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Lectures on Legal Topics. 1923-1924.
Marks, Jacob; I. Maurice Wormser; Pierre Georges Lepaulle. Lectures on Legal Topics. 1923-1924. Volume V. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Committee on Conferences and Lectures. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. viii, 485 pp. Original maroon cloth hardcover, light shelfwear, internally clean. $25. * There..... More
Law and Other Things.
Macmillan, Lord (Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Rt. Hon). Law and Other Things. Cambridge [England]: University Press, 1938. 283 pp. Publisher's red cloth hardcover, front hinge cracked but secure, underlining on four pages, else internally clean and bright. $15. * Contents: Law and politics. The Henry Sidgwick memorial lecture. Nov. 1935; Law..... More
Cases and Readings on Law and Society. 3 volumes.
Simpson, Sidney Post, 1898-1949. Stone, Julius, 1907-1985. Schoch, Magdalena, 1897-1987. Cases and Readings on Law and Society. St. Paul, West Publishing Co., 1948-1949. 3 volumes. Publisher's maroon hardcover, moderate shelf wear. Internally clean and bright. $65. * American Casebook Series. Warren A. Seavey, General editor. Contents: Book 1. Law and..... More
Legal Essays in Tribute to Orrin Kip McMurray.
[McMurray, Orrin Kip] Radin, Max; A.M. Kidd (editors). Legal Essays in Tribute to Orrin Kip McMurray. Berkeley: University of California Law School Association, 1935. x, 694 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good, in a very good dust jacket. Previos owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. $95. * Twenty-four essays by..... More
The Lawyer from Antiquity to Modern Times.
Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. The Lawyer from Antiquity to Modern Times: With Particular Reference to the Development of Bar Associations in the United States. St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing, 1953. xxxiii, 404 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Brown textured cloth hardcover, gilt stamped spine and front cover, a fine copy. $45. * First..... More
Law and the Modern Mind. 6th printing. in dust jacket
Frank, Jerome. Law and the Modern Mind. With an Introduction by Judge Julian W. Mack. New York: Coward-McCann, 1949. xxxi, 368 pp. Original blue cloth, very good, in a moderately worn dust jacket, internally bright and clean. $125. * Sixth printing. Frank's famous book, in which the author sets out..... More
If Men Were Angels, Some Aspects of Government in a Democracy. 1st ed.
A "Deep-Sea Change" for Jerome Frank Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. If Men Were Angels: Some Aspects of Government in a Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1942]. xii, 380 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, soling and nicks to front board, hinges cracked but secure, spine faded, internally clean. $65. * First edition..... More
Law and the Lawyers.
Robinson, Edward Stevens. Law and the Lawyers. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. xi, 347 pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering, light shelf wear, in a worn just jacket in a Brodart covering. $25. * Contents: Law: an unscientific science; The defense of conservatism; A philosophy for lawyers;..... More
A Panorama of the World's Legal Systems. Library edition.
Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943]. A Panorama of the World's Legal Systems. Library Edition with Five Hundred Illustrations. Washington, D.C.: Washington Law Book Company, [1936]. xxiii, 1206 pp. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Light shelfwear. $35. * Unabridged one-volume edition of..... More
Bracton on the Laws and Customs of England. 4 vols. Complete set
Classic Critiical Edition of Bracton Bracton, Henry de [d. 1268] Thorne, Samuel E. [1907-1994], Editor. Woodbine, George E. [1876-1953], Editor. Bracton On the Laws and Customs of England. Edited by George E. Woodbine. Translated, With Revisions and Notes, by Samuel E. Thorne. Cambridge: Published in Association with the Selden Society..... More
The Rise of the Legal Profession in America. 2 Volumes.
Chroust, Anton-Hermann. The Rise of the Legal Profession in America. Norman: University of Oklahoma, [1965]. 2 volumes. Publisher's cloth hardcover, light shelf wear, internally clean and bright. $45. * A history of American law from the colonial period to 1840. More
A General Survey of Events, Sources, Persons & Movements in...
[Maitland, Frederic William]. A General Survey of Events, Sources, Persons & Movements in Continental Legal History. By Various European Authors. With an introduction by Albert Kocourek. Boston: Little, Brown, 1912. liii, 754 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, worn, spine faded, ex-library with shelf location label on spine and blind stamps to..... More
The Province and Function of Law. Law as Logic, Justice, and Social...
"Greatest Juristic Volume of the Twentieth Century" Stone, Julius. The Province and Function of Law. Law as Logic, Justice, and Social Control. A Study in Jurisprudence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1950. lxi, 918 pp. Publisher's gilt stamped cloth hardcover, very good, in a torn dust jacket in a Brodart..... More
Legal System and Lawyers' Reasonings.
