[American Land Report of 1867]. Rapport du Commissaire du Bureau General des Terres Publiques pour L'Annee 1867. Abrege et publie par ordre du Senat des Etats-Unis. Washington: Imprimerie du Gouvernment, 1869. [1], 201 pp. Complete. Nineteenth-century publisher's cloth, gilt stamped front cover. Presentation inscription "Robert H. Rice M.D./ Compliments of/..... More

Funeral Rites and Burials Asinio, Giovanni Baptista [fl. 1562]. Commentarii in Titulum Digestorum De Religiosis & Sumptibus Funerum. Florence: Apud Laurentium Torrentinum, 1562. [viii], 338, [52] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary calf with later varnishing, blind rules and small central arabesques to boards, raised bands and later lettering piece..... More

Two English Works on Agistment Tithes Bateman, Tho[mas]. A Treatise on Agistment Tithe, In Which the Nature, Right, Objects, Mode of Payment, and Method of Ascertaining the Value of Each Species of It, Are Fully Stated and Explained. As Settled in Pursuance of a Decree of the Court of Exchequer..... More

Election to the House of Commons Bohun, William, Compiler. A Collection of Debates, Reports, Orders, And Resolutions, Of the House of Commons, Touching the Right of Electing Members to Serve in Parliament, For the Several Counties, Cities, Burroughs, And Towns Corporate, In England and Wales: Together with Several Ancient Charters..... More

An Important City in the Spanish Netherlands Christynen, Paul van [1543-1631], Editor. [Christynen, Sebastien, Editor]. In Leges Municipales Eiusdem Civitatis ac Provinciae Commentaria ac Notae. Una cum Additionibus Cuique Titulo & Articulo Subiunctis. Qua Tituli & Articuli in Capite Cuiusque Foliorum Ponuntur, & Additiones Quae in Prima Editione Separatim Erant..... More

First Edition of the First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum: The Office and Authoritie of Sherifs, Written for the Better Incouragement of the Gentrie (Upon Whom the Burthen of This Office Lyeth) to Keepe Their Office, And Undersherife, In Their Houses; That so by Theire..... More

Expanded Edition of the First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: Gathered Out of the Statutes, And Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom. To which is Added an Appendix or Supplement, Containing a Collection of the Statutes Touching..... More

Eminent Nineteenth-Century Spanish Law Dictionary with a Interesting Provenance Escriche, Joaquin [1784-1847]. Diccionario Razonado de Legislacion y Jurisprudencia. Nueva Edicion en que van Corregidos Numerosos Yerros de las Anteriores; Aumentada con Multitud de Articulos Nuevos Sobre el Derecho Vigente en Espana y America. Lleva Ademas en un Supplemento el Codigo..... More

1821 Compilation of Georgia Law [Georgia]. Lamar, Lucius Q.C.A., Compiler. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature Since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819, Inclusive: Comprising All the Laws Passed Within Those Periods, Arranged Under Appropriate Heads, With Notes of Reference to..... More

Confiscation in Civil and Canon Law Guazzini Sebastiano. Massini, Seraphino. Tractatus de Confiscatione Bonorum, Cui Accessit in hac Postrema Editione Semicenturia Practicarum Quaestionum Eandem Materiam Tractantium Seraphini Massini. Opus Nunquam Antea Impressum, Omnibus Iurisprudentiae Professoribus, Tam in Scholis, Quam in Utroque Foro Versantibus, Valde Utile, Ac Necessarium. Nec Tantum Magis..... More

Final English Edition of Hobart's Reports Hobart, Henry [d. 1625], Reporter. Chilton, Edward, Editor. The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, The Right Honourable Sr. Henry Hobart Knight and Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, And Chancellor of Both Their Highnesses Henry and Charles..... More

Jockel, Wilhelm. Hans Kelsens Rechtstheoretische Methode: Darstellung und Kritik ihrer Grundlagen und hauptsachlichsten Ergebnisse. Tubingen: Verlag von J.C.B. Mohr, 1930. vi, 214pp. Original printed wrappers, untrimmed edges, internally clean. $25. * An early study of Kelsen's jurisprudence based mostly on a close reading of Hauptprobelme der Staatsrechtslehre (1911). More

Juynboll, Th.[Theodor] W.[Willem]. Handleiding tot de Kennis van de Mohaamedaansche wet Volgens de Leer der Sjaftitische School. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1903. xv, 393 pp. Original green cloth, worn, with paper title label on front cover. $25. More