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Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court, Volume I.
Thorne, Samuel E. Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court, Volume I. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 71 for 1952. London: Bernard Quartich, 1954. cxlvi, 274 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Light wear. Very..... More
The Ages of American Law. First Edition, New Haven, 1977.
First Edition of a Classic Essay on American Legal History Gilmore, Grant. The Ages of American Law. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. x, 154 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled and moderatly edgeworn dust jacket. Light toning to interior, small bookseller sticker to front pastedown (behind flap of dust jacket)..... More
The Statutes at Large, 37 Volumes in 39 Books, Macclesfield Library...
The Notably Handsome Macclesfield Library Set Pickering, Danby, Compiler. The Statutes at Large, From Magna Charta To the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761. Carefully Collated and Revised, With References, A Preface, And a New and Accurate Index to the Whole. Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham;..... More
A Report of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States...
First-Edition Copy of a Report of Dred Scott v. Sandford with a Notable Association [Trial]. [Dred Scott]. Howard, Benjamin C. [1791-1872], Reporter. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, And the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, In the Case of Dred Scott Versus John..... More
La Nouvelle Natura Brevium du Iuge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthoine...
Sir Christopher Yelverton's Heavily Annotated Copy Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. Rastell, William [1508-1565], Editor. La Nouvelle Natura Brevium du Iuge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthoine Fitzherbert Dernierement Renevve [sic] et Corrigee per Laucteur avecques Une Table Parfaicte des Choses Notables Contenues en Ycelle Nouvelleme[n]t Composee par Guilliaulme Rastell et Iammais par cy..... More
Considerations Upon the Institution of Marriage, With Some Thoughts...
"The Force and Obligations of the Matrimonial Contract" [Booth, George, Earl of Warrington (1675-1758)]. Considerations Upon the Institution of Marriage. With Some Thoughts Concerning the Force and Obligation of the Matrimonial Contract. Wherein is Considered, How Far Divorces May, Or Ought to be Allowed. By a Gentleman. Humbly Submitted to..... More
Star-Chamber Cases, Shewing What Causes Properly Belong to the...
An Important Study of the Court of Star Chamber Crompton, [Richard] [fl. 1573-1599]. Star-Chamber Cases. Shewing What Causes Properly Belong to the Cognizance of That Court. Collected for the Most Part Out of Mr. Crompton, His Booke, Entituled The Jurisdiction of Divers Courts. London: Printed by I.O for Iohn Grove..... More
Particulars of the Trial and Execution of James Hills and William...
A Horribly Botched Robbery of an Elderly Widow [Broadside]. [Executions]. Hills, James [d.1836]. Harley, William [d.1836]. Particulars of the Trial and Execution of James Hills and William Harley, Who Were Executed at Horsemonger-Lane Prison this Morning. [London]: Birt, Printer, 39, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, [1836]. 14" x 8-1/2"..... More
Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth.
One of Several Different Accounts of a "Barbarous and Awful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Wood, John Henry [d.1833]. Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, Near the City of Chester, By Her Own Son, John Wood Who Cut Her Throat from Ear to Ear; How the..... More
A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture...
The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto..... More
An Abridgment of the Publick Statutes of Ireland, Now in General Use.
Ireland in the Mid-Eighteenth Century [Ireland]. Bullingbrooke, Edward, Compiler. An Abridgment of the Publick Statutes of Ireland, Now in Force and of General Use: And Also of Such English and British Statutes as Relate to and Bind Ireland, From Magna Charta to the Sixth Year of the Reign of His..... More
Trial and Conviction of Dr Stephen T Beale; With the Letters...
Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist [Trial]. Beale, Stephen T., Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis, And Judges Black and Woodward, On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases, And the Letters of Prof. Gibson, Prof. Wiltbank, Wm. Badger, Esq., W.L. Hirst..... More
A Treatise on the Law of War, Philadelphia, 1810.
