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The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial.
Langbein, John H. The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 362 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0199258888; ISBN-10: 0199258880. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettered spine in dust jacket. As new, excellent condition. $65. * The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial, which now typifies practice in Anglo-American..... More
The Spanish Origin of International Law, Francisco De Vitoria...
Study of Vitoria by a Leading Figure in Twentieth-Century International Law Scott, James Brown [1866-1943]. The Spanish Origin of International Law. Francisco De Vitoria and His Law of Nations. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press; London: Humphrey Milford, 1934. 19a, 288, [6], clviii pp. (10" x 7-3/4"). Engraved portrait frontispiece of..... More
The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals.
Llewellyn, Karl N. The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. viii, 565 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, with gilt stamped spine. Moderate shelfwear, previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Pencil underlining and marginal notes to about fifty pages. $35. * First edition. A thought-provoking book..... More
The Tribunall of the Conscience: Or, A Treatise of Examination...
"How a Christian Should Examine His Conscience" Mason, Henry [1575/6-1647]. The Tribunall of the Conscience: Or, A Treatise of Examination; Shewing Why and How a Christian Should Examine His Conscience, And Take an Account of His Life. The Second Edition, Reuised and Enlarged. London: Printed by G.P[urslowe] for Iohn Clarke..... More
Letters from Simkin the Second to his Dear Brother in Wales, for the..
The Trial of the Eighteenth Century Satirized in Verse [Broome, Ralph (d. 1805)]. [Hastings, Warren (1732-1818)]. Letters from Simkin the Second to his Dear Brother in Wales, For the Year 1792; Giving a Full and Circumstantial Account of All the Most Material Points Both in the Speeches of the Honourable..... More
Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Chancery, Argued and Determined.
The First Compilation of Illinois Supreme Court Cases Breese, Sidney [1800-1878]. Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Chancery, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, From its First Organization in 1819, To the End of December Term 1830. Kaskaskia: Printed by Robert K...... More
Choice Presidents Upon All Acts of Parliament, Relating to the Office.
A Popular and Respected English JP Manual Kilburne, Richard [1605-1678]. G.F. of Grays Inn, Editor. Choice Presidents Upon All Acts of Parliament, Relating to the Office and Duty of a Justice of Peace; Including those Made and Passed in the 10th and 11th Years of King William the Third. With..... More
Dundonnell Cause; Report of the Trial by Jury, Thomas Mackenzie, Esq..
A Notable Scottish Estate Case [Trial]. Roy, Robert, Defendant. MacGregor, Simon, Reporter. Dundonnell Cause. Report of the Trial by Jury, Thomas Mackenzie, Esq. Against Robert Roy, Esq. W.S. Reported by Simon MacGregor. May 11, 1830. Edinburgh: Printed for Daniel Lizars [by Ballantyne and Co.], 1830. 84 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x...... 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 and Freedom of Speech 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..... More
Public Acts Proclamations by the President Relating to the United...
Signed by Brandeis [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. United States Railroad Administration. Public Acts Proclamations by the President Relating to the United States Railroad Administration and General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Director General of Railroads. At head of title page: United States Railroad Administration Director General of Railroads Bulletin..... More
Arguments, And Decisions, In Remarkable Cases, Before the High Court.
Annotated Collection of Scottish Criminal Cases from 1536 to 1730 Dreghorn, John Maclaurin, Lord [1734-1796]. Arguments, And Decisions, In Remarkable Cases, Before the High Court of Justiciary, And Other Supreme Courts, in Scotland. Collected by Mr. Maclaurin. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, 1774. xv, [iv], xviii-xl, 776, [8] pp. Quarto..... More
Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices...
"Adapted to These United States" Parker, James [1714-1770], Compiler. Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, And Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace, &c. To Which Are Added..... More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, First Edition, Inscribed by Frankfurter.
A First Edition Inscribed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company. [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in lighly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket with some edgewear to extremities. Light toning to interior, presentation..... More
The Nature of the Judicial Process, First Edition, Third Printing.
Cardozo Most Influential Work Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Nature of the Judicial Process. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1922. 180 pp. Original publisher cloth, gilt title to spine, untrimmed edges. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, which are lightly bumped, bookseller ticket to front pastedown, signature of Kingman..... More
Remarks on the Trial of John-Peter Zenger, Printer of the New-York...
