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The Pleadings, Arguments, And Other Proceedings in the Court...
An Important Seventeenth-Century Statement About the Rights of Corporations [Sawyer, Sir Robert (1633-1692)]. The Pleadings, Arguments, And Other Proceedings in the Court Of Kings-Bench Upon the Quo Warranto, Touching The Charter Of The City Of London; With the Judgement Entred Thereupon. The Whole Pleadings Faithfully Taken from the Record. London..... More
The Recollections of a Glasgow Detective Officer: With Special...
McNaught, Thomas P. The Recollections of a Glasgow Detective Officer: With Special Experiences of Human Nature. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co; Glasgow and Edinburgh: John Menzies & Co, [1887]. 4, 71, xii pp. Advertisements. Ex-libris (Geoffrey Briggs). Stapled pamphlet, printed wrappers, soiling and heavy shelf wear, spine partially abraded but..... More
A Full Report of all the Proceedings on the Trial of the Rev...
[Trial]. Jackson, William [1737?-1795], Defendant. A Full Report of all the Proceedings on the Trial of the Rev. William Jackson at the Bar of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench, Ireland, on an Indictment for High Treason. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row and J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1795..... More
The Trial of James Stuart, Esq [with] Correspondence Between James...
Tried for Killing Boswell's Son in a Duel Stuart, James [1775-1849], Defendant. The Trial of James Stuart, Esq., Younger of Dunearn, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Monday, June 10, 1822. With an Appendix of Documents. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co./London..... More
Considerations for Regulating the Exchequer, In the More Timely...
Abuses in the Exchequer Exposed Vernon, C[hristopher] [c.1582-1652]. Considerations for Regulating the Exchequer, In the More Timely Answering, Better Husbanding, And More Orderly and Safe Conduct of the Revenues of the Crown into His Majesties Coffers, As Hath Been Heretofore Used by Sheriffes. And For Freeing the Subject from All..... More
The Late Excise Scheme Dissected, Or, An Exact Copy of the Late Bill..
"Designed as a New Year's Gift" [Taxation]. [Great Britain]. [Erskine, James, Lord Grange (1679-1754), Attributed]. The Late Excise Scheme Dissected, Or, An Exact Copy of the Late Bill for Repealing Several subsidies, And an Impost, Now payable on Tobacco, &c. With All the Blanks Filled Up, As They Probably Would..... More
A Little Treatise of Baile and Maineprize, 1637.
Coke on Bail and Mainprise Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. A Little Treatise of Baile and Maineprize. Written by E.C. Knight, And Now Published for a Generall Good. London: Printed for William Cooke, 1637. [iv], 33, [1] pp. Quarto (6-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent calf, gilt fillets to..... More
Report of His Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, in the Case...
Rough, William. Murray, John, Respondent. Report of his Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, in the Case of William Rough, Sergeant at Law, Late President of the Court of Criminal and Civil Justice, Demerara, Complainant, Against John Murray, Esquire, A Lieutenant-General in his Majesty's Forces, Late Lieutenant-Governer of that Colony, Respondent..... More
The Founders' Constitution. 5 vols. Paperback
Kurland, Philip B. and Ralph Lerner, Editors. The Founders' Constitution. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, [1987]. 5 volumes. Paperback. 11" x 8-1/2". Printed wrappers, negligible shelfwear. Internally clean. Very good. $40. * An invaluable compilation of the primary texts that influenced the Constitution and the first twelve amendments. Each article and amendment..... More
Report of the Trial of the Action, Bogle Versus Lawson, For a Libel...
One of the Most Detailed Accounts of a Major Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle [Trial]. Hughes, W. Hughes, Editor. "The Times" Testimonal: Report of the Trial of the Action, Bogle Versus Lawson, For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper, Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey, Held at..... More
A History of Crime in England. 2 vols. 1873-1876.
Pike, Luke Owen. A History of Crime in England. Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the Progress of Civilisation. Written from the Public Records and Other Contemporary Evidence. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1873. Two volumes. 8vo. Frontispiece. xxix, [1], 539; xx, 719 pp. Publisher's patterned cloth, rebacked retaining..... More
Thys is a True Copy of the Ordynaunce Made in the Tyme of the Reygne..