Du Ponceau's Translation of De Rebus Bellicus Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen [1760-1844], Editor and Translator. A Treatise on the Law of War: Being the First Book of His Quaestiones Juris Publici. Translated From the Original Latin with Notes, by Peter Stephen du Ponceau. Philadelphia: Published by..... More
The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy, As it More...
Presentation Copy of an Edition of Fortescue's Notes on Monarchy and the English Constitution Fortescue, Sir John [1394?-1496?]. Fortescue-Aland, Sir John [1670-1746], Editor. The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy; As It More Particularly Regards the English Constitution. Being a Treatise Written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief..... More
Trial of Alfons Klein, Adolf Wahlmann...(The Hadamar Trial).
[Trials]. [War Crimes]. Kintner, Earl W., Editor. Trial of Alfons Klein, Adolf Wahlmann, Heinrich Ruoff, Karl Willig, Adolf Merkle, Irmgard Huber, and Philipp Blum (The Hadamar Trial). London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, [1949]. xxxvii, 250 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettered spine, ex-library with shelf location label at..... More
Trial of John Alexander Dickman. Notable English Trials Series
[Trial]. S.O. Rowan-Hamilton., Editor. Trial of John Alexander Dickman. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge & Company, Ltd. [1914]. viii, 208 pp. Frontispiece and five additional illustrated plates. Original red cloth, gilt, ex-library with location label at foot of spine. Fine. $10. More
Trial of John Donald Merrett
[Trial]. Roughead, William. Trial of John Donald Merrett. London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, 1929. x, 326 pp. Illus. Orig. red cloth, gilt. Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location label at foot of spine. Good. $15. * Famous Trials Series. More
The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten.
[Trial]. Curtis, J. The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten at Polstead, in Suffolk. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Illustrated. xix, 300 pp. Original red cloth. Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location label at foot of spine. Light shelfware. Interior clean. $20. * Famous Trials Series edition. Reprinted from..... More
The Trial of Madame Caillaux.
Berenson, Edward. The Trial of Madame Caillaux. Berkeley: University of California Press, [1992]. [New York]: [Notable Trials Library], 1995. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xii, 296 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
The Trial of the Templars.
Barber, Malcolm. The Trial of the Templars. Cambridge University Press, 1978. Reprint edition. New York: Notable Trials Library, 1997. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. vii, 312 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
The Tragedy of Andersonville: Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, The Prison
Chipman, General N.P. The Andersonville Prison Trial: Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, The Prison Keeper. [San Francisco]: Published by the Author, 1911. Reprint. [Birmingham, [Ala.]: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 511 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges..... More
Cornelis van Bynkershoek, Zijn Leven en Zijne Geschriften.
Star Numan, Oncko Wicher [1840-1899]. Cornelis van Bynkershoek: Zijn Leven en Zijne Geschriften. Leiden: Jacs. Hazenberg, 1869. xvi, 509, [8] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities, moderate toning to text, light foxing..... More
Jerry Falwell v. Larry Flynt: The First Amendment on Trial.
Smolla, Rodney A. Jerry Falwell v. Larry Flynt: The First Amendment on Trial. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1988]. Reprint. [New York]: The Notable Trials Library, 1991. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 336 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers..... More
Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court...
Faux, Marian. Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision That Made Abortion Legal. Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988. Reprint edition. New York: Notable Trials Library, 1994. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xiv, 370 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt..... More
Practycke der Nederlansche Rechten vande Daghelijcksche
Popular Handbook for Seventeenth-Century Dutch Lawyers with a Handsome Pictorial Title Page Zutphen, Bernhard van [d.1685]. Practycke der Nederlansche Rechten vande Daghelijcksche soo Civile als Criminele Questien. Leeuwarden: Bij Gysbert Sijbes, 1655. [viii], 640 pp. Copperplate pictorial title page (depicting a courtroom scene). Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary vellum with..... More