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A Briefe Declaration for What Manner of Speciall Nusance Concerning...
Quality of Life Issues in Seventeenth-Century London [Real Property]. [Great Britain]. A Briefe Declaration for What Manner of Speciall Nusance Concerning Private Dwelling Houses, A Man May Have His Remedy by Assise, Or Other Action as the Case Requires. Unfolded in the Arguments, And Opinions of Foure Famous Sages of..... More
The Englishman's Right, A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law...
A Significant Work on the Right to Trial by Jury Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. [Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)]. The Englishman's Right: A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law, and a Juryman; Plainly Setting Forth, I. The Antiquity, II. The Excellent Designed Use, III. The Office and Just Privileges of Juries, By..... More
De Duellis, Licit & Illicitis, Liber Singularis.
A Scarce Seventeenth-Century Treatise on Duelling Voet, Paul [1619-1667]. De Duellis, Licit & Illicitis, Liber Singularis. Utrecht: Ex Officina Gisberti a Zyll, 1646. [viii], 256 [i.e. 265], [5] pp. 12mo. (5" x 3"). Contemporary vellum with lapped edges. Small cut to front board, spine ends bumped, some wear to corners..... More
A Book About Lawyers. London, 1867. 2 vols. Extra Illustrated Copy.
Handsome Extra-Illustrated Copy Jeaffreson, John Cordy [1831-1901]. A Book About Lawyers. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. Two volumes. vii, [1], 384; vii, [1], 431 pp. Extra-illustrated with 74 engraved plates, some inlaid to size, 2 inserted as frontispieces. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt spine..... More
An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents.
"A Very Valuable Treatise on that Very Intricate and Important Subject" Watkins, Charles [d.1808]. Vidal, Robert Studley, Editor. An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents; With an Appendix on the Distribution of the Personal Effects of Intestates. Corrected and Enlarged from the Author's Papers, And Further..... More
The History and Practice of Civil Actions Particularly in the Court...
Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The History and Practice of Civil Actions, Particularly In the Court of Common Pleas. Being an Historical Account of the Parts and Order of Judicial Proceedings, Viz. Writs, Appearances, Bail, Declarations, Pleadings, Issues, Trials, Verdicts, Judgments, Error and Costs; With the Several Changes Introduced into These..... More
The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners Appointed to Frame...
First Edition of the Nakaz in English Catherine II [1729-1796], Empress of Russia Tatichtchev, Mikhail, Translator. The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners Appointed to Frame a New Code of Laws for the Russian Empire: Composed by Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II, Empress of All the Russias. To Which is Prefixed..... More
Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined...
An Appealing Copy of an Uncommon Volume of Exchequer Reports Parker, Thomas [1695?-1784], Reporter. Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, From Easter Term 1743, To Hilary Term 1767. With an Appendix, Containing Cases Upon the Same Subject in Former Reigns. With Two..... More
Law and the Social Order: Essays in Legal Philosophy
Cohen, Morris. Law and the Social Order: Essays in Legal Philosophy. Harcourt, Brace, and Company: New York, 1933. The Legal Classics Library reprint, 2001. xii, 403 pp. Full decorative calf, extra gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Silk ribbon bookmarker. Fine. $65. More
The Modern Corporation and Private Property.
A Classic Study of American Corporation Law Berle, Adolf A., Jr. Means, Gardiner C. The Modern Corporation and Private Property. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. xiii, [3], 396 pp. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Light rubbing to extremities, tiny stain to front board, spine title..... More
Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court, Volume I.
Thorne, Samuel E. Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court, Volume I. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 71 for 1952. London: Bernard Quartich, 1954. cxlvi, 274 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Light wear. Very..... More
Political Theories of the Middle Ages. Translated with an...
Gierke, Otto. Political Theories of the Middle Ages. Translated with an introduction by Frederick William Maitland. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1913. Reprinted Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 2001. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $35. * Gierke's masterful analysis..... More
The Ages of American Law. First Edition, New Haven, 1977.
