Legal Maxims from the Corpus Juris Civilis [Roman Law]. [Corpus Juris Civilis]. De Diversis Regulis Iuris Antiqui, Pandectarum Libri Quinquagesimi Titulus Septimus Decimus, Cum Tusco, Aut ex eo Ducto, Accurate Collatus & Emendatus: Capitibus Omnibus, Cum suis Inscriptionibus, Suo Etiam Ordini Restitutis. In Eundem Titulum Vetus, Sed Incerto Autore, Brevis... More about De Diversis Regulis Iuris Antiqui, Pandectarum Libri Quinquagesimi

Rajagopal, Balakrishnan. International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements and Third Resistance. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. $65. * This first-ever analysis of international law using social movement theory provides a fundamental critique of modern international law, including traditional Third World engagements. Using a detailed historical and analytical critique... More about International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements and Third

Skegg, P.D.G. Law, Ethics and Medicine: Studies in Medical Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984. xii, 268 pp. Hardcover, fine, in a fine dust jacket. $10. * First edition. Winner of the 1989 Swiney Prize for Medical Jurisprudence. This book is intended for students, scholars, and practitioners of law; medical practitioners... More about Law, Ethics and Medicine: Studies in Medical Law

A Turning Point in the History of Civil Rights [United States Supreme Court]. [Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka]. Wyatt, Walter, Reporter. United States Reports Volume 347: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1953 [and] Volume 349: Cases Adjudged...at October Term, 1954. Washington: United States Government... More about United States Reports Vol 347 [and] United States Reports Vol 349

First American Edition of Rastell's Termes de la Ley in a Well-Preserved Contemporary Binding [Rastell, John (d.1536)]. Les Termes de la Ley, Or Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms of the Common and Statute Laws of England, Now in Use, Expounded and Explained. Faithfully Translated From the Norman French... More about Les Termes De La Ley, Or Certain Difficult and Obscure Words and

A 1822 French Compilation of Laws Concerning Freedom of the Press with Fascinating Annotations by A Notable French Jurist Berny, Etienne Charles Gabriel de. Concordance des Lois sur la Repression, La Poursuite, Et le Jugement des Infractions Commises par la Voie de la Presse, Ou par Tous Autres Moyens de... More about Concordance des Lois sur la Repression, La Poursuite, Et le Jugement

Stephen Field's Opinion in an Early Case Concerning the Restriction of Chinese Immigration Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. Power of the State to Exclude Foreigners from its Limits, And to Prevent Their Landing, On Account of the Immorality of Their Past Lives, Considered: Opinion of Mr. Justice Field, Of U.S. Supreme..... More about Power of the State to Exclude Foreigners from its Limits, and to

A Rare Guide to the Sacraments with Interesting Material on Marriage Guido, de Monte Rocherii (Rochen) [14th c.]. Manipulus Curatorum; Qui summe Quilibet Sacerdoti est Necessarius et Nucliam Virtutis Animarum Ipsasq[ue] Redimendas a Purgatorio & Eterna da[m]pnatione quo Modo ad Beatitudine Pertingi Valeant in se Continet: Summa cum Diligentia Correctus..... More about Manipulus Curatorum, Lyons?, 1497

Verse Epitome of a Classic Penitential Manual [Adam, Magister (13th c.)]. [Penaforte, Raymond of [c.1175-c.1240]. Summula Sacramentorum Raymundi de Pennaforte Metrificata. Cologne: [Retro Minores (Martin von Werden?)], for Heinrich Quentell, 18 July 1500]. [i], 148, [7] ff. Collation: a-s6 t-v4 x-z6, aa-cc6, dd4. Leaf x2 (Fol. CXVII) lacking. Quarto (8"... More about Summula Sacramentorum Raymundi de Pennaforte Metrificata

"A Cheap Instructor" for Virginians, Includes a Sample Inventory that Includes Slaves [Michie, Thomas Johnson (1795-1873), Attributed]. The Virginia Scrivener, Being a Collection of Forms of Bonds, Contracts, Conveyancing, and Other Instruments of Writing, Carefully Selected from the Most Approved Authors, and Accompanied by Plain and Well Established Explanatory Rules... More about The Virginia Scrivener, Being a Collection of Forms of Bonds

"Cases Tempore Talbot" [Forrester, Alexander, Reporter]. Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot: With Tables of the Names of Cases, And Principal Matters. [London]: Printed by H. Lintot for T Waller, 1741. [ii], vi, 286, [18] pp. Includes one-page publisher advertisement. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4")... More about Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot

A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity [Trial]. [Parish Will Case]. The Parish Will Case, In the Court of Appeals. The Statement of Facts, And the Opinion of the Court. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1862. 123, 43 pp. Two parts, each with title page... More about The Parish Will Case, in the Court of Appeals, The Statement of Facts