Murray, Anthony and Edwin G. Quattlebaum III. Justice Holmes: The Measure of His Thought. xi, 196 pp., 38 b&w illustrations. Clark, NJ: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-388-1. ISBN-10: 1-61619-388-3. Hardcover. Bar code label on rear cover. Else fine. $52. * Written in a...... More about Justice Holmes: The Measure of His Thought
Account Book of a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Jurist [Manuscript]. Vredenburgh, Peter [1805-1873]. [Account Book]. Freehold, NJ, 1829-1839. 231, [13] pp. Oblong octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Reversed calf, black-stamped frames to boards. Light rubbing and some scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges with wear to corners... More about Account Book, Freehold, New Jersey, 1805-1873
Hsia, R. Po-Chia. Trent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder. New Haven: Yale University Press in cooperation with Yeshiva University Library, 1992. xxvi, 173 pp., illustrations. Cloth in a fine dust jacket, internally clean. $65. * On Easter Sunday, 1475, the dead body of a two-year-old boy named Simon was... More about Trent 1475, Stories of a Ritual Murder
Inspiration for the Salem Witchcraft Trial? [Trial]. Cullender, Rose [d. 1665], Defendant. Duny, Amy [d. 1665], Defendant. Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676], Judge. A Tryal of Witches, At the Assizes Held at Bury St. Edmonds for the County of Suffolk; On the Tenth Day of March, 1664. Before Sir Matthew Hale... More about A Tryal of Witches, at the Assizes held at Bury St. Edmonds for
A 1694 Proposal to Reform the Taxation of Maritime Cargoes [Crosfeild, Robert]. Truth Brought to Light: Or, The Corrupt Practices of Some Persons at Court Laid Open. Whereby Their Majesties, And the Kingdom, Have Been Prejudiced Near One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds this Year; Besides Other Evils that Have... More about Truth Brought to Light, Or, The Corrupt Practices of Some Persons
Jus Divinum or Jus Divinum Regum? Carter, John. Vindiciae Decimarum. Of Tithes, A Plea for the Ius Divinum. Drawne from the Text. London: T. Cotes, 1640. (iv), 56 pp. First leaf blank. Quarto (7" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to... More about Vindiciae Decimarum, Of Tithes, a Plea for the Ius Divinum, Drawne
Hsia, R. Po-Chia. Trent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder. New Haven: Yale University Press in cooperation with Yeshiva University Library, 1992. xxvi, 173 pp., illustrations. Cloth in a fine dust jacket, internally clean. $65. * On Easter Sunday, 1475, the dead body of a two-year-old boy named Simon was... More about Trent 1475, Stories of a Ritual Murder
First Edition of a Classic Study of International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflict Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Quaestionum Juris Publici, Libri Duo, Quorum Primus Est de Rebus Bellicis, Secundus de Rebus Varii Argumenti. Leiden: J.V. Kerckhem, 1737. [xxiv], 384, [32] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary calf, rebacked... More about Quaestionum Juris Publici, Libri Duo, Quorum Primus Est de Rebus
Compiled Laws of Antigua in Force in 1865 [Antigua]. The Laws of Antigua: Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands in Force in Antigua and the Acts of Antigua from 20 Car. 2., 1668, to 28 Vict., 1864, With Table of Acts, Index of Subject Matter, And Alphabetical Index... More about The Laws of Antigua, Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands
Signed and Inscribed to Harpo Marx and His Wife Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company. [1960]. Sixth printing. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in price-clipped dust jacket with some edgwear and minor chips and... More about Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Inscribed by Frankfurter to Harpo Marx
Connecting the "Systems of Lawyers and Philosophers" Bellers, Fettiplace [1687-c.1750]. A Delineation of Universal Law: Being an Abstract of an Essay Towards Deducing the Elements of Universal Law, from the First Principles of Knowlwdge, and the Nature of Things: in a Methodical and Connected Series. In Five books. I. Of... More about A Delineation of Universal Law, Being an Abstract of an Essay Towards
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An Important Forerunner to Grotius Ayala, Balthazar [1548-1584]. De Iure & Officiis Bellicis, & Disciplina Militari, Libri III. Antwerp: Ex Officina Martini Nutii, 1597. [xvi], 405 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Later library cloth, read and black calf lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine, endpapers added. Light shelfwear... More about De Iure [Jure] & Officiis Bellicis, & Disciplina Militari, Libri III
A Group of Galveston Lawyers Attempt to Put One of their Colleagues on the Federal Bench [Manuscript]. [Galveston, Texas]. [Goddard, William H.]. [Manuscript Letters from Members of the Galveston Bar Recommending William H. Goddard for a Judgeship]. Galveston, TX, June 25 [and] June 29, 1870. 4 pp. 13-1/2" x 8-1/4."... More about Draft Letters by Members of the Galvaston Bar Recommending William H
