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Praelectiones in Duodecim Libros Codicis Justiniani Imp. Quib. Leges
Important Commentaries on Justinian Perez, Antonio [1583-1673 (?1674)]. Praelectiones in Duodecim Libros Codicis Justiniani Imp. Quib. Leges Omnes, Et Authenticae Perpetua Serie Explicantur, Mores Hodierni Inferuntur, & Quid Sit Juris Antiqui, Novi, & Novissimi, Enodatur, Ac Breviter Exponitur. Editio Novissima ad Exemplarium Veterum Formam Exacta; Sed Mendis, Quibus Priora Belgica..... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year...
Digested Decisions of the Court of Session, 1733-1754 Elchies, Patrick Grant, Lord [1690-1754]. Morison, William M. [b. 1821], Editor. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary, by Patrick Grant of Elchies, Esq. One of..... More
Einleitung zum Jure Civili, Nach Ordnung der Institutionum...
A Popular Eighteenth-Century German Textbook on Roman Law Schoppach, Johann Michael. Einleitung zum Jure Civili, Nach Ordnung der Institutionum Imperialium Zusammen Getragen, Und Aus Liebe vor die Angehend-Studirende Jugend ans Licht Gegeben. Nunmehro aber mit Dienlich- und Hinlanglichen Allegatis Versehen. Regensburg: Verlegts Johann Conrad Peetz, 1730. [xvi], 430 pp. Copperplate..... More
Letters and Other Documents of Prominent Jewish Rhode Island Lawyer...
The Busy Life of a Prominent Jewish Rhode Island Lawyer and Civic Leader [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Levy, Arthur J. (1897-1972)]. [Letters and Other Documents of Prominent Jewish Rhode Island Lawyer and Civic Leader Arthur J. Levy]. Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York, 1917-1931. 365 items comprising single-leaf, bifolio and multipage..... More
Abstract of an Act of Parliament Made in the 32d Year of the Reign...
"Rogues, Vagabonds, And Other Idle and Disorderly Persons" [Broadside]. [Rogues and Vagabonds]. [Great Britain]. Abstract of an Act of Parliament Made in the 32d Year of the Reign of King Geo. the 3d, To Explain and Amend an Act Made in the 17th Year of the Reign of King Geo..... More
Les Reports du Treserudite Edmund Anderon Chivalier, Nadgairs...
Highly Regarded by Wallace and Sugden Anderson, Sir Edmund [1530-1605]. Les Reports du Treserudite Edmund Anderson Chivalier, Nadgairs, Seigniour Chief Justice del Common-Bank. Des Mults Principals Cases Argues & Adjuges en le Temps del Jadis Roign Elizabeth Cibien en le Common-Bank Come Devant Touts les Juges de Cest Roialme, Colligees..... More
The Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November...
Decisions of Scotland's Supreme Civil Court, 1744-1751 Falconer, David, Lord Falconer of Halkerton [1681-1751]. The Decisions of the Court of Session. From the Month of November 1744. Edinburgh: Printed by Wal. and Tho. Ruddimans, 1746. 2 volumes in one book. [iv], 127, [5], 129-392, [22]; [iv], 335 pp. Volume I...... More
Verschiedene Juristische Schriften, Nemlich, I Drey Bucher vom Erb...
Collected Works by a Notable Salzburg Jurist on Marriage, Estates and Small Animals Pegie, Martin [1523-1592]. [Perneder, Andreas (c.1500-1543)]. Verschiedene Juristische Schriften, Nemlich: I. Drey Bucher vom Erb-Bau-Recht. II. Juristische Ergotzlichkeiten vom Hunde-Tauben-Und Huner-Recht. III. Vollkommener Unterricht von Recht und Freyheiten derer Henraths-Guter und Aller dahim Gehorigen Bedingnissen. IV. Schau-Platz..... More
Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Colonies Angloises, Confederees...
The First Collection of American Constitutions, Includes the First Printing of the Declaration of Independence in French [Regnier, Claude-Ambroise, Compiler]. Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Colonies Angloises: Confederees sous la Denomination d'Etats-Unis de l'Amerique-Septentrionale: Auquel on a Joint les Actes d'Independance, de Confederation & Autres Actes du Congres General. Dedie..... More
Schreiben eines Bayern an Seinem Freund uber die Moglichkeit der...
Ways to Abolish Begging [Begging]. [Germany]. Schreiben eines Bayern an Seinen Freund uber die Moglichkeit der Ganzlichen Abstellung des Bettelns und der Versorgung der Armen in einem Land. Nuremberg: Bey Wolfgang Schwarzkopf, 1774. 55 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers, early hand-lettered title to front. Light..... More
Charles Dickens and the Law.
Fyfe, Thomas Alexander. Charles Dickens and the Law. Originally published: Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co., 1910. 79 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776666; ISBN-10: 1584776668. Smythe sewn, cloth bound hardcover with black spine lettering and decorative front cover. Bar code label on back cover. Fine. $35..... More
Police Court Pictures at Richmond, Virginia.
