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A Compendium of the Crown Laws, Contained in Three Charges Given...
Grand Jurors are Defenders of English Liberty Bulstrode, Whitlocke [1650-1724]. A Compendium of the Crown Laws, Contained in Three Charges Given by Whitelocke Bulstrode, Esq; At Westminster; And Publish'd at the Desire of the Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace for Middlesex, And of the Several Juries. With an..... More
Expositiones Sive Declarationes Omnium Titulorum Iuris tam Civilis...
1511 Edition of a Classic Fifteenth-Century Textbook Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. [Panaetius, Lucas, Editor]. Expositiones Sive Declarationes O[mn]iu[m] Titulo[rum] tam Iuris Civilis Q[uam] Canonici: P[er] D. Sebastianu[m] Brant I[n]geniose Collecte. Una cu[m] Excellentissimi Doctoris Joa[n]nis Baptiste de Cazalupis de Sancto Severini Insigni Tractatu de Modo Stude[n]di..... More
Decretales D Gregorii Papae IX, Cum Glossis Diversorum, Veterum...
An Edition of the Decretals of Gregory IX "Ad Exemplar Romanum Diligenter Recognitae" Gregory IX, Pope [1227-1241]. Raymond of Penaforte, Saint [1175?-1275], Compiler. [Bottoni, Bernardo (d.1266), Glosses]. [D'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-1348), Glosses]. [Bolognini, Lodovico, Margarita Decreti]. Decretales D. Gregorii Papae IX. Cum Glossis Diversorum, Veterum et Autheticorum Codicum Operedintegratae. Ad Exemplar..... More
No Shooting on These Premises, Phoenix, c.1920's, Linen 12" x 8-3/4."
Put that Gun Away [Broadside]. [Arizona]. No Shooting on These Premises. Phoenix, AZ: G.G. Morgan Ptg. Co., c.1920. 12" x 8-3/4" broadside printed on linen cloth. Light soiling, light fraying to edges. A curious item. $250. * This broadside was issued in the early years of Arizona's statehood. Today, Arizona..... More
Code Civil des Francais, Entierement Conforme a l'Edition Originale
Rare Interleaved 1804 Edition of the Code Napoleon with Extensive Contemporary Annotations [Code Napoleon]. Code Civil des Francais, Entierement Conforme a l'Edition Originale Precede de la Table des Titres: Suivi des Lois Transitoires; Du Tableau des Distances de Paris aux Chefs-Lieux des Departements et d'une Table Alphabetique des Matieres. Paris..... More
Jurisprudence. 5 Vols.
Pound, Roscoe. Jurisprudence. Originally published: St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1959. 5 volumes. xxvii, 547; xv, 466; xv, 738; xv, 543; xv, 855 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771197; ISBN-10: 1584771194. Hardcover. Small tears to first few pages of Vol. I. Else very good..... More
Lois Europeennes et Americaines sur les Chemins de Fer...
Scarce 1837 Compilation of European and American Railroad Laws Smith, [Valentin]. Chevalier, Michel. Gervoy, M. Lois Europeennes et Americaines sur les Chemins de Fer, Par M. Smith, Conseiller a la Cour Royale de Riom et Membre du Conseil General de la Loire; Avec une Lettre Adressee a Directeur-General des Ponts-et-Chaussees..... More
Introductory Lecture Before the Law School, Greensboro, NC, 1880.
"The Laws of the Ancient Hebrews" Dick, Robert Paine [1823-1898]. Introductory Lecture By Hon. Robert P. Dick, U.S. District Judge. Before The Law School, Greensboro, N.C. Before The Law School, Greensboro, N.C. At Second Session, 1880. Greensboro, NC: Jos. M. Reece, 1880. 20, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched..... More
My First Execution, New York, c 1924.
A Rabbi Describes His Experience of Witnessing an Execution at Sing Sing Katz, Jacob. My First Execution. [New York]: S.n., c.1924. Stapled 8" x 5" pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Light soiling, mild edgewear, a few small chips to corners, wrappers almost detached, clean tear to front wrapper, light browning to..... More
$250 Reward, The Above Reward Will be Paid to the Person of Persons...
Nassau County Reward Poster from 1901 [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Nassau County, New York]. $250 Reward. The Above Reward Will be Paid to the Person or Persons Who Will Deliver Into My Custody John Bausch the Alleged Murderer of Arthur Gschwind. Mineola, NY: S.n., May 18, 1901. 19-3/4" x 12" broadside, main..... More
A Treatise on Discovery of Evidence, by Bill and Answer, in Equity
"It Is Not Merely Practical, But in Many Parts Highly Scientific" Hare, Thomas [1806-1891]. A Treatise on Discovery of Evidence by Bill and Answer in Equity. New York: Halsted and Voorhies, 1836. xxxiii, 316 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets..... More
An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries...
Appendix Volume to Bell's American Blackstone Containing a Group of Essays on Religious Liberty Priestley, Joseph [1733-1804]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Furneaux, Philip [1726-1783]. Foster, Sir Michael [1689-1763]. Murray, William, Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793)]. An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. Containing, I. Priestley's..... More
Les Loyx et Statuts du Pay de Vaud, Et Les Principales Ordonnances...
