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Jurisprudentia Vetus Ante-Justinianea ex Recensione et Cum Notis...
An Important Collection of Early of Roman Law Schulting, Anton [1659-1734], Editor. Ayrer, Georg Heinrich [1702-1774], Preface. Jurisprudentia Vetus Ante-Justinianea ex Recensione et Cum Notis. Edito Nova Collata cum Codicibus Antiquissimo Wurceburgensi et Gothano. De Illustratione Iuris Civil. Antiqui ex Lectione Classicorum Auctorum. Praefatus est d. Georgius Henricus Ayrer. Leipzig..... More
Tractatus De Jure Conjugum. Cum Tractatione Praeliminari De Jure...
Interesting Seventeenth-Century Dutch Treatise on Marriage Law Rodenburg, Christiaan [1608-1668]. Tractatus De Jure Conjugum. In quo de Viri in Uxorem Potestate, Eorumque Obligationibus, Judiciis, Mutuis Gratificationibus, Bonorum Communione, Pactisque Dotalibus, Illustriores Controversiae, Ad Usum Fori Patrii, Vicinarumque Regionum Expenduntur, Cum Tractatione Praeliminari De Jure, Quod Oritur Ex Statutorium, Vel Consuetudinum..... More
Notae & Animadversiones in Libros IV Institutionum Juris...
A Well-Regarded Commentary on the Institutes Matthaeus, Antonius [1564-1637]. Mommerius (Mommer), Aegidius [c.1510-1570]. Notae & Animadversiones in Libros IV. Institutionum Juris Imper. Justiniani: Praefixa est Epistola Aegidii Mommerii, De Ratione Legendi Discendique Iura, Antehac Nunquam Excusa; Subjuncta Synopsis Institutionum Iuris, Qua Illae ad huc Hodie Sunt in Usus. Amsterdam: Impensis..... More
Commentariorum De Jure Novissimo Libri VI. Accessit...
A Well-Regarded, Long-Lived Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Goudelin (Godelinus), Pierre [1550-1619]. Wittebort, Maximilian [1586-1624]. Commentariorum De Jure Novissimo Libri Sex, Optima Methodo, Accurate ac Erudite Conscripti, Additis Harum Vicinarumque Regionum Moribus. Opus ut Diu Avideque Expetitum, Ita Scholis Foroque Utilissimum, Cum Indicibus. Accessit Clarissimi viri Maximiliani Wittebort, J.U.D. in..... More
Conclusiones Practicabiles Secundum Ordinem Constitutionum....
A Landmark in the Development of German Law Berlich, Matthias [1586-1638]. Schwendendorffer, Bartholomaus Leonhard [1631-1705], Editor. Conclusiones Practicabiles Secundum Ordinem Constitutionum Augusti Saxoniae Electoris, Discussae, Omnibus In Academiis, Camera Imperiali, Aliisque Judiciis, Inprimis Vero in Foro Saxonico Versantibus, Utilissimae & Summe Necessariae, Judicialia Continentes, Vereque & Solide Juris Communis &..... More
We Are Your Sons, The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
Meeropol, Robert. Meeropol, Michael. We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Written by their Children Robert and Michael Meeropol. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. xxiii, 419 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth bound hardcover, very good, in lightly worn dust jacket, signed by both authors on the front..... More
The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer.
Account of a Notorious Case of Election Bribery Bound with Several Related Items [Trial]. Sykes, Francis [1730-1804], Defendant. The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury, Against Francis Sykes, Esq; For Bribery Committed at Shaftesbury, Previous to the..... More
A Compendious Law Dictionary. Containing Both an Explanation of...
A Law Dictionary for "The Country Gentleman, The Merchant, And the Professional Man" Potts, Thomas [1778-1842]. A Compendious Law Dictionary, Containing Both an Explanation of the Terms and the Law Itself, Intended for the Use of the Country Gentleman, the Merchant, and the Professional Man. A New Edition. Revised, Corrected..... More
A Compendious Library of the Law, Necessary for Persons of All...
A Compact Gentleman's Law Library [Great Britain]. A Compendious Library of the Law: Necessary for Persons of All Degrees and Professions. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing, I. The Laws Relating to Parish-Officers, Viz. Church-Wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Scavengers, Surveyors of the Highways, &c. II. The Laws Relating..... More
Pratique Criminelle, Moulins, France, 1983, Translation of 1541 ed.
French Translation of An Early Illustrated Law Book Milles de Souvigny, Jean [d. 1563] Lebigre, Arlette, Translator. Pratique Criminelle. Moulins, France: A l'Enseigne des Marmousets, 1983. 134 pp, 15 plates. Stiff printed wrappers. Light shelfwear and soiling, head of spine bumped, internally clean. A nice copy of a title scarce..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, With Long Postcript by Ruby Darrow, Signed.
"I Am Getting to be a Regular Scold" [Manuscript]. Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Darrow, Ruby [1870-1957]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, With Long Postcript by Ruby Darrow, Signed, (Chicago?) May 29, (1927)]. Single-page letter on 10-3/4" x 7" sheet and 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" portrait photograph of Clarence Darrow in attractively matted and glazed..... More
Typed Letter, Signed, on US Supreme Court Letterhead, Framed.
