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Code Civil, Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI....
A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law: A Copy from an Edition Limited to 50 Copies in a Superb Binding and Slip-Case Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De..... More
Der Lustige Jurist, Welcher im Ersten Theil Nicht Allein Mancherley...
The Merry Lawyer [Rottmann, Friedrich J.]. Der Lustige Jurist, Welcher im Ersten Theil Nicht Allein Mancherley Theils Ergetzende Theils Nutzliche Rechts-Fragen Erortert, Verschiedene Seltsame Gerichts-Handel Darstellet, Viele kurtzweilige Discurse Fuhret und zu einigen Curiosen Disputationen Anla giebt; Sondern auch im Andern Theil eine Kurtze Anweisung, Wie Allerhand Suppliquen, Instrumenta, Formulen..... More
Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial, With a...
Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to..... More
The Charge of Ignorance Misrepresentation Proved Against Rev. Cheever
Pamphlet Concerning a Notable Nineteenth-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Upham, Charles W. (1802-1875)]. The Charge of Ignorance and Misrepresentation Proved Against the Rev. George B. Cheever. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. [16] pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, untrimmed edges..... More
A Treatise on Obligations, Considered in a Moral and Legal View 2 vols
Early American Edition of Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. Evans, William David [1767-1821], Translator and Editor. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts. Translated from the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, And Notes Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Robert H. Small, 1853..... More
Discurso Sobre los Delitos y las Penas, Para Mayor Illustracion...
A Rare 1848 Mexican Abridgment of a Spanish Treatise on Criminal Law Gutierrez, Jose Marcos. Discurso Sobre los Delitos y las Penas, Para Mayor Illustracion, La mas Facil Inteligencia y el Mejor Uso de las Doctrinas Contenidas en la Parte Tercera. Mexico City: Imprenta de la Voz de la Religion..... More
Considerations on the Measures Carrying on With the Reflections...
A Pamphlet on Trade Policy That was Popular with American Colonial Radicals [Robinson, Matthew, Baron Rokeby (1713-1800)]. Considerations on the Measures Carrying on With Respect to the British colonies in North America. [New York]: London: Printed, And New-York: Re-Printed, by John Holt, 1774. [ii], 73, [1] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x...... More
History of the "Maiden" or Scottish Beheading Machine, With Notices...
A Scottish Guillotine M'Culloch, William Thompson [1815-1869]. History of the "Maiden" or Scottish Beheading Machine, With Notices of the Criminals Who Suffered by It. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, 1870. [535]-560 pp. 2 plates. 1 text illustration. Quarto (8-1/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, calf lettering..... More
Praxis Rerum Criminalium: Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus,...
Handsome Copy of a Classic Illustrated 16th-Century Treatise on Criminal Law Damhouder [Damhoudere], Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Criminalium: Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisque id Genus Iustitiariis ac Officiaiis, Apprime Utilis & Necessaria. Antwerp: Ioannem Bellerum, 1570. [xxxii], 508, [64] pp. Text printed in double columns. 70 large..... More
The Jefferson Borden Mutiny, Trial of George Miller, John Glew...
Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas, McDade 679 [Trial]. Miller, George [d. 1876], Defendant. Glew, John, Defendant. Smith, William [d. 1876], Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew, And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell, JJ. Boston: Printed Under..... More
Analysis, Seu Resolutio Dialectica Quatuor Librorum Institutionum...
A Scarce Sixteenth-Century Commentary on the Institutes Gremp von Freudenstein, Ludwig [1509-1583], Editor. [Brederode, Pieter Cornelis van [d. 1593], Attributed. Analysis, Seu Resolutio Dialectica Quatuor Librorum Institutionum Imperialium: Una cum Quarundam Utilium Quaestionum Iuris Explicatione, Recognita, & Nitidior in Lucem nunc Iterum Emissa. Strassburg: Excudebat Theodosius Rihelius, [1569]. 393, [5]..... More
Texte des Coutumes de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris, Paris, 1680.
A Seventeenth-Century Guide to the Coutumes of Paris Ferriere, Claude de [1639-1715], Editor. Texte des Coutumes de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris, Avec des Nottes ou Decisions Sommairs Sur Chaque article, & les Rapports des Articles les Uns Avec Les Autres. Paris: Chez Jean Cochart, 1680. [x], 274 pp..... More
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
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