Simpson, Sidney Post, 1898-1949. Stone, Julius, 1907-1985. Schoch, Magdalena, 1897-1987. Cases and Readings on Law and Society. St. Paul, West Publishing Co., 1948-1949. 3 volumes. Publisher's maroon hardcover, moderate shelf wear. Internally clean and bright. $65. * American Casebook Series. Warren A. Seavey, General editor. Contents: Book 1. Law and..... More

A "Deep-Sea Change" for Jerome Frank Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. If Men Were Angels: Some Aspects of Government in a Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1942]. xii, 380 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, soling and nicks to front board, hinges cracked but secure, spine faded, internally clean. $65. * First edition..... More

Lea, Henry C. Superstition and Force. Essays on The Wager of Law - The Wager of Battle - The Ordeal - Torture. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1870. xii, 480 pp. Publisher's original cloth hardcover with moderate wear and faded spine. Joints cracked but secure. Internally clean. A good copy. $20..... More

Three Reference Works for Sixteenth-Century Notaries with Woodcut Title Pages Hug(e), Alexander. Rhetorica und Formulare Teutsch Dergleichen nie Gesehen Ist, Durch Alexander Hugen, Vil J[ae]rigen Stattschreiber zu Mindern Base. [et]c. Beinach alle Schreiberei Betreffend, Von Vilerlei Episteln, Under und Uberschrifften, Allen Geistlichen und Weltlichen, Und Vilerlei Supplicationes, Ein Ganttz Gerichtlicher..... More

Satirical French Courtroom Image [France]. L'Incidente. N.p.: De L'Editrice P.V., c. 1900. Attractively glazed and matted 13" x 8-1/2" colored lithograph in handsome 21-1/4" x 16-3/4" wooden frame, small brass plaque to center of bottom. Light toning to margins, vivid image. $650. * A rather grotesque, and very funny, image..... More

First Edition of an Important Treatise on Military Law Woodhouselee, Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord [1747-1813]. An Essay on Military Law, And the Practice of Courts Martial. Edinburgh: Printed by Murray & Cochrane, Craig's Close; For T. Egerton, at the Military Library, Near Whitehall, London, 1800. [iii], vi-xi, [3], 428 pp..... More

"Enriched with a Number of Very Curious and Special Precedents" Sheridan, John. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench; Containing Ample and Complete Instructions for Commencing And Defending the Various Kinds of Suits and Actions, Entering up Judgment, Suing out Execution, Proceeding in Error from the King's Bench..... More

Magnificent Limited Edition of the Great Domesday [Domesday Book]. Great Domesday Book. London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1986-1992. 6 parts: two facsimile volumes in slipcases, two translation volumes, two solander boxes, one containing maps, the other indexes. Folios: Facsimile Volumes, 14-1/2" x 10" in 17" x 12" slipcases; Translation Volumes, 15-1/2"..... More

The First Index of the Common Law, Written to Accompany the First Abridgement of the Common Law [Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. [Rastell, John (d. 1536)]. La Table Co[n]teynant en Sommarie les Choses Notables en la Graunde Abridgement, Composee par le Iudge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthony Fytzherbert, Dernierment Renue et Corige: Au..... More

The Last Digest of English Statute Law Williams, Thomas Walter [1763-1833]. A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament in Force, From Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. To the Twenty-Seventh Year of His Present..... More

Cardozo's Copy of His Most Influential Work Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Nature of the Judicial Process. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1921]. 180 pp. Original publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped, faint scratch to rear board, Cardozo memorial bookplate to..... More

Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law, A Copy with Manuscript Corrections by the Author Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1789. ix, [7], 176, cxxx, [12] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets..... More

Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote [Trial]. [Needham, Culverwell (b.1656), Reporter]. [Ashby, Matthew, Plaintiff]. [White, William, Defendant]. Ashby and White: Or, The Great Question, Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector, Who Is Deny'd His Vote..... More