"The Lighted Candle of Crime" Burton, Peter J. Police Court Pictures at Richmond, Virginia. Richmond: C.N. Williams, 1892. [iv], 84, [4] pp. Includes eleven pages of advertisements. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling, some rubbing to spine with wear to ends, light browning to interior..... More
A Compleat Journal of the Votes, Speeches and Debates, Both of the...
Valuable Source on Queen Elizabeth's Parliaments D'Ewes, Sir Simonds [1602-1650], Compiler. Bowes, Paul [d. 1702], Editor. A Compleat Journal of the Votes, Speeches and Debates, Both of the House of Lords and House of Commons Throughout the Whole Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Of Glorious Memory. Collected by that Eminent Member..... More
Les Reports de Sir John Savile, Second and final edition.
Final Edition of Savile's Exchequer Court Reports Savile, Sir John [1545-1607]. Les Reports de Sir John Savile Chevalier, Nadgairis Baron de l'Excequer, De Divers Special Cases Cybien en le Court de Common Bank, Come l'Exchequer en le Temps de Royne Elizabeth. Ovesque Deux Tables; l'un des Nosmes des Cases, l'Auter..... More
The Trial of Katherine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie For the Crimes of
Incest and Murder in Edinburgh [Trial]. Nairn, Katherine, Defendant. Ogilvie, Patrick [d.1765], Defendant. The Trial of Katherine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie, For the Crimes of Incest and Murder. Containing the Whole Procedure of the High Court of Judiciary, Upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, And 16th Days of August..... More
An Account of the Shocking Murder, Committed on the Body of John...
A Murder Related to Labor Unrest in the Newcastle Mines [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. An Account of the Shocking Murder, Committed on the Body of John Errington, A Bound Pitman, At Hetton Colliery, In the County of Durham, On Saturday April 19, 1832, By Receiving Two Shots, One of Them..... More
Ministry of Justice: Its Necessity as an Instrument of Law Reform.
"Law Reform is Universally Demanded" Fane, [Robert George] C[ecil] [1796-1864]. Ministry of Justice: Its Necessity as an Instrument of Law Reform. London: [Spottiswoode and Shaw], 1848. 23, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Recent stiff wrappers, printed paper title panel to front. Light toning, light foxing to a few leaves..... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court... 24 Vols..
Howard's Supreme Court Reports: The Series that Includes the Dred Scott Case [Supreme Court, United States]. Howard, Benjamin C[hew] [1791-1872], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. Volumes 1-3: Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1854, 1845; Volumes 4-18: Boston: Charles C. Little..... More
Canton's Great Tragedy, the Murder of George D. Saxton, together with
Murder in Canton, Ohio: McDade 334 [Murder]. [Albaugh, Thurlow K. (1868-1937)]. George, Annie, E. [b.1859]. Saxton, George D. [1848-1898]. Canton's Great Tragedy: The Murder of George D. Saxton, Together with a History of the Arrest and Trial of Annie E. George, Charged with the Murder. With Biographical Sketches of George..... More
Flos Testamentorum cum Additionibus Petri de Unzola.
C.1490 Venice Printing of a Renowned Guide to Drafting Wills and Contracts Passaggeri, Rolandino de' [d. 1300]. [Unzola, Pietro Da (d. 1312)], Additions. Flos Testamentorum cum Additionibus Petri de Unzola. [Venice: S.n., c.1490]. 46 ff. Collation: [*2], a-f8.4, g8. Quarto (8" x 6-3/4"; 20.3 x 17.2 cm). Later three-quarter sheep..... More
The Law of Property in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Drama.
Clarkson, Paul S. Warren, Clyde T. The Law of Property in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Drama. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1942. xxvii, 346 pp. Original cloth, light shelfwear, light fading to edges of boards, library shelf number to spine, library marks to endleaves, interior bright and clean. $45..... More
The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony, And Charles White...
Fratricide on the HMS Ruby [Trial]. Goodere, Sir Samuel [1687-1741], Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony, And Charles White, For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. (Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere,) On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the..... More
Of the Rights of War and Peace, In Three Volumes; In Which are...
Early English Translation of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. [Morrice, John, Translator and Editor]. Of the Rights of War and Peace, In Three Volumes; In Which are Explain'd the Laws and Claims of Nature and Nations, And the Principal Points that Relate Either to Publick Government, Or..... More
Five Pounds Reward, Stolen. Ely, England, 1836.
"Five Pounds Reward" [Broadside]. Great Britain. Five Pounds Reward. Stolen. Ely, England, January 4, 1836. 11-1/2" x 8" broadside. Text printed in single column below headline. Moderate toning, light foxing, a few minor creases, some rubbing, minor tears and chips to edges. Light toning, a few small spots near lower..... More
The Woburn Mystery, Or the Trial of Mrs Myra Fisher and John A...
Did She Hire Him to Murder Her Husband? [Trial]. Lear, Walter E., Editor. Fisher, Myra, Defendant. Vaughan, John A., Defendant. The Woburn Mystery, Or the Trial of Mrs. Myra Fisher and John A. Vaughan for the Murder of Albert Fisher. Toronto: Law Book Publishers, 1927. 139 pp. Two illustrations. Sewn..... More