Comprehensive Eighteenth-Century Manuscript Commentary on a Swiss Coutume [Manuscript]. [Switzerland]. [Customary Law]. Les Loyx et Statuts du Pay de Vaud, Et Les Principales Ordonnances & Mandats Souverains. Avec un Repertoire Tres Exact. [Bern?]: S.n, 1722. 295 pp., quarto (7-1/2" x 5"), interleaved in 18th-century manuscript, c. 350 ff., folio (13"..... More
Volumen, Complectitur Hoc Volumen (Sic Enim Peculiari Vocabulo Vocant.
An Attractive Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. La Porte, Hugues de, Compiler. Vincent, Antoine, Compiler. Volumen: Complectitur hoc Volumen (Sic Enim Peculiari Vocabulo Vocant) Novellas Constitutiones Iustiniani Principis Post Repetitam Codicis Prelectionem Editas, Authentica Vulgo Appellant, Tres Item Posteriores..... More
Theophilus Renovatus, Sive Levis ac Simplex via ad Institutiones...
A Scarce Edition of Theophilus's Paraphrase of the Institutes Galtier, Daniel de, Editor. [Theophilus, Antecessor (6th-7th c. CE)]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Theophilus Renovatus, Sive Levis ac Simplex via ad Institutiones Juris Civilis. Cum Duplici Indice. Prior Continet Principia Juris, Suis Auctoritatibus Fulta. Alter Vero est..... More
Digestorum seu Pandectarum Libri Quinquaginta ex Pandectis...
Annotated by a French Nobleman [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Hotman, Francois [1524-1590], Editor. Digestorum seu Pandectarum Libri Quinquaginta ex Pandectis Florentinis Nuper in Lucem Emissis, Quoadeius Fieri Potuit, Repraesentati, & In Septem Partes Justiniani Sententia Distincti, Adjectis Brevibus Francisci Hotomanni Parisiensis I.C. Clarissimi Summariis. Paris: Apud..... More
Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam...
Copy of a Notable Study of German Feudal and Customary Law Interleaved and Annotated by an Austrian Noble and State Official Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam Auditorum Collectum, Ac Methodo Institutionum Dispositum. Editio V. Auctior & Correctior Accessit Index Rerum Praecipuarum, Et Appendix..... More
De Legationibus, Libri Tres, Omnibus Omnium Ordinum Studiosis...
"The First True Scholar and Writer on Modern International Law" Gentili, Alberico [1552-1608]. De Legationibus, Libri Tres. Omnibus Omnium Ordinum Studiosis, Praecipue Vero Iuris Civilis Lectu Utiles, Ac Maxime Necessarii. Hanover: Apud Guilielmum Antonium, 1594. [xvi], 231, [1] pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary flexible vellum, blind rules to boards..... More
Tractatus de Pignoribus et Hypothecis... First Edition, Bologna, 1526
First Edition of a Standard Work on Pledges and Mortgages Negusanti, Antonio [1465-1528]. Tractatus de Pignoribus et Hypothecis Domini Antonii Negusantii de Fano. [Bologna: Characteribus Cynthii Achillini excussa, 11 Augusti 1526]. [xii], 68, [2] ff. Text (except dedication) in parallel columns. Main text preceded by index (Repertorium). Folio (14-1/2" x...... More
An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason.
Parliament Defends Its Case Against the Earl of Strafford St. John, Oliver [1598?-1673]. [Wentworth, Thomas, First Earl of Strafford (1593-1641)]. An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason of Thomas Earle of Strafford: At a Conference in a Committe of Both Houses of Parliament. By Mr. St..... More
Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate
Angell, Joseph K., and Samuel Ames. [Lathrop, John, Editor]. Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861. lvi, 810 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774730; ISBN-10: 1584774738. Hardcover cloth. New. $31.95 * Reprint of..... More
The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy: An Historical Essay...
McIlwain, Charles Howard. The High Court of Parliament and Its Supremacy: An Historical Essay on the Boundaries Between Legislation and Adjudication in England. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1910. xxi, 408 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773887; ISBN-10: 158477388X. Hardcover cloth. Cover lightly..... More
Decretum Gratiani Emendatum et Notationibus Illustratum una cum...
Impressive Early Post-Tridentine Edition of Gratian Gratian, the Canonist [c.1090-c.1160]. [Johannes Teutonicus (d.1253), Glossator]. [Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator]. [Bolognini, Lodovico (1446-1508), Editor]. Decretum Gratiani Emendatum et Notationibus Illustratum una cum Glossis. Cum Privilegio Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. & Aliorum Principum. Permittente Sede Apostolica; Atque cum Populi Romani Licentia. Venice..... More
De Officio Hominis et Civis, Juxta Legem Naturalem, Libri Duo.
Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von [1632-1694]. Carmichael, Gerschom [1672-1729], Editor. De Officio Hominis et Civis, Juxta Legem Naturalem, Libri Duo. Supplementis & Observationibus in Academicae Juventutis usum Auxit & Illustravit Gerschomus Carmichael. Basel: Impensis Joannis Brandmulleri, 1739. xxii, [16], 503, [3] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary vellum, title panel to..... More
Kent's Commentary on International Law, Revised with Notes and Cases..
James Kent on International Law Kent, James [1763-1847]. Abdy, J[ohn] T[homas] [1822-1899], Editor. Kent's Commentary on International Law, Revised with Notes and Cases Brought Down to the Present Time. Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co.; London: Stevens and Sons, 1866. xx, 484, 12 pp. Main text followed by 12-page publisher catalogue..... More