A Classic Essay on American Legal History Gilmore, Grant. The Ages of American Law. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. x, 154 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled and moderatly edgeworn dust jacket. Light toning to interior, small bookseller sticker to front pastedown (behind flap of dust jacket), owner signature to..... More
The Statutes at Large, 37 Volumes in 39 Books, Macclesfield Library...
The Notably Handsome Macclesfield Library Set Pickering, Danby, Compiler. The Statutes at Large, From Magna Charta To the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761. Carefully Collated and Revised, With References, A Preface, And a New and Accurate Index to the Whole. Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham;..... More
A Report of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States...
First-Edition Copy of a Report of Dred Scott v. Sandford with a Notable Association [Trial]. [Dred Scott]. Howard, Benjamin C. [1791-1872], Reporter. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, And the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, In the Case of Dred Scott Versus John..... More
La Nouvelle Natura Brevium du Iuge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthoine...
Sir Christopher Yelverton's Heavily Annotated Copy Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. Rastell, William [1508-1565], Editor. La Nouvelle Natura Brevium du Iuge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthoine Fitzherbert Dernierement Renevve [sic] et Corrigee per Laucteur avecques Une Table Parfaicte des Choses Notables Contenues en Ycelle Nouvelleme[n]t Composee par Guilliaulme Rastell et Iammais par cy..... More
Considerations Upon the Institution of Marriage, With Some Thoughts...
"The Force and Obligations of the Matrimonial Contract" [Booth, George, Earl of Warrington (1675-1758)]. Considerations Upon the Institution of Marriage. With Some Thoughts Concerning the Force and Obligation of the Matrimonial Contract. Wherein is Considered, How Far Divorces May, Or Ought to be Allowed. By a Gentleman. Humbly Submitted to..... More
Star-Chamber Cases, Shewing What Causes Properly Belong to the...
An Important Study of the Court of Star Chamber Crompton, [Richard] [fl. 1573-1599]. Star-Chamber Cases. Shewing What Causes Properly Belong to the Cognizance of That Court. Collected for the Most Part Out of Mr. Crompton, His Booke, Entituled The Jurisdiction of Divers Courts. London: Printed by I.O for Iohn Grove..... More
Particulars of the Trial and Execution of James Hills and William...
A Horribly Botched Robbery of an Elderly Widow [Broadside]. [Executions]. Hills, James [d.1836]. Harley, William [d.1836]. Particulars of the Trial and Execution of James Hills and William Harley, Who Were Executed at Horsemonger-Lane Prison this Morning. [London]: Birt, Printer, 39, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, [1836]. 14" x 8-1/2"..... More
Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth.
One of Several Different Accounts of a "Barbarous and Awful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Wood, John Henry [d.1833]. Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, Near the City of Chester, By Her Own Son, John Wood Who Cut Her Throat from Ear to Ear; How the..... More
A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture...
The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto..... More
An Abridgment of the Publick Statutes of Ireland, Now in General Use.
Ireland in the Mid-Eighteenth Century [Ireland]. Bullingbrooke, Edward, Compiler. An Abridgment of the Publick Statutes of Ireland, Now in Force and of General Use: And Also of Such English and British Statutes as Relate to and Bind Ireland, From Magna Charta to the Sixth Year of the Reign of His..... More
Trial and Conviction of Dr Stephen T Beale; With the Letters...
Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist [Trial]. Beale, Stephen T., Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis, And Judges Black and Woodward, On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases, And the Letters of Prof. Gibson, Prof. Wiltbank, Wm. Badger, Esq., W.L. Hirst..... More
A Treatise on the Law of War, Philadelphia, 1810.
Du Ponceau's Translation of De Rebus Bellicus Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen [1760-1844], Editor and Translator. A Treatise on the Law of War: Being the First Book of His Quaestiones Juris Publici. Translated From the Original Latin with Notes, by Peter Stephen du Ponceau. Philadelphia: Published by..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Watercourses, With an Appendix, Containing...
Angell's Classic Treatise on Watercourses [C] Angell, Joseph K. [1794-1857]. A Treatise on the Law of Watercourses. With an Appendix, Containing Statutes of Flowing, And Forms of Declarations. Revised, And Containing References to New Adjudged Cases. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1840. xxvi, 224, 31 pp. Octavo (8-3/4"..... More