"A Legal Classic of High Character" Abbott, Charles. A Treatise on the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In Four Parts; I. Of The Owners of Merchant Ships; II. Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Thereof; III. Of the Carriage of Goods Therein; IV. Of the Wages of..... More

Ablow, Keith. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony. A Psychological Portrait. New York: St. Martin's Press, [2011]. viii, 236 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Octavo, viii, 236 pp. Deluxe reprint edition, originally published by St. Martin's Press in 2011. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Publisher's..... More

Acland, Alice. Caroline Norton. London: Constable, 1948. 236 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket, inscription to front free endpaper. $30. More

Adler, Susan Matoba. Mothering, Education, and Ethnicity: The Transformation of Japanese American Culture. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998.xiv, 204 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover. Fine. $75. More

Alleman, Gellert Spencer. Matrimonial Law and the Materials of Restoration Comedy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1942. vii, 155 pp. Original printed sewn wrappers. Moderately worn and soiled with some fading to covers. Internally clean. A very good copy. $40. * "Although it uses fewer legal topics than does Elizabethan drama..... More

Allison, J[ohn]. W.F. A Continental Distinction in the Common Law: A Historical and Comparative Perspective on English Public Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xvi, 270 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $40. * The..... More

Andrews, Jonathan. They're in the Trade...Lunacy, They Cannot Interfere- They Say: The Scottish Lunacy Commissioners and Lunacy Reform in Nineteenth-Century Scotland. [London: Wellcome Trust, 1998]. 108 pp. Softbound, near-fine. $35. More

The Definitive and Final Edition of the Foundational American Treatise on Water Rights and Industrial Law [C] Angell, Joseph K. [1794-1857]. Perkins, J[onathan] C[ogswell] [1809-1877], Editor. A Treatise on the Law of Watercourses. With an Appendix, Containing Statutes of Flowing, And Forms of Declarations. Revised, And Very Much Enlarged by..... More

Edwardian Legal Verse Anson, Sir William Reynell [1843-1914]. [Raper, R.W., Editor]. Ballads en Termes de la Ley (Originally Written for the Use of the Trinity Lawyers) and Other Verses. Oxford: Printed for Private Circulation by Horace Hart, 1914. [i], 57 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Three-quarter pebbled calf over textured boards, deckle..... More

A Curious Connection Arnold, Thurman [1891-1969]. Selections from the Letters and Legal Papers of Thurman Arnold. [Washington, DC: Merkle Press, 1961]. 142 pp. Portrait. Publisher's red cloth, gilt title to spine, author's presentation inscription (upside-down) "To Dr & Mrs Wohlthat/ With affectionate greetings/ Thurman Arnold" to rear free endpaper, newspaper..... More

Arnold, Thurman W. Berle, Jr., Adolf A. Ernst, Morris L. Patterson, S. Howard. Zimmern, Sir Alfred. The Future of Democratic Capitalism. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950. x, 112 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn, lightly soiled dust jacket. $50. More

Jose Astigarranga, Editor. The Guide to International Arbitration in Latin America 2022 edition. Latin Lawyer and Global Arbitration Review. London: Law Business Research Ltd., 2022. x, 308 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Publisher's Price USD 217. Special $25. * Edited by Jose Astigarraga of Reed Smith LLP and containing the knowledge and..... More

[Great Britain]. [Bibliography]. Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue. Series II, Phase I, 1816-1870. Extracted from the Catalogues of the Bodleian library, the British library, Harvard University Library, the Library of Congress, the library of Trinity College Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle..... More

Ball, John. Bibliography of Material on Indonesian Law in the English Language. Sydney: Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 1981. 90 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear. $25. More

[Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. [House of Commons]. Report from Select Committee on Acts Respecting Insolvent Debtors. [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 1819. 216 pp. Folio (13" x 8"; 32.8 x 20.4 cm). Later buckram, black-stamped title to spine, endpapers added. Light toning to interior, very light..... More

[Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. Law, William John [1786-1869]. Supplementary Paper on Bankruptcy and Insolvency. By William John Law, Esq. Dissentient from the Report. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1841. 108 pp. Folio (13-1/2"..... More

Rare Contemporary Guide to the 1867 Bankruptcy Act, OCLC Locates 1 copy in a Law Library [Bankruptcy]. [United States]. The Bankrupt Bill, With Orders and Forms. An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States. With General Orders and the Forms of Proceeding in Bankruptcy, As..... More

Barclay, J.B. The S.S.C. Story, 1784-1984: Two Hundred Years of Service in The College of Justice. Edinburgh: Edina, 1984. xiii, 358 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, light shelfwear, light fading to spine. $30. More

Barnett, James Harwood, [1906-1992]. Divorce and the American Divorce Novel, 1858-1937; A Study in Literary Reflections of Social Influences. Philadelphia: [University of Pennsylvania], 1939. 168 pp. Original printed sewn wrappers. Worn with fading to covers. Previous owner's signature to front cover. Some pen annotations to head of spine. Author's inscribed..... More

