The Most Extensive Compilation of Eighteenth-Century English Divorce Trials [Trials]. [Criminal Conversation]. A Civilian. Trials for Adultery: Or, the History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons, for Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence, &c. From the Year 1760, to the Present Time. Including the whole of the Evidence on Each..... More

Angell, Joseph K., and Samuel Ames. [Lathrop, John, Editor]. Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861. lvi, 810 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774730; ISBN-10: 1584774738. Hardcover. New. $69.95 * Reprint of the..... More

Austin, John. Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Law. Fifth Edition, Revised and Edited by Robert Campbell. Originally published: London: John Murray, 1885. 2 Volumes. xxiii, 507; xiii, 509-1132 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774297; ISBN-10: 1584774290. Hardcover. New. $160. * Reprint of..... More

Baily, Dav. E. Hammond, John D. The General Statutes of the State of Nevada: In Force. From 1861 to 1885, Inclusive. With Citations of the Decisions of the Supreme Court Relating Thereto. Arranged and Annotated by Dav. E. Baily and John D. Hammond. Carson City, [Nevada]: J.C. Harlow, Superintendent of..... More

Belknap, D[avid]. P[rice]. The Probate Law and Practice of California, Containing All the Statutes of the State, Relating to Probate Courts and the Jurisdiction Thereof; The Settlement of Estates of Deceased Persons; The Duties of Guardians; Descents; Wills; Etc., Etc. With Judicial Decisions of This and Other States, And an..... More

Bodin, Jean; Franklin, Julian H. On Sovereignty: Four Chapters from the Six Books of the Commonwealth. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xlv, 141 pp. Softcover, rubbed, else very good. $15. * Contains four chapters from Jean Bodin's classic text "Six Livres de la Republique". These chapters form..... More

Bowett, D.W. The Law of the Sea. Manchester: Manchester U.P.; New York, NY: Oceana Publications, 1967. vii, 117 pp. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Spine ends bumped, boards lightly rubbed. Ex-library, with location label to front cove, library stamps to front free endpaper and title. Card pocket..... More

Brigance, William Norwood. Jeremiah Sullivan Black: A Defender of the Constitution and the Ten Commandments. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934. ix, 303 pp., frontispiece, illustrations. Publisher's original black cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Boards rubbed, very good. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, else internally clean. $25. More

Brown, Elizabeth A.R. Famiglietti, R.C. The Lit de Justice: Semantics, Ceremonial, and the Parlement of Paris, 1300-1600. Sigmaringen: J. Thorbecke, 1994. 163 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. More

Chadbourne, Thomas L. The Autobiography of Thomas L. Chadbourne. Edited by Charles C. Goetsch and Margaret L. Shivers. With a Foreword by Hon. Leonard P. Moore. Frontispiece. Illustrated. New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1985. xvii, 301 pp. Original red cloth, with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Near fine. $30..... More

Cohen, Herman. A History of the English Bar and Attornatus to 1450. Originally published: London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1929. x, 622 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-10: 1584774827; ISBN-13: 9781584774822. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * A thorough study of the literature dealing with the English legal profession..... More

A Classic Treatise on U.S. Tax Law by the Leading American Jurist of the Late Nineteenth Century Cooley, Thomas M. [1824-1898]. A Treatise on the Law of Taxation, Including the Law of Local Assessments. Greatly Enlarged. Chicago: Callaghan and Company, 1886. lxxxviii, 991 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Original sheep..... More

Court of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace. Warwick County Records: V. 1. Quarter Sessions Order Book, Easter, 1625, to Trinity, 1637. V. 2. Quarter Sessions Order Book, Michaelmas, 1637, to Epiphany, 1650. V. 3. Quarter Sessions Order Book, Easter, 1650, to Epiphany, 1657. V. 4. Quarter Sessions Order Book..... More

Curtis, Benjamin R. A Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, LL.D. with some of his Professional and Miscellaneous Writings. Boston: Little Brown, and Company, 1879. 2 Vols. xii, 490; iv, 440 pp. Illustrated. Original green buckram with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. A very good copy. $150. * Edited..... More

Davis, Joseph Stancliffe. Essays in the Earlier History of American Corporations. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1917. 2 Vols. xiii, 547; x, 419 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774273. ISBN-10: 1584774274. Hardcover. New. $125. * This Book Contains Four Essays: I."Corporations in the American..... More

Douglas, William O. The Court Years 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas. New York: Random House, [1980]. xi, 434 pp., 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations. Publisher's original black cloth, with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Signed bookplate by William O. Douglas to front free endpaper. A very..... More

Edsall, Nicholas C. The Anti-Poor Law Movement, 1834-44. Manchester, Eng., Manchester University Press; Totowa, NJ, Rowman & Littlefield, 1971. viii, 285 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Fine, as new, in a very good dust jacket. $30. More

Edwards, H.V. The New South Wales Lawyer: A Handbook of the Every-Day Laws of This State for Justices of the Peace, Bankers, Trustees, Executors, and Men of Business in General, with Some Useful Forms of Purchase Agreements, Guarantees, Wills, Leases, & c; And an Appendix Containing a Condensation of the..... More

Fifoot, C.H.S. Frederic William Maitland; A Life. Cambridge, [Mass.], Harvard University Press, [1971]. x, 313 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $15. * A biography of the influential English legal historian Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906). It traces Maitland's personal and academic journey, offering a comprehensive look at the..... More

Fine, Hilton Basil. Crime, Punishment, and the Administration of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope 1806-1828. Cape Town, 1988. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 175 pp. Publisher's original red cloth, with gilt stamped spine and..... More

Friendly, Fred W. Minnesota Rag: The Dramatic Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Case that Gave New Meaning to Freedom of the Press. New York: Random House, 1981. First Vintage Books edition. 243 pp. Softcover, light shelfwear. Inscription to half title, by Fred Friendly. "For Steve Daley: / Who cares..... More

Gardiner, Samuel Rawson. Cromwell's Place in History: Founded on Six Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford. London, New York, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. 120, 32 pp. Publisher's original navy cloth, with spine label. Spine label chipping, boards bumped and worn