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The Pleader's Assistant, Containing a Select Collection of Precedents.
1795 Pleader by "A Gentleman Of Considerable Knowledge and Experience [Pleading]. [Great Britain]. The Pleader's Assistant; Containing a Select Collection of Precedents of Modern Pleadings, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, &c. Viz. Declarations, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions: Including the..... More
Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam...
A Notable Study of German Feudal and Customary Law Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam Auditorum Collectum, Ac Methodo Institutionum Dispositum. Accessit Appendix Solennium, Quibus Hodie Apud Imp. Principes Investiuntur, Subjuncta Taxa Dignitatum in Imperio & Vasallagiis. Editio IX. Multo Auctior. Cum Privilegiis Special..... More
The Constitution of England, Or an Account of the English Government.
An Important Treatise on English Constitution De Lolme, J[ean] L[ouis] [1740-1806]. The Constitution of England, Or an Account of the English Government; In Which it is Compared with the Republican Form of Government, And Occasionally with the Other Monarchies in Europe. A New Edition. London: Sold by G. Kearsley and..... More
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas
Perhaps the Most Authoritative Reports from the Reign of George III Willes, Sir John [1685-1761]. Durnford, Charles, Editor. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas. During the Time Lord Chief Justice Willes Presided in that Court; Together with Some Few Cases of the Same Period Determined in..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of
With Two Important Essays About the Common Law in America Root, Jesse [1736-1822]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, From July A.D. 1789 to June A.D. 1793; With a Variety of Cases Anterior to That Period, Prefaced with Observations Upon the Government and..... More
The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer, 4th ed, London, 1757.
Early Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1757. Three volumes. xxiv, 520; 432; 512 pp. Complete set. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and black-stamped volume..... More
The Reports Of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt, Late One of the Justices of. ..
First Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the Kings-Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One in..... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench...
"Very Much Esteemed by the Profession" Andrews, George. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Second. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1754. [x], 397, [37] pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. Folio (12-1/4"..... More
Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard
Illustrated Throughout with Witty Color Images Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c. 1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light soiling, minor dampstaining and a few small..... More
Provinciale, (Seu Constitutiones Angliae,) Continens Constitutiones...
The Main Authority for Early English Canon Law Lyndwood, William [1375?-1446]. [Acton, John (d.1350), Commentaries]. Provinciale, (Seu Constitutiones Angliae,) Continens Constitutiones Provinciales Quatuordecim Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium, Viz. a Stephano Langtono ad Henricum Chichleium; Cum Summariis Atque Eruditis Annotationibus, Summa Accuratione Denuo Revisum Atque Impressum. Auctore Gulielmo Lyndwood, J.U.D. Officiali Curiae Cantuariae..... More
Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye...
With Interesting Commentary About Law and Society [Manuscript]. [Savoy, France]. Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye sur le Clerge du Pais pour la Garde de les Frontieres Contre la Peste. [France: 18th Century]. 28 pp. Folio (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled..... More
The Reports Of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt, Late One of the Justices of...
Final Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the King's Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One..... More
The Comic Blackstone, London, 1887, 10 Color Plates.
The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. Complete set of parts, as issued. Ten color lithographed plates (one a frontispiece), numerous engravings. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of...
Gilbert's Cases in Equity [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726)]. Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, Chiefly in the Reign of King George I. By a Late Learned Judge. To Which are Added Some Select Cases in Equity, Heard and Determined in the..... More
Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates...
Record of the Important Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820-1821 [Massachusetts]. [Constitution]. Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates, Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, Begun and Holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, And Continued by Adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser..... More
Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, 2nd Ed. - PAPERBACK
With Introductory Essays by Samantha Power and William A. Schabas Lemkin, Raphael. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Originally published: Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law, 1944. xxxviii, 674 pp. Second Edition by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Introduction..... More
Conference de la Coutume de Sens, Avec le Droit Romain
A Comparative Study of the Coutumes of Sens Pelee de Chenouteau, [Blaise-Louis]. Conference de la Coutume de Sens, Avec le Droit Romain, Les Ordonnances du Royaume, Et les Autres Coutumes. Ouvrage, Dans Lequel on a Rassemble, Sur Chaque Texte, Les Questions qui Peuvent y Avoir Rapport, Le Sentiment des plus..... More
El Ciudadano Melchor Muzquiz, Coronel de Ejercito, Y Gobernador del...
1826 Mexican Broadside Announcing the Assignments of the Earliest Circuit Judges for Texas, California and New Mexico [Mexico]. [Judges]. Muzquiz, Melchor [1790-1844]. El Ciudadano Melchor Muzquiz, Coronel de Ejercito, Y Gobernador del Estado Libre de Mexico. [Mexico City]: September 6, 1826. 12" x 8-1/2" broadside, text in single column below..... More
Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LLD, Boston, 1816.
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting...
[Trial]. Kennon, Beverly, Defendant. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Accompanied with the Proceedings of a Court Martial Lately Held at Norfolk, For the Trial of Lieut. Beverly Kennon, (Rendered in Obedience to a Resolution of the House of..... More
The Layman's Criticism of the Lawyer, Address by Elihu Root, Before...
Root, Elihu [1845-1937]. The Layman's Criticism of the Lawyer: Address by Elihu Root, Before the American Bar Association, At the Annual Meeting in Washington, October 20, 1914. [Chicago: American Bar Association, 1914]. 27 pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed stiff wrapper. Light soiling and few chips to covers, owner stamp (of..... More
The Trent Affair: An Aftermath, Cambridge, 1912.
Dana, Richard Henry [1815-1882]. The Trent Affair: An Aftermath. Cambridge: [Massachusetts Historical Society], 1912. 19 pp. Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers, untrimmed edges. Some shelfwear and soiling to exterior, wrappers detached, internally clean. $30. More
Law Books, Recently Published by Little, Brown and Company, Law and...
1856 Little, Brown Circular of Recent Publications [Legal Publishing]. Little, Brown and Company. Law Books, Recently Published by Little, Brown and Company, Law and Foreign Bookseller. Boston: [Little, Brown and Company], May 1, 1856. 8 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing and minor tears to extremities..... More
Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer, Boston, 1897
Wheeler, A[lexander] S[trong] [1820-1907]. Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer: An Address by Our Fellow-Member, Mr. A.S. Wheeler, Delivered Before the Commercial Club of Boston, December, 18, 1897. Printed by Request of the Club. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1898. 20 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers..... More
Reports in the Court of Exchequer, Beginning in the Third...
Annotated Throughout in a Contemporary Hand Lane, Richard [1584-1650]. Reports in the Court of Exchequer, Beginning in the Third, And Ending in the Ninth Year of the Raign of the Late King James. Being the First Collection in that Court Hitherto Extant. Containing Severall Cases of Informations Upon Intrusions, Touching..... More