A Collection of Humorous Legal Anecdotes with Attractive Copperplate Pictorial Title Pages Abele von und zu Lilienber, Matthias [1618-1677]. Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel. Samt Denen/Hierauf Gleichsfalls Seltsam Erfolgten Gerichts Ausspruchen: Zusammen Getragen/Mit Iustigen Anmerckungen Erlautert/Auch Uhterschiedlichen Geschichten Vermehret/Und an Vielen Orten Verbessert. Nuremberg: In Verlegung Michael Endters..... More

1493 Collection of Treatises from a Renowned Legal Scholar and Commentator Bartolo of Sassoferrato [1313-1357]. Infrascripti Utiles et Solaciosi Tractatuli Bartoli Legu[m] Doctoris Famosissimi hic Continent. Repeticio 1. i. C. De Dignita li. xii. De Nobilitate cum Pulchris Addicionibus. De Insigniis et Armis. De Falcone. De Regimine Reipublice Civitatis. Et..... More

First Edition of One of Cardozo's Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light rubbing..... More

A Pioneering and Fascinating Comparative Study Cherry, Richard R. [1859-1923]. Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. xi, 123 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, black-stamped frames to boards, black-stamped fillets and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing and moderate shelfwear..... More

Davenport's Synopsis of Coke on Littleton Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Davenport, Sir Humphrey [1566-1645]. Synopsis or, An Exact Abridgement of The Lord Cokes Commentaries upon Littleton: Being A Briefe Explanation of the Grounds of the Common Law. Composed by that Famous and Learned Lawyer, Sir Humphrey Davenport Knight, Heretofore Reader..... More

Nineteenth-Century Reissue of an Important Work on the Right to Trial by Jury Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. The Englishman's Right; A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law and a Juryman; Plainly Setting Forth,- I. The Antiquity, II. The Excellent Designed Use, III. The Office, & Just Privileges, of Juries, by..... More

First Edition of Maitland's First Book Maitland, F[rederic] W. [1850-1906]. Justice and Police. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. viii, 176, 3, [1] pp. With a 4 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Original black-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. Light wear to spine ends and corners, moderate toning to..... More

Thoroughly Annotated Copy of the Coutume of Saint-Omer [Saint-Omer]. Coutumes Locales, Tant Anciennes que Nouvelles des Bailliages, Ville et Echevinage de Saint-Omer, d'Audruic & Pays de Bredenarde, De la Chatellenie de Tournehem, & Des Bailliage, Ville & Echevinage d'Aire; Ensemble les Proces-verbaux de Verification & Redaction de ces Memes Coutumes..... More

The Role of Regency-Era Sheriffs and Undersheriffs Skirrow, George. The Compleat Practical Undersheriff. Comprehending the Duties of the Office as Exercised by the Sheriff in Person, Or by His Undersheriff, from His First Coming into the Office to the Passing of His Accounts, and Obtaining his Quietus, In a Regular..... More

Inscribed by the Author Stone, Irving [1903-1989]. Clarence Darrow for the Defense. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., [1941]. xi, 570 pp. Cloth, good with light shelfwear and fading to spine in moderately worn dust jacket, small bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Internally clean, gift inscription to front free..... More

A Member of the "Scottish Martyrs to Liberty" [Trial]. Margarot, Maurice, Defendant [1745-1815]. The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Shorthand by Mr. Ramsey. New York: London: Printed.-New-York..... More

An Interesting Victorian-Era Police Manual Vincent, Charles Edward Howard [1849-1908]. The Police Code, And General Manual of the Criminal Law for the British Empire. Preceded by an Address to Constables on Their Duties, And Prefaces. London: Francis Edwards, and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1895. IV, [2], 204, V-VII..... More