Stimulating Essays by Julius Stone Stone, Julius [1907-1985]. Legal System and Lawyers' Reasonings. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1964. xxiv, 454 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good in very good price clipped dust jacket. $50. * Contents include: A legal system and its orderings; Austin's "General Jurisprudence"; Kelsen's Pure Theory of..... More
Law and Philosophy: A Symposium.
Hook, Sidney, Editor. Law and Philosophy: A Symposium. New York: New York University Press, 1964. xiii, 344 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good, in a dust jacket with clean tears repaired on the rear with clear tape. $20. * Philosophy and law touch at many points, and where they do..... More
Superstition and Force. Essays on The Wager of Law, The Wager of...
Lea, Henry C. Superstition and Force. Essays on The Wager of Law - The Wager of Battle - The Ordeal - Torture. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1870. xii, 480 pp. Publisher's original cloth hardcover with moderate wear and faded spine. Joints cracked but secure. Internally clean. A good copy. $20..... More
The Legal Imagination: Studies in the Nature of Legal Thought and...
White, James B. The Legal Imagination: Studies in the Nature of Legal Thought and Expression. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973. xxxv, 986 pp. Publisher's original yellow cloth hardcover, with black spine lettering, as new. Internally clean. A fine copy. $95. * "The contemporary law and literature movement began with..... More
Rhetorica und Formulare Teutsch [Bound with Two Other works]...
Three Reference Works for Sixteenth-Century Notaries with Woodcut Title Pages Hug(e), Alexander. Rhetorica und Formulare Teutsch Dergleichen nie Gesehen Ist, Durch Alexander Hugen, Vil J[ae]rigen Stattschreiber zu Mindern Base. [et]c. Beinach alle Schreiberei Betreffend, Von Vilerlei Episteln, Under und Uberschrifften, Allen Geistlichen und Weltlichen, Und Vilerlei Supplicationes, Ein Ganttz Gerichtlicher..... More
Electissime ac Exuperantissime Pluriu[m][que] Fructuu[m] Feraces...
An Important Post-Incunable Anthology of Writings on Canon Law [Canon Law]. [Repetitiones Totius Juris Canonici Capitulorum]. Electissime ac Exuperantissime Pluriu[m][que] Fructuu[m] Feraces Repetitiones Excelle[n]tio[rum] Totius Iuris Canonici Capituloru[m]: ab Illustribus Etia[m] Novissimis Elaborate ac Promulgate Auctoribus. [Paris]: Venundantur Autem hec Repetitiones in Vico Sancti Iacobi in Intersignio Lupi Apud Poncetu[m]..... More
L'Incidente, Color Lithograph, c1900.
Satirical French Courtroom Image [France]. L'Incidente. N.p.: De L'Editrice P.V., c. 1900. Attractively glazed and matted 13" x 8-1/2" colored lithograph in handsome 21-1/4" x 16-3/4" wooden frame, small brass plaque to center of bottom. Light toning to margins, vivid image. $650. * A rather grotesque, and very funny, image..... More
Les Trois Crimes, Rawdon, St-Canut, St-Liboire, Histoire Complete...
Rare Account of Three Montreal Murders Badreux, Jean. Les Trois Crimes: Rawdon, St-Canut, St-Liboire. Histoire Complete des Meurtres, Details Horribles. La Vindicte Publique. Montreal: Leprohon & Leprohon, 1898. 45, [3] pp. 2 text woodcuts. 3 pp. publisher catalogue, another advertisement (with woodcut) to verso of front wrapper. Octavo (8-3/4" x...... More
An Essay on Military Law, And the Practice of Courts Martial. 1st ed.
First Edition of an Important Treatise on Military Law Woodhouselee, Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord [1747-1813]. An Essay on Military Law, And the Practice of Courts Martial. Edinburgh: Printed by Murray & Cochrane, Craig's Close; For T. Egerton, at the Military Library, Near Whitehall, London, 1800. [iii], vi-xi, [3], 428 pp..... More
The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench [With] The Present..
Excellent Guides to Practice in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas During the 1700s. Harrison, Joseph. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, With Large Notes and Observations, From the Best Authorities, And the Rules of Court. In a Method Intirely New. To Which are Added..... More
The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, Containing....
"Enriched with a Number of Very Curious and Special Precedents" Sheridan, John. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench; Containing Ample and Complete Instructions for Commencing And Defending the Various Kinds of Suits and Actions, Entering up Judgment, Suing out Execution, Proceeding in Error from the King's Bench..... More
Paratitla in Libros Quinquaginta Digestorum [bound with] Ad Africanum.
Influential Commentaries Code and Digest Cujas, Jacques [1522-1590]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Paratitla in Libros Quinquaginta Digestorum Seu Pandectarum, Item in Libros Novem Codicis Imperatoris Iustiniani. Ex Postrema Auctoris Recognitione. Cologne: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, Sub Monocerote, 1588. [xxviii], 195, [1]; [xxxvi], 541 (i.e. 521) pp. Two..... More