Two Attacks on the Legal Arguments for Freedom of the Press Presented by Zenger's Lawyer [Zenger, John Peter (1697-1746)]. [Hamilton, Andrew (c.1676-1741)]. Remarks on the Trial of John-Peter Zenger, Printer of the New-York Weekly Journal, Who was Lately Try'd and Acquitted for Printing and Publishing Two Libels Against the Government..... More
The Bishops Courts Dissolved: Or, The Law of England Touching...
An Outspoken Critic of the Ecclesiastical Courts [Whitaker, Edward]. The Bishops Courts Dissolved: Or, The Law of England Touching Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Stated. Wherein it Appears that the Spiritual Courts Want Both Power and Might to Execute Their Wills upon His Majesties Good Subjects At This Day. Being a Short and..... More
Miranda v Arizona, 348 US 436 (1966), A Landmark Decision.
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent..." [Supreme Court, United States]. Miranda v. Arizona, Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arizona in United States Reports 384 (October Term 1965), pp. 536-543. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1967. Publisher's original tan buckram, blind frames to boards, red and black lettering pieces..... More
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier et al, 484 US 260 (1988)...
Landmark Decision on Censorship and Free Speech [Supreme Court, United States]. [Censorship, Free Speech]. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier et al. in United States Reports 484 (October Term 1987), pp. 260-291. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1990. Publisher's original tan buckram, red and black lettering pieces to spine, "Property of..... More
A Report from the Lords Committees to Whom the Report and Original...
The Investigation of a Jacobite Conspirator [Great Britain]. Layer, Christopher [1683-1723]. A Report from the Lords Committees to Whom the Report and Original Papers Delivered by the House of Commons at Several Conferences were Referred, And who were Impowered by the House of Lords to Examine Christopher Layer, And Such..... More
The Trial of William Lord Byron, Baron Byron of Rochdale, For the...
"Duelling, That Absurd Relic of Gothic Barbarism; Which Still Compels Every Man to Risk His Life at Demand" [Trial]. Byron, William, Lord [1722-1798], Defendant. The Trial of William Lord Byron, Baron Byron of Rochdale, For the Murder of William Chaworth, Esq; Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In..... More
The Statutes at Large, From Magna Charta to the Seventh Year of King..
"This Collection of Statutes is Much Esteemed" Hawkins, William [1673-1746], Compiler. The Statutes at Large, From Magna Charta to the Seventh Year of King George the Second, Inclusive. In Six Volumes. London: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; And by E. and R. Nutt, and..... More
A Full Account of the Case of John Sayer, Esq; From the Time of His...
"The Consequences of Town Gallantry Are Always Fatal" [Trial]. [Great Britain]. Noble, Richard, Defendant [1684-1713]. A Full Account of the Case of John Sayer, Esq; From the Time of His Unhappy Marriage with his Wife, To His Death. Including the Whole Intrigue Between Mrs. Sayer and Mr. Noble; With Several..... More
Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae, A Synodo Verolamiensi...
A Landmark Study of the Medieval English Church, One of 500 Copies Wilkins, David [1685-1745]. Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae, A Synodo Verolamiensi A.D. CCCC XLVI. Ad Londinensem A.D. M DCCXVII. Accedunt Constitutiones et Alia ad Historiam Ecclesiae Anglicanae Spectantia: A Davide Wilkins, S. T. P. Archidiacono Suffolciensi, Et Canonico..... More
Gideon v Wainright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), A Landmark Decision.
"If You Cannot Afford an Attorney..." [Supreme Court, United States]. Gideon v. Wainright, Corrections Director, Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida in United States Reports 372 (October Term 1962), pp. 335-352. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1963. Publisher's original tan buckram, blind frames to boards, red and black lettering..... More
A Brief Account of the Powers Given to, And Exercised by, The...
A Rare Work on London's Burgess Court [Great Britain]. [Westminster Court of Burgesses]. A Brief Account of the Powers Given to, And Exercised by, The Burgess-Court of Westminster. And Some Reasons for Continuing and Enlarging those Powers, By Amending the Act of the 27th of Queen Elizabeth. [London]: [s.l.], c.1720..... More