A Rare Copy of an Important Exchequer Ordinance [Great Britain]. Thys is a True Copy of the Ordynau[n]ce Made in the Tyme of the Reygne of Kynge Henry the. VI. To be Observed in the Kynges Eschequier, By the Offycers and Clerkes of the Same, For Takynge of Fees of..... More
Lawyers and Laymen, Studies in the History of Law Presented to...
Charles-Edwards, T.M., Editor. Owen, Morfydd E., Editpr. Walters, D.B., Editor. Lawyers and Laymen: Studies in the History of Law Presented to Professor Dafydd Jenkins on This Seventy-Fifth Birthday Gwyl Ddewi 1986. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1986. 394 pp. Frontispiece Plates. Illustrations. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. $20. More
The Constitutional History of the Cinque Ports.
Murray, K.M.E. The Constitutional History of the Cinque Ports. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1935. xvi, 282 pp. Map. Cloth, light shelfwear. $85. More
The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason, in the Circuit Court...
Coombs, J.J. The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia, Summer Term, 1807: Comprising all the Evidence and the Opinions of the Court Upon all Motions Made in the Various Stages of the Case, with Abstracts of..... More
The Welsh Law of Women, Studies Presented to...Daniel A. Binchy...
Jenkins, Dafydd, Editor. Morfydd, E. Owen, Editor. The Welsh Law of Women: Studies Presented to Professor Daniel A. Binchy on His Eightieth Birthday 3 June 1980. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1980. x, 253 pp. Frontispiece. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. $60. More
The T'ang Code, Volume I, General Principles.
Johnson, Wallace, Translator. The T'ang Code. Volume I: General Principles. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1979. xii, 317 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear. $45. More
Jus Sigilli, Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four...
"His Majesties Four Principal Seales" [Brydall, John (b. 1635?)]. Jus Sigilli: Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four Principal Seales, Viz. The Great Seale, The Privie Seale, The Exchequer Seale, And the Signet. Also of Those Grand Officers, to Whose Custody These Seales are Committed. London: Printed by..... More
Frontiers of Civil Liberties.
Dorsen, Norman. Frontiers of Civil Liberties. New York: Pantheon Books, [1968]. xxvi, 420 pp. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket with faded spine, authotr inscription to front free endpaper. $5. More
An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Distinguishing...
Includes a List of the Trustees and Commissioners of the Colony of Georgia [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Distinguishing by the Following Marks The Knights of the Garter; Knights of the Bath, The Peers of Scotland; Knts of the Thistle, Those Under Age;..... More
Women Lawyers, Perspectives on Success.
Couric, Emily, Editor. Women Lawyers: Perspectives on Success. New York: Law & Business/Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1984. x, 259 pp. Portraits. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket, editor presentation inscription to front free endpaper. $15. More
Legal Tender, A Lawyer's Guide to Handling Professional Dilemmas.
Fox, Lawrence J. Legal Tender: A Lawyer's Guide to Handling Professional Dilemmas. Chicago: Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, [1995]. xiii, 317 pp. Softbound, light shelefwear, author presentation inscription to title page. $10. More
For the Rights of Men.
Carmer, Carl. For the Rights of Men. New York: Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, 1947. 64 pp. Illustrations. Cloth light shelfwear, author signature to title page. $15. More
Anno Regni Gulielmi III Regis, Septimo, 1695.
Public and Private Acts of Parliament, 1695-1696 [Great Britain]. William III [1650-1702], King of England. Anno Regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Septimo. At the Parliament Begun at Westminster the Two and Twentieth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1695. In the Seventh Year of the Reign of..... More
Lex Mercatoria: or, The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the...
With A "Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms" [Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)]. Lex Mercatoria: Or, The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes Relating to Merchandize. Wherein Our Trade with Foreign Nations, and Trade in General Amongst Our Selves, With What Belongs to Particular Companies, and all Maritime Affairs, in..... More