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The Countrey Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices...
Dalton, Michael. The Countrey Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace out of their Sessions: Gathered for the better help of such Justices of Peace as have not been much covenant in the study of the Laws of the Realm: Now again enlarged with many Precedents and..... More
The Federalist. Reprint of 1788 Hanover-Square First Ed. 2 vols in 1
Hamilton, Alexander [1755-1804]. Madison, [1751-1836]. Jay, John [1745-1829]. The Federalist: A Collection of essays Written in Favor of the New Constitution. New York: Printed and Sold by J. and A. McLean, No. 41 Hanover-Square, 1788. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, [1983]. Two volumes bound as one. Brown calf with decorative..... More
Commonplace Book, London?, c 1722.
Extracts from Hawkins's Abridgment of Coke on Littleton [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. Commonplace Book [Spine Title]. [London?, c.1722]. [4], 158, [~350 blank] ff. Folio (14-3/4" x 9-1/2"). Contemporary reverse calf, blind fillets and corner fleurons to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges..... More
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. 2 Volumes.
Pollock, Frederick [1845-1937] and Frederic William Maitland [1850-1906]. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. Second Edition. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1899. Reprint. New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1982. 2 volumes. Calf, decorative gilt-stamping, raised bands, gilt edges, ribbon markers, marbled endpapers. Bookplates on..... More
The Spirit of Liberty. [with] The Bill of Rights. 2 vols. in 1 book
Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected, and with an Introduction and Notes, by Irving Dilliard. Third Edition, Enlarged. [Together with] The Bill of Rights. The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 1958 by Learned Hand. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1989. Frontispiece. xxx..... More
Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the...
Tansill, Charles. James Madison. Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States. Washington: Government Printing Office 1927. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 1989. Illustrations. 1,115 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine..... More
The Clerk's Magazine, Or Law-Repository, Containing: A Variety of...
Guidance for Young Clerks [Practitioner in the Law]. The Clerk's Magazine, Or Law-Repository. Containing: A Variety of the Most Useful Precedents [...] With Necessary Directions for Making Distresses for Rent, &c. As the Law Between Landlord and Tenant Now Stands. To Which is Added, The Doctrine of Fines and Recoveries..... More
Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen...
New York City in 1817 [New York City]. Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, And Commonalty of the City of New-York, By Common Council Convened, During the Mayoralty of Jacob Radcliff. To Which is Added, The Law of the State of New-York Relative to the Transportation..... More
Studies in Biblical Law.
Daube, David. Studies in Biblical Law. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1947. viii, 328 pp. Reprint Legal Classics Library, 2002. Full decorative black calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, silk ribbon page marker. Bookplate on front pastedown else fine. $45. * Daube [1909-1999], a formidably learned scholar who held doctorates..... More
Shaping the Common Law: From Glanville to Hale, 1188-1688.
Barnes, Thomas Garden. Shaping the Common Law: From Glanville to Hale, 1188-1688. Edited and With an Introduction by Allen D. Boyer. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008. Reprint. The Legal Classics Library, 2008. xii, 10, 282 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Bookplate..... 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. Reprinted by Legal Classics Library, 2001. xii, 403 pp. Full decorative calf, extra gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Silk ribbon bookmarker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $40. * A collection..... More
Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning...
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb [1879-1918]. Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning and Other Legal Essays. Edited by Walter Wheeler Cook. Foreword by Arthur L. Corbin. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Reprint. [Delanco: The Legal Classics Library, 2003]. 420 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled..... More
A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the...
Cooley, Thomas M. [1824-1898]. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1868. Reprint. Legal Classics Library, [1987]. xlvii, 720 pp. Full calf, extra gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon..... More
Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review.
Ely, John Hart. Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980. Reprint. [Delran]: The Legal Classics Library, [2004]. viii, 268 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $50. * Ely's influential study..... More
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Books I-IV.
Hooker, Richard. Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Books I-IV. London: J. M. Dent & Co, and in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., [n.d.]. xix, 429 pp. Reprinted 1998 by the Legal Classics Library. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate..... More
Democracy in America.
Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. With an Original Preface and Notes by John C. Spencer. New York: Adlard and Saunders, 1838. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 1988. xxx, 464 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on..... More
Bloodtaking and Peacemaking. Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland.
Miller, William Ian. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking. Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, [1990]. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 2014. With a Special Introduction by Carl Richard. Signed by the author, Willian Ian Miller, on the half-title page. Full calf, extra gilt, all..... More
State Trials for High Treason: Containing the Trial of Thomas Hardy...
A Treason Trial Inspired by Fear of the French Revolution [Trials]. Hardy, Thomas [1752-1832], Defendant. State Trials for High Treason. Containing the Trial of Thomas Hardy. To Which is Prefixed Lord Chief Justice Eyre's Charge to the Grand Jury. With I. Names of the Grand Jury. II. Proceedings on Finding..... More
Le Tierce Part des Reportes del Edward Coke Lattorney Generall...
First Edition of the Third Part of Coke's Reports Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Le Tierce Part des Reportes del Edward Coke Lattorney Generall le Roigne, de Diuers Resolutions & Iudgements Donnes auec Graund Deliberation, per les Tresreuerend Iudges, & Sages de la Ley, De Cases et Matters en Ley, Queux..... More
An Introduction to the Knowledge of the Stile of Writs, Simple...
A Classic Scottish Treatise on Writs, Forms and Other Aspects of Legal Composition Spottiswood, John. An Introduction to the Knowledge of the Stile of Writs, Simple and Compound, Made Use of in Scotland: Containing Directions for Drawing Securities, In Cases Which Most Commonly Occur, With Examples According to the Best..... More
A Valuable Assistant to Every Man, Or, The American Clerk's Magazine..
Printed by Isaiah Thomas Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. A Valuable Assistant to Every Man: Or, The American Clerk's Magazine. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Forms of Writings, Which Commonly Occur Between Man and Man, Under the Names of Acquittances, Agreements, Assignments, Awards, Bargains, Bills, Bonds, Complaints, Conveyances, Covenants, Deeds, Feoffments..... More
The Law of War and Peace. [English] Translation F.W. Kelsey
Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. [Scott, James Brown (1866-1943), Introduction]. De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres. The Law of War and Peace. The [English] Translation of the 1646 Amsterdam edition by Johan Blaeu, by Francis W. Kelsey With the Collaboration of Arthur E.R. Boak, Henry A. Sanders, Jesse S. Reeves and..... More
A Collection from The Legal Classics Library of 20 titles in 21 books
[Legal Classics Library]. A Collection of 20 titles, in 21 books. Gryphon Editions. The Legal Classics Library, 1982-2005. All volumes full calf, with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and ribbon page markers. Bookplates on front pastedowns, else fine. $500. Titles in this collection: 1. Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston, 1796.
First American Edition of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston: From the Press of Samuel Etheridge, for John West, 1796. 178, [1] pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title and author name to spine, colored..... More
The Countrey Justice, Containing the Practice of the Justices of...
A Landmark Treatise on Justices of the Peace Dalton, Michael. The Countrey Justice: Containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace Out of Their Sessions. Gathered for the Better Help of Such Justices of Peace, As Have Not Been Much Conversant in the Study of the Laws of This..... More