Frankfurter Letter to a Distinguished Lawyer Concerning Alger Hiss [Manuscript]. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Stryker, Lloyd Paul (1885-1955)]. [Typed Letter, Signed (With Full Signature), On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, Washington, DC, November 29, 1950]. Single-page letter on 10" x 8" sheet and 7"x 5" portrait photograph of Frankfurter in judicial attire..... More
An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an...
The Outline of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Study of the Law. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. lxx, [6], 189, [15] pp. Copperplate Table of Descents. Folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo..... More
Trial of Mary Ann Tocker, For an Alleged Libel, On Mr R Gurney....
The First Woman to Represent Herself in a British Court [Trial]. Tocker, Mary Ann [1778-1853], Defendant. Trial of Mary Ann Tocker, For an Alleged Libel, On Mr. R. Gurney, Vice-Warden of the Stannery-Court, Devon, With the Defence Verbatim as Delivered by the Defendant; To which are Prefaced, Some Introductory Remarks;..... More
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Institutionum [bound with] Infortianum [and] Digestum Novum, 1553-56.
A Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis in Handsome Uniform Contemporary Paneled Pigskin Bindings Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Gaius [Active 130-180 CE]. Institutionum D. Iustiniani Sacratissimi Imperatoris Libri Quatuor: Ad Vetustissimorum Simul et Emendatissimorum Exemplarium Fidem Summa Diligentia Recogniti..... More
Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus.
A Handsome Copy of the Great Landmarks of International Law Suarez, Francisco [1548-1617]. Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus. Naples: Ex Typis Fibrenianis, 1872. 2 volumes. [vi], 378; [iv], 680 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (10-1/2" x 7"). Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards..... More
Marriage Contract, York, England, 1345, in Anglo-Norman.
A Medieval Marriage Contract Nevill Thomas de. Chaumont, John de. [Marriage Contract] [York, England, 1345]. 39 lines of text in Anglo-Norman on 10-1/2" x 10" indented parchment sheet, fragment of seal below text. Light soiling, horizontal and vertical folds, minor staining to upper left corner, natural flaw to left margin..... More
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Memorandum Book for 1804, No 1 [and 1806], Richmond, Surrey, England.
Early Nineteenth-Century Diaries of an English Solicitor [Manuscript]. Chapman, Thomas. Memorandum Book for 1804, No. 1. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [80] pp. [And] No.1-Memorandum Book for 1806. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [64] pp. Three printed leaves (of interest tables and 1797 holidays) laid in. Octavo (7" x 4"). Plain wrappers with manuscript..... More
Term Time or The Lawyers All Alive in Westminster Hall
"A Peep Into the Court of Kings Bench" Dighton, Robert (Senior) [1752-1814]. Term Time or The Lawyers All Alive in Westminster Hall. [London, 1795]. Glazed and attractively matted 13-3/8" x 9-7/8" watercolor and pen and ink on laid paper, signed, numbered and captioned on bottom margin, in handsome 24" x...... More
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Liber Sextus Decretalium [Bound with] Septimus Decretalium....
Three Primary Volumes of Canon Law Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope. John XXII [1244-1334], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glosses]. Liber Sextus Decretalium D. Bonifacii Papae VIII, Suae Integritati una cum Clementinis & Extravagantibus, Restitutus; & Notis Passim Glossulisq[ue] Doctissimorum Virorum Locupletatus & Illustratus. Frankfurt: Excudebat Ioannes Wechelus, Impensis Sigismundi Feyrabendii, Henrici..... More
Draft of a Penal Code for the State of New York; Prepared by the...
A Presentation Copy From Noyes [Field, David Dudley (1805-1894)]. [Noyes, William Curtis (1805-1864)]. [Bradford, Alexander W. (1815-1867)]. Draft of a Penal Code for the State of New York; Prepared by the Commissioners of the Code, and Submitted to the Judges and Others for Examination, Prior to Revision by the Commissioners..... More
Narrative of the Departation to Cayenne, And Shipwreck on the Coast
Intended to Expose the Brutality of the French Revolution Ayme, Jean-Jacques. Narrative of the Deportation to Cayenne, And Shipwreck on the Coast of Scotland, Of J.J. Job Aime, Written by Himself. With Observations on the Present State of that Colony, And of the Negroes; And an Account of the Situation..... More
Les Regles du Droit Canon, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles Sont...
The Principles of Canon Law Stated as Maxims Dantoine, Jean-Baptiste [1693-1720?], Translator and Editor. [Gregory IX (1147?-1241), Pope]. [Boniface VIII (1235-1303), Pope]. Les Regles du Droit Canon, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre du Sexte, & Au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre des..... More
Les Regles du Droit Civil, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'elles sont Disposees.
A Notable French Edition of the Digest, Book 50 [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Dantoine, J[ean] B[aptiste] [1693-1720?], Translator and Editor. Les Regles du Droit Civil, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Digeste; Traduites en Francois, Avec des Explications & Des Commentaires..... More
De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres: In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium...
Handsome Copy of Gronov's Important Edition of Grotius Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. Gronov (Gronow), Johannes, Editor. De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres: In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur: Cum Annotatis Auctoris, Ex Postrema Ejus Ante Obitum Cura: Accesserunt Ejusdem Dissertatio de Mari Libero, & Libellus..... More