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Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Exchequer, In the Years...
A Set of Much-Respected Exchequer Reports Hardres, Thomas [1610-1681]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Exchequer, In the Years 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, And 1660. And from Thence Continued to the 21st Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Charles II. With Notes and References. London...
Bibliotheca Politica: Or, An Enquiry into the Antient Constitution...
"A Valuable Resume of the Whig Theory of the English Constitution" Tyrrell, James [1642-1718]. Bibliotheca Politica: Or, An Enquiry into the Antient Constitution of the English Government, With Respect to the Just Extent of the Regal Power, And the Rights and Liberties of the Subject. Wherein All the Chief Arguments...
An Historican and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government...
Final Edition of Selden's Historical Discourse Selden, John [1584-1654]. Bacon, Nathaniel [1593-1660], Editor, Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in...
Tracts, Chiefly Relating to the Antiquities and Laws of England.
Copy of a Final Edition of an Important Collection of Blackstone Texts with Interesting Associations Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Tracts, Chiefly Relating to the Antiquities and Laws of England. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1771. [iv], 353, [3], lxxx, [20] pp. Six parts, each preceded by divisional title page...
The Catholic Tradition of the Law of Nations.
Catholicism and the Law of Nations Eppstein, John The Catholic Tradition of the Law of Nations. Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Published for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace by the Catholic Association for International Peace, [1935]. xxi, 525 pp. Reprinted 2008, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778226; ISBN-10...
Nuremberg and Vietnam. PAPERBACK
With a New introductory Essay by Benjamin Ferencz Taylor, Telford. Nuremberg and Vietnam. An American Tragedy. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, [1970]. xxvii, 224 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a New Introductory Essay entitled "Will We Finally Apply Nuremberg's Lessons?" by Benjamin Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor for the United...
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Organic...
Poore, Ben[jamin] Perley. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Organic Laws of the United States. Second edition. Originally published: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. 2 Volumes. xii, 2102 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2016 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771289; ISBN-10: 1584771283. Hardcover. Covers lightly bumped and soiled. Page...
Commentaries on the Laws of the Ancient Hebrews with an...
Wines, E.C. Commentaries on the Laws of the Ancient Hebrews with an Introductory Essay on Civil Society and Government. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853. xvi, 640 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-527-0. ISBN-10: 1-58477-527-0. Hardcover cloth. Cover bumped, otherwise very good. $25. * Wines.....
The Case of George W. Niven, Esq. Charged with Mal-practices, and...
A Classic Case of Legal Malpractice Litigation Niven, George W., Defendant. Sampson, William, Reporter. The Case of George W. Niven, Esq. Charged with Mal-practices, and Suspended by Order of the Court of Common Pleas, of the City of New-York, Containing Much Curious Matter, Ingenuous Argument, and Eloquent Discourse, Equally Interesting...
7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Reed...
Stanley Reed Joins the Court Reed, Stanley [1884-1980]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Reed]. [New York: Acme Newspictures, January 1, 1938]. Light rubbing to edges, faint crease to lower left corner, stamps, caption and annotations to verso. $75. * The caption reads: "STANLEY REED AS NEW SUPREME...
9" x 6-1/4" Black-and-White Photograph of Justice Roberts
Signed by Justice Roberts Roberts, Owen [1875-1955]. [9" x 6-1/4" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Roberts]. [N.p., c. 1935]. Light rubbing to edges, small chip to bottom edge, signature of Roberts below image. $50. * This item is a plate removed from a book. The caption reads: "Hon. Owen J....
The Reports of Sir Edward Coke Kt Of Divers Resolutions and...
A Set of Coke's Reports with a Remarkable Line of Ownership of Six Prominent American Lawyers Including John Bouvier Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke Kt. Of Divers Resolutions and Judgments Given with Great Deliberation, By the Reverend Judges and Sages of the Law, Of Cases...
A New Law-Dictionary, Containing, The Interpretation and Definition...
"An Entirely New Departure in Legal Literature" Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing, The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law, and the Practice Thereof, Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto...
A New Law Dictionary, Containing Explanations of Such Technical...