Presentation Copy from the Author to Learned Hand Bechtel, Edwin De Turck [1880-1957]. Freedom of the Press and L'Association Mensuelle: Philipon versus Louis-Philippe. New York: Grolier Club, 1952. Edition limited to 750 copies, oblong octavo, [3], 40; [51] pp. reproducing 24 lithographs, with descriptive comments. Publisher's cloth bound hardcover with..... More

Bell, H.E. An Introduction to the History and Records of the Courts of Wards and Liveries. Cambridge: University Press, 1953. x, 215 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in moderately worn price clipped dust jacket. $35. More

An Unusual Scottish Case Involving Clandestine Marriage and Legitimacy Bell, Robert [c.1760-1816]. Report of a Case of Legitimacy, Under a Putative Marriage, Tried Before the Second Division of the Court of Session in February 1811. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; London: Butterworth & Son, 1825. vii, 228 pp. Octavo..... More

Rare Bolivian Imprint of a Notable Venezuelan Treatise on International Law Emphasizing Sovereignty and Non-Intervention Bello, Andres [1781-1865]. Principios de Derecho de Jentes. Reimpresos en Sucre con Definiciones Extractadas de la Misma Obra. Sucre: Imprenta de Beeche y Compania, 1844. xvi, 267, [1] pp. Only Bolivian edition. Quarto (8-1/2" x...... More

The Medieval Origins of the Insurance Industry Bensa, Enrico [1848-1931]. Il Contratto di Assicurazione nel Medio Evo: Studi e Ricerche. Genoa: Tipografia Marittima Editrice, 1884. [xviii], 238 pp. Stiff-paper wrappers bound into quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners..... More

Bernard, Montague, [1820-1882]. Four Lectures on Subjects Connected with Diplomacy. London: Macmillan, 1868. viii, 205 pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine and blind frames to boards. Deckle edges. Moderately worn. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown..... More

Biddle, Francis. Mr. Justice Holmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1942]. [vi], 214 pp. Illustrations. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear, light soiling to exterior, spine slightly darkened. Author inscription "John Hampton Barnes/ Who has done so much/ for his friend/ Francis Biddle/ November, 1942" to front free endpaper, bookplate of John..... More

Bingham on Judgments and Executions Bingham, Peregrine [1788-1864]. The Law and Practice of Judgments and Executions. London: Printed for J. Butterworth, 1815. Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent buckram, gilt fillets, title and institution's name to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling and minor shelfwear to exterior, front board slightly bowed, library..... More

Birrell, Augustine. Seven Lectures on the Law and History of Copyright in Books. London; New York: Cassell, 1899. 228 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt stamped spine. Rear hinge cracked but secure, deckle edges, interior clean. A solid copy. $125. * An excellent history of copyright based on a series of..... More

[Black Law Students Alliance, compiler]. Directory of Black Alumni: University of Michigan Law School, 1885-1973. [Ann Arbor, Michigan]: [Black Law Students Alliance], 1974. 17 pp. Stapled tan stiff printed wrappers. Manuscript owner's name (Crockett) to front cover with a few pencilled notes and calculations by the contemporary owner. $75. *..... More

Black, Henry Campbell. A Treatise on the Law of Income Taxation under Federal and State Laws. Originally published: Kansas City: Vernon Law Book Co., 1913. xlii, 403 pp. Buckram with gilt stamped spine label. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Some rubbing and slight scuffing to foot of spine. Ex-library with property..... More

The Only Edition of the Commentaries Edited by Coleridge Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Coleridge, John Taylor [1790-1876], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author; And With Notes. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell, 1825. Four volumes. Engraved copperplate..... More

Bordua, David J. The Police: Six Sociological Essays. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., [1967]. xv, 258 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $35. More

The Duke of Bavaria and the Election of the Holy Roman Emperor Bourgogne, Nicolas de [1586-1649]. Electoratus Bavaricus Sive Apologia Christophori Gewoldi De Septemuiratu Adversus Anonymum. Subiecta est Explicatio L. Leges & Constitutiones 7 C. de Legib. Ingolstadt: Ex Officina Gregorii Haenlini, 1634. [iv], 309 [i.e. 310] pp. Quarto (7-3/4"..... More

Boutmy, Emile. Studies in Constitutional Law: France, England, United States. Translated from the Second French Edition by E.M. Dicey. With an Introduction by A.V. Dicey. Originally published: London: MacMillan and Co., 1891. xiv, [2], 183 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775300. ISBN-10: 1584775300. Attractive smyth sewn..... More

Brathwaite, Joan A. Women and the Law. Kingston, Jamaica: The University of the West Indies Press, [1999]. xx, 347 pp. Illustrations. Softbound. Fine. $30. More

