Commentaire Sur la Constitution des Etats-Unis Traduit...
Early French Edition of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Odent, Paul, Editor and Translator. Commentaire Sur la Constitution des Etats-Unis Traduit du Commentaire de J. Story, Professeur de Droit a L'Universite de Harvard, Et Augmente des Observations de Mm. Jefferson, Rawle, De Tocqueville, Etc., Et de Notes Sur la Jurisprudence et L'Organisation Judicaire, par Paul Odent, Docteur en Droit, Avocat a la Cour Royale de Paris, Ancien Avocat aux Conseils du Roi et a la Cour de Cassation. Paris: Joubert, 1845. Two volumes. ix, lxxi, 390; [iii], 498, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering pieces to spines. Light rubbing to boards and extremities, a few minor nicks to spines, corners bumped. Moderate toning, occasional light foxing, internally clean. A handsome copy of an uncommon title. $1,500. * Reissue of the first French edition (1843) with a slightly different title. (The first is entitled Commentaire Sur la Constitution Federale des Etats-Unis.) The first complete translation into a foreign language, it is taken from Story's first abridged edition (1833). Along with Franz Joseph Buss's Uber die Verfassungs-Urkunde der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika. Historischer Teil, Nach Story's Commentarien Bearbeitet (1838), Odent's preface is an important source of information on the European reception of Story's work and the American Constitution. In addition to original notes Odent added relevant commentary by Jefferson, Rawle, Tocqueville and others and discussed aspects of the American government that could be adopted in Europe. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries (University of Alabama and University of Michigan). Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2918.
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