condemnation, And Dying Address, Of the Three Thayers
Sensational 1825 Murder Trial in Buffalo, N.Y. [Trial]. Thayer Brothers. The Life, Trial, Condemnation and Dying Address, Of the Three Thayers! Who Were Executed for the Murder of John Love, At Buffalo, N.Y. June 17th, 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher, [1825]. 16 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet..... More
A Summary of the Constitutional Laws of England, Being an Abridgement
First Edition of the First Abridgement of the Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Trusler, John [1735-1810], Editor. A Summary of the Constitutional Law of England, Being an Abridgement of Blackstone's Commentaries. Dublin: W. Sleater, No. 28, And W. Colles, No. 17, Dame-Street, 1790. [iv], 228, [8]. 12mo. (7" x 4-1/2")..... More
The Spirit of Laws, Translated from the French of M de Secondat...
Early English-Language Edition of a Landmark in Eighteenth-Century Political Science Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de [1689-1755]. [Nugent, Thomas (c.1700-1772), Translator]. The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The Fifth Edition. Carefully Revised and Improved with Considerable Additions by the Author..... More