Brathwaite, Joan A. Women and the Law. Kingston, Jamaica: The University of the West Indies Press, [1999]. xx, 347 pp. Illustrations. Softbound. Fine. $30. More

"A Child of Misfortune, I'm Driven from Home" [Broadside]. [Ballads]. San Francisco Minstrels. [Hays, William Shakespeare (1837-1907), Composer]. Driven From Home. As Sung by D.S. Wambold, At the San Francisco Minstrels. New York: H. De Marsan, Publisher, [c.1870]. 10" x 6-1/4" (25.7 x 16.2 cm) broadside, three stanzas of verse..... More

"Escaped from the Small Pox Detention Camp" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Mississippi]. $150 Reward. Escaped from the Small Pox Detention Camp, At Jackson, Mississippi, On the Night of March the 20th, 1913.... Jackson, MS, 1913. 9-1/2" x 8" (24.13 x 20.32 cm) broadside, text below headline. Light browning, inkstamps of San Francisco..... More

Broom, Herbert [1815-1882]. The Philosophy of Law: Being Notes of Lectures During Twenty-Three Years (1852-1875) in the Inner Temple Hall. Adopted for Student and the Public. San Francisco: Summer Whitney & Co., 1876. xi, 271 pp. Octavo (5" x 7"). Original maroon cloth with gilt stamped spine and boards. Worn..... More

Brottsforebyggande Radet, [Sweden]. A New Penal System: Ideas and Proposals: English Summary of a Report by the Council's Working Group for Criminal Policy. Stockholm: National Swedish Council for Crime Prevention, 1978. 67 pp. Stapled wraps. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. A very good copy. $15. * A policy report summarizing Swedish..... More

Scarce Treatise on Private Law by an Important Dutch Jurist with the Uncommon Folding Portrait Plate Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. [Pauw, Willem, Editor]. Quaestionum Juris Privati Libri Quatuor: Quarum Plerisque Insertae sunt Utriusque in Hollandia Curiae Res de His Ipsis Quaestionibus Judicatae. Leiden: Apud Joannem van Kerckhem, 1744. First edition..... More

Byrne, Paula Jane. Criminal Law and Colonial Subject: New South Wales, 1810-1830. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1993]. xiv, 301 pp. Publisher's charcoal cloth fine, in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A near fine copy. $35. * A historical analysis of how English criminal law was applied and understood..... More

[California]. Constitution of California of 1879 as Amended and in Effect February 20, 1934. Measures Submitted to Vote of Electors, 1932 and 1933. Published and Distributed by Supervisor of Documents, Sacramento, California. February, 1934. Sacramento: California State Printing Office, H. Hammond, State Printer, 1934. 87, [1] pp. Amendment slip pasted..... More

Campbell, Sir John [1779-1801]. The Lives Of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Mansfield. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lee, 1851. 2 volumes. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2"). Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt lettered spines. Moderate shelf wear. $70. * First American edition, first..... More

Carsten, F[rancis] L[udwig]. The New Cambridge Modern History. Vol. 5, The Ascendancy of France, 1648-88. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961. xxiv, 631 pp. Publisher's blue cloth very good, in worn, price clipped dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $35. * Provides a comprehensive historical examination of the period..... More

Charges of Immorality and Fornication Against the Lord High Chancellor Cassandra. [Thurlow, Edward (1731-1806), 1st Baron Thurlow]. A Letter to the Bishop of London. Containing a Charge of Fornication Against Edward, Lord Thurlow, Lord High Chancellor of England. With His Lordship's de bene esse Defence. London: Printed for the Author;..... More

Chen, Shao-Kwan. The System of Taxation in China in the Tsing Dynasty, 1644-1911. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1914. 118 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774525; ISBN-10: 1584774525. Attractive smyth sewn burgundy cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. New. $39.95..... More

Apprentices, Journeymen and the Industrial Revolution Chitty, Joseph [1776-1841]. A Practical Treatise on the Law Relative to Apprentices and Journeymen, And Exercising Trades. London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, 1812. iv, 169, [4] pp. Forms. 1 pp. publisher advertisement at rear of text. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter..... More

The Sheriff in Victorian England Churchill, Cameron. Bruce, Sir Alexander Carmichael. The Law of the Office and Duties of the Sheriff. With the Writs and Forms Relating to the Office. London: Stevens and Sons, 1879. [vi], [v]-xlv, 406 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, blind frames, gilt library..... More

Clary, William Webb. History of the Law Firm of O'Melveny & Myers, 1885-1965. Los Angeles: [Castle Press], 1966. 2 volumes. Illustrations. Cloth with gilt stamped spines. Near fine. Previous owner's bookplate "Evelyn Filkins" to front free endpapers. Presentation inscription "For Zella Markee/ with appreciation and/ affection-/ John O'Melveny" to half-title..... More