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Feudal Institutions as Revealed in the Assizes of Romania, the Law...
Topping, Peter W. Feudal Institutions as Revealed in the Assizes of Romania, the Law Code of Frankish Greece: Translation of the Text of the Assizes with a Commentary on Feudal Institutions in Greece and Medieval Europe. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1949. x, 192 pp., map. Publisher's original maroon cloth..... More
The Right of the People.
Douglas, William O[rville]. The Right of the People. Garden City: Doubleday. 1958. 238 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered spine. Very good, dust jacket slightly soiled and light wear to edges, else very good. $100. * First edition. Inscribed by author, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to Clifford Evans..... More
The Trial of John Italos and the Crisis of Intellectual Values...
Clucas, Lowell. The Trial of John Italos and the Crisis of Intellectual Values in Byzantium in the Eleventh Century. Munchen: Institut fur Byzantinistik, Neugriechische Philologie und Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte der Universitat, 1981. xliii, 266 pp. Softbound, new. $40. * Includes bibliographical references and index. More
The History of Contempt of Court: The Form of Trial and The...
Fox, Sir John C. The History of Contempt of Court: The Form of Trial and the Mode of Punishment. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. xxiii, 252 pp. Publisher's original red cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $100. More
The Freedom of the Seas; or, The Right Which Belongs to the Dutch...
Grotius, Hugo. The Freedom of the Seas; or, The Right Which Belongs to the Dutch to Take Part in the East Indian Trade. Translated with a Revision of the Latin Text of 1633 by Ralph van Deman Magoffin. Edited with an Introductory Note by James Brown Scott. New York: Oxford..... More
Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI....
A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]..... More
The Moulding of International Law: Ten Dutch Proponents.
[International Law]. The Moulding of International Law: Ten Dutch Proponents. Hague, Netherlands: T.M.C. Asser Instituut, [1995]. Illustrated. vii, 409 pp. Original gilt stamped green cloth. Fine. $35. * Biographies of outstanding Dutch scholars of International Law from the 19th century onwards who have made substantial contributions to the development and..... More
Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England...
Taggart, Michael. Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England: The Story of Edward Pickles and the Bradford Water Supply. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. xxiii, 235 pp., illustrations, maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Damage stamp on title page. Very good, in a...... More
English Criminal Appeals, 1844-1994: Appeals Against Conviction...
Pattenden, Rosemary. English Criminal Appeals, 1844-1994: Appeals Against Conviction and Sentence in England and Wales. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 494 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $100. * Jacket. The failure of justice in..... More
Bench and Bar of Alameda County, 1953.
Taylor, C[harles] W[illiam]. Bench and Bar of Alameda County, 1953. [Angwin, Calif.] : [Pacific Union College Press], 1953. 207 pp., portraits. Padded faux black leather, with gilt stamped front cover and spine, with raised bands. Good. $60. More
Consilia: A Bibliography of Holdings in the Library of Congress...
Pazzaglini, Peter R., and Catherine A. Hawks. Consilia: A Bibliography of Holdings in the Library of Congress and Certain Other Collections in the United States. Washington: Library of Congress, 1990. xxiv, 154 pp. Illustrations. Original red cloth, with gilt stamped front cover and spine. Very good. $25. * Consilia are..... More
A Man's Home, a Man's Castle.
Weinberg, Kenneth G. A Man's Home, a Man's Castle. New York, McCall Pub. Co., 1971. xxi, 149 pp. Introduction by Haywood Burns. Hardcover, with gilt stamped spine, in a good dust jacket. Very good. $15. More
History, Law, and the Human Sciences: Medieval and Renaissance...
Kelley, Donald R. History, Law, and the Human Sciences: Medieval and Renaissance Perspectives. London: Variorum Reprints, 1984. Various paging, frontispiece. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Fine. $100. More
Institutionum Juris Civilis Expositio Methodica.
Scarce Commentary on the Institutes by a Parisian Law Professor Justinian I [485-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Lorry, Francois, Commentary. D. Justiniani Imperatoris P.P. Augusti Institutionum Juris Civilis Expositio Methodica. Paris: Apud Desaint & Saillant, 1757. xviii, 556 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, blind rules to..... More
The Decision of Judge Proudfoot in the Case of Dorland vs. Jones.
Proudfoot, William. The Decision of Judge Proudfoot in the Case of Dorland vs. Jones. Philadelphia: Wm. H. Pile, printer, 1884. 48 pp. Softbound, front cover chipped at top right corner. Light shelfwear. $40. More
A Reading on the Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of England...
Jardine, David. A Reading on the Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of England Previously to the Commonwealth: Delivered at New Inn Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1836, by Appointment of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1837. xii, 109 pp. Publisher's original green cloth..... More
Lives of Eminent British Lawyers. 2 Volumes.
Roscoe, Henry. Lives of Eminent British Lawyers. 2 Volumes, in 2 books. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. Publisher's original green cloth, with spine labels. Light rubbing to boards, foxing throughout both volumes. Otherwise good. $150. * Contents. Vol. 1. Sir Edward Coke. John Selden. Sir Matthew Hale. Lord Guilford. Lord..... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year...
Elchies, Patrick Grant, Lord [1690-1754]. Morison, William M. [b. 1821], Editor. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary, by Patrick Grant of Elchies, Esq. One of the Senators of the College of Justice. Edited..... More
Social Dimensions of Law and Justice.
Stone, Julius. Social Dimensions of Law and Justice. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1966. xxxv, 933 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Internally clean, good. $40. * This is the concluding volume of a trilogy of works on the major problems of modern jurisprudence by one of the world's..... More
A Treatise of Gavelkind [bound with] The History of Gavel-Kind...
Two Important Early Treatises on Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, The Nature, Antiquity and Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations.... London: Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, 1660. [xxvi], 216, [8] pp..... More
Natural Law and the Theory of Society 1500-1800.
Gierke, Otto. Natural Law and the Theory of Society 1500-1800. With a Lecture on The Ideas of Natural Law and Humanity. Translated with an Introduction by Ernest Barker. Cambridge: University Press, 1950. xci, 423 pp. Vols. I & II complete in 1 book. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt stamped spine..... More
Select Pleas of the Crown Volume I, AD 1200-1225. Vol 1 Selden Society
Maitland, F.W. Select Pleas of the Crown, Volume I, AD 1200-1225. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 1 for 1887. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888. 1955 reprint. Frontis., xxx, 164 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Light wear..... More
Bench and Bar in California. History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences.
Shuck, Oscar T[ully]. Bench and Bar in California: History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences. San Francisco: The Occident printing House, 1888. Hardcover, gilt stamped front cover and front cover. Moderate shelfwear and rubbing. Front hinge started to crack. Internally clean. $35. More
Die Rechtliche Natur der Staatenvertrage: Ein Beitrag zur Juristischen
By an Important Scholar of Public Law Jellinek, Georg [1851-1911]. Die Rechtliche Natur der Staatenvertrage. Ein Beitrag zur Juristischen Construction des Volkerrechts. Vienna: Alfred Holder, 1880. IV, 66, [2] pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, gilt title to spine, ribbon bookmark. Faint spotting to front board, light rubbing to..... More
The Statutes of California, Passed at the Sixth Session of the...
[California]. The Statutes of California, Passed at the Sixth Session of the Legislature, Begun on the First Day of January, One Thougsand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five, and Ended on the Seventh Day of May, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five, at the City of Sacramento. Sacramento: B.B. Redding, State printer..... More