The First Compilation of Alaskan Laws Carter, Thomas H. The Laws of Alaska: Embracing the Penal Code, The Code of Criminal Procedure, The Political Code. The Code of Civil Procedure, And the Civil Code. With the Treaty of Cession, And all Acts and Parts of Acts Relating to the District... More about The Laws of Alaska, Embracing the Penal Code, The Code of Criminal
Nineteenth-Century Digest of New York Charity and Insanity Laws Cumming, Robert C. Gilbert, Frank B. The Poor, Insanity and State Charities Laws: Containing the Poor Law; The Insanity Law; The State Charities Law; The Support of Bastards and Provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Relative to Bastardy Proceedings, Abandonment... More about The Poor, Insanity and State Charities Laws, Containing the Poor
Well-Illustrated Digest of the Military Law and Practice of the Holy Roman Empire Fronsberger, Leonhardt. [Amman, Jost (1539-1591), Plates]. Von Kayserlichem Krieg rechten, Malefitz und Schuldhandlen, Ordnung und Regiment: Samt Derselbigen unnd Andern hoch oder Niderigen Beuelch, Bestallung, Staht und Empter, zu Rossz und Fu , An Geschutz und Munition... More about Von Kayserlichem Kriegssrechten, Malefitz und Schuldhandlen
1884 Digest of Laws Concerning the Insane Harrison, George L. [1811-1885]. Legislation on Insanity: A Collection of All the Lunacy Laws of the States and Territories of the United States to the Year 1883, Inclusive. Also the Laws of England on Insanity, Legislation in Canada on Private Houses, And Important... More about Legislation on Insanity, A Collection of all the Lunacy Laws of the
New York City at the End of the Civil War Hoffman, Murray [1791-1878]. A Digest of the Charters, Statutes and Ordinances of, and Relating to, the Corporation of the City of New York, the Organization of the County, and to Other Bodies or Officers Connected with the Government of Such... More about A Digest of the Charters, Statutes and Ordinances of, and Relating
The Most Comprehensive Attack on the Dred Scott Decision Published Before the Civil War [Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858)]. Historical and Legal Examination of That Part of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott Case, Which Declares the Unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act... More about Historical and Legal Examination of that Part of the Decision of
Greiner's Annotated Edition of the Louisiana Code of Practice [Louisiana]. Greiner, M[einrad], Editor. Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana, Containing Rules of Procedure in Civil Actions; With an Abstract of the Decisions of the Supreme Court, Placed Under the Appropriate Articles in the Code; To Which is Appended..... More about Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana, Containing Rules of
Pennsylvania Fees for Justices and Constables in 1814 [Broadside]. [Pennsylvania]. Justices' Fee Bill, According to Act of Assembly, Of March, 1814. Williamsport, PA: Printed by Simpson & Gale, [1814]. 10" x 8" broadside, text in parallel columns. Moderate toning, light foxing, vertical and horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. $450. *... More about Justices' Fee Bill, According to Act of Assembly, Of March, 1814
The Only Digest of Indian Territory Statutes Carter, Dorset, Compiler. Annotated Statutes of the Indian Territory: Embracing All Laws of a General and Permanent Character in Force at the Close of the Second Session of the Fifty-Fifth Congress. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1899. lxxxiv, 1149 pp. Octavo (10" x.... More about Annotated Statutes of the Indian Territory, Embracing all Laws of a
Thurgood Marshall Poses with His Family Marshall, Thurgood [1908-1993]. [6" x 9-1/2" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Marshall and His Family]. [(New York): AP Wirephoto, (September 4), 1967]. Light rubbing to edges, caption to left of image, with Marshall's name circled in ink, stamps to verso. $100. * The caption... More about 8" x 9-1/2" Black-And-White Press Photograph of Justice Marshall
Justice Jackson at the Time of the Nuremberg Trials Jackson, Robert H. [1892-1954]. [6" x 8" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Jackson]. [Washington, DC: Acme Newspictures, June 2, 1945]. Light crinkling, light rubbing to edges, tipped-in caption, stamps and annotations to verso. $100. * The caption reads: "Justice Jackson Reports... More about 6" x 8" Black-And-White Press Photograph of Justice Murphy
Frank Murphy is Sworn In as a Supreme Court Justice Murphy, Frank [1890-1949]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Swearing in of Justice Murphy]. [Washington, DC: Acme Newspictures, January 18, 1940]. Light rubbing to edges, tipped-in caption and stamp to verso. $100. * The caption reads: "In the... More about 7" x 9" Black-And-White Press Photograph of Justice Murphy