Laws Concerning the "Morning Gift" Gundling, Nicolaus Hieronymus [1671-1729]. De Emptione Uxorum Dote et Morgengaba ex Iure Germanico Libellus Singularis: Cum Indicibus Autorum et Rerum. Leipzig: Ex Officina Langenhemiana, 1744. [ii], 150, [8] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Binding cocked, light soiling to exterior, title page partially... More
A Useful Reference to Terms Used in the Institutes of Gaius Zanzucchi, Pier Paolo. Vocabulario delle Istituzioni di Gaio, Milan. Milan: Dott. Francesco Villardi, [1910]. [iv], iii-vii, 131, [1] pp. Softbound, untrimmed edges. Light soiling and stains to wrappers, some wear to extremities, spine perished, front cover detached, preliminaries and... More
Fulford, Roger. The Trial of Queen Caroline. New York: Stein and Day, [1968]. 255 pp. Illustrations. Cloth hardcover in a worn dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. A fine copy. $10. * The unprecedented trial of Queen Caroline for adulterous relations with her majordomo, Bartolomo Pergami, in 1830, proved... More
Humanistic Biographies of the Great Jurists of Ancient Rome Rutilio, Bernardino [1504-1538]. Iuris Consultorum Vitae, Novissime Elimatae, & Mendis non Paucis, Quibus Scatebant, Repurgatae. Lyon: Germanum Rose, 1538. [xvi], 254, [1] pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary boards covered in vellum derived from medieval manuscript, later paper title label to... More
"The Clamour Raised Against the Common Law" Hopkinson, Joseph [1770-1842]. Considerations on the Abolition of the Common Law in the United States. Philadelphia: Published by William P. Farrand and Co., 1809. v, [6]-71 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled... More
Offenses Against Public Trade [Broadside]. Raine, J[ohn]. Forestalling Ingrossing and Regrating. Alnwick: Printed by J. Catnach, 1800. 10-3/4" x 8-3/4" broadside, text in single column below headline. Signed in type by Raine. Light toning, light soiling, two horizontal fold lines, a few minor stains, contemporary annotations to verso. A very... More
The Power of Chancery Courts in Matters of Paternal Custody [Beames, John (1781?-1853)]. Observations Upon the Power Exercised by the Court of Chancery, of Depriving a Father of the Custody of His Children. London: John Miller, 1828. 48 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning, negligible light... More
A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book" [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. [Vallange, John, Editor]. A Collection of Decisions, Of the Lords of Council and Session, In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661, To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller, President of the Colledge of Justice. The... More
A Guide to Nobility and Titles of Honor During the Reign of Queen Anne [Gosling, Robert, Attributed]. The Laws of Honour: Or, A Compendious Account of the Ancient Derivation of All Titles, Dignities, Offices, &c. As Well Spiritual as Temporal, Civil or Military. Shewing the Prerogative of the Crown, Privileges..... More
Impressive Compilation of Early English Laws Based on Spelman's Codex Legum Veterum, Thomas Jefferson Owned a Copy Wilkins, David [1685-1745]. Spelman, Henry [1564?-1641]. Leges Anglo-Saxonicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles. Accedunt Leges Edvardi Latinae, Guilielmi Conquestoris Gallo-Normannicae, Et Henrici I. Latinae. Subjungitur Domini Henr. Spelmanni Codex Legum Veterum Statutorum Regni Angliae, Quae... More
Heinzelman, Susan Sage. Riding the Black Ram. Law, Literature and Gender. Stanford Law Books, [2010]. xvi, 168 pp. Cloth hardcover, in a lightly worn dust jacket. ISBN: 9780804756808. Ex-library with property stamps to top page edges and small collection label at foot of title page, else very good. $15. *... More
Chancery Cases, 1724-1733 [Great Britain]. [Court of Chancery]. Select Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, Before the Late Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal, And the Late Lord Chancellor King. From the Year 1724 to 1733. With Two Tables, One of the Names of the Cases... More
Anderson, William C. A Dictionary of Law, Consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases, and Maxims, and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Chicago: T.H. Flood and Company, 1889. viii, 1140 pp. Reprinted 1996 by The Lawbook... More
With New Introduction by Samantha Power Lemkin, Raphael. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Originally published: Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law, 1944. xxiii (vii-xxiii new introductions), xxxviii, 674 pp. With a new introduction by Samantha Power, lecturer... More
Hoeflich, Michael H. and Justice Caleb Stegall, Co-Editors. Dissenting Opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia. xxvii, 554 pp. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2018. ISBN-13: 9781616195731. ISBN-10: 1616195738. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped and soiled. Else very good. $60. * During his thirty years on... More
Walton, Frederick Parker. Historical Introduction to the Roman Law. Originally published: Edinburgh, W. Green & Son, Limited, 1920. iii-vii (new introduction), xvi, 394 pp. With a new introduction by Michael H. Hoeflich, John H. & John M. Kane Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law. Reprinted 2016 by... More
Goss, John Dean. The History of Tariff Administration in the United States: From Colonial Times to the McKinley Administrative Bill. Originally published: New York: [Columbia University], 1891. 89 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190903; ISBN-10: 1616190906. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Else very good. $10.95 * Goss traces... More
An Excellent Introduction to English Legal History Maitland, Frederic William. Montague, Francis C. A Sketch of English Legal History. Edited with Notes and Appendices by James F. Colby. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. x, 234pp. Reprinted 1998, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363502; ISBN-10: 1886363501... More
Painstaking Reconstruction of Jefferson's Library Catalogue Gilreath, James, and Douglas L. Wilson, Editors. Thomas Jefferson's Library: A Catalog with the Entries in His Own Order. Originally published: Washington: Library of Congress. 1989. [10], 149 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190682; ISBN-10: 161619068X. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Else... More
National Association For The Advancement of Colored People. Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States 1889-1918. Originally published: New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Office, 1919. [ii], (iii-viii new introduction), 105 pp. Ill., maps. Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2012 with a New... More
With Introductory Essays by Samantha Power and William A. Schabas Lemkin, Raphael. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Originally published: Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law, 1944. xxxviii, 674 pp. Second Edition by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Introduction... More
"A Model for the Most Useful Form of Law Reports" Fergusson, James, Sir, Lord Kilkerran [1688-1759]. [Fergusson, George (1743-1827), Lord Hermand, Editor]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1738 to the Year 1752. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary. By Sir James Fergusson of... More
Forbes's Journal of the Session of Decisions, 1705-1713 Forbes, William [d. 1745]. A Journal of the Session. Containing the Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, In the Most Important Cases, Heard and Determin'd from February 1705, Till November 1713: And the Acts of Sederunt Made in that Time... More
Fountainhall's Decisions Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord [1646-1722]. The Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From June 6th, 1678, To July 30th, 1712. Collected by the Honourable Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, One of the Senators of the College of Justice. Containing also the Transactions of the Privy Council... More
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A Layman's Guide with a Dictionary [Legal Manual]. The Pocket Lawyer, And Family Conveyancer. Comprising A Selection of Forms Necessary in All Mercantile and Money Transactions, Including Every Direction Essential to the Magistrate and Private Individual; Laid Down in so Plain a Manner, As to Enable Every Person to Transact... More