First Edition of Holthouse's New Law Dictionary Holthouse, Henry James [fl. 1830-1850]. A New Law Dictionary, Containing Explanations of Such Technical Terms and Phrases Occur in the Works of the Various Law-Writers of Great Britain; To Which is Added An Outline of an Action at Law, And of a Suit...
A New Law Dictionary: Containing a Concise Exposition... London, 1829.
Whishaw's Dictionary Whishaw, James [1808-1879]. A New Law Dictionary: Containing a Concise Exposition of the Mere Terms of Art, and Such Obsolete Words as Occur in Old Legal, Historical and Antiquarian Writers. London: J. & W.T. Clarke, 1829. [iii]-viii, 342, [2] pp. Half-title lacking. Includes 2-page publisher catalogue. Main text...
Les Termes de la Ley: Or, Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and...
Last and Best Edition of the First English Law Dictionary [Rastell, John (d. 1536)]. [Rastell, William (1508-1565), Editor]. Les Termes de la Ley: Or, Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms of the Common and Statute Laws of This Realm, Now in Use, Expounded and Explained. Corrected and Enlarged, With...
The Mirrour of Justices: Written Originally in the Old French,...
The "Best Edition" of Horne's Mirrour With Interesting Notes Horne, Andrew [d.1328]. [Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony (1470-1538)]. [Hughes, William ([1587 or 1588-1663?), Translator]. The Mirrour of Justices: Written Originally in the Old French, Long Before the Conquest; And Many Things Added. To Which is Added the Diversity of Courts and Their...
A Law Grammar; Or, An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of...
An Ambitious and Sophisticated English Layman's Guide from 1791 [Great Britain]. A Law Grammar: Or, An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of English Jurisprudence. Containing Rudiments and Illustrations of 1. The Laws of Nature, 2. The Law of God, 3. The Law of Nations, 4. The Law Politic, 5...
Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment...
"A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Containing a Collection of Some Principal...
A Convict's Confession, 12-1/4" x 6" broadside, Johnstown, PA, c1880.
"Establish Peace Throughout the Land and Drive King Bacchus Out" [Broadside]. Gork, W.H. A Convict's Confession. [Johnstown, PA?, 1890?]. 12-1/4" x 6" broadside, verse text in two columns below headline. Light browning, three horizontal fold lines, negligible light edgewear, a (tiny) bit of tape residue near top and bottom edges...
A Collection of Latin Maxims & Rules, In Law and Equity, Selected...
A Scarce Scottish Anthology of Legal Maxims Halkerston, Peter [d. 1833?]. A Collection of Latin Maxims & Rules, In Law and Equity, Selected from the Most Eminent Authors, On the Civil, Canon, Feudal, English and Scots Law, With an English Translation, And an Appendix of Reference to the Authorities from...
The Body of the Common Law of England, As it Stood in Force Before...
Useful for Its Insights into Changes in the Common Law During the Commonwealth W[ingate], E[dmund] [1596-1656]. The Body of the Common-Law of England. As it Stood in Force Before it was Altered by Statute, Or Acts of Parliament, Or State. Together with an Exact Collection of Such Statutes, As Have.....
A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years, Only ed, London, 1798.
Notable for Its "Curious and Diffuse Learning" Bacon, Matthew [fl. 1730]. A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1798. [iv], 251, [4], 246-352 pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Recent library buckram, red and black lettering pieces, gilt-stamped library name and...
The Grounds and Rudiments of Law and Equity, Alphabetically Digested..
A Maxim-Based Synopsis of English Law [Gentleman of the Middle Temple]. The Grounds and Rudiments of Law and Equity, Alphabetically Digested: Containing a Collection of Rules or Maxims, With the Doctrine Upon Them, Illustrated by Various Cases Extracted from the Books and Records, To Evince that These Principles Have Been...
A Digest of Adjudged Cases in the Court of King's Bench, From the...
A Scarce Digest of Cases from 1688 to 1773 Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn. A Digest of Adjudged Cases in the Court of King's Bench, From the Revolution to the Present Period, Alphabetically Arranged Under the Different Heads of Practice. Comprehending all the Approved Determinations During the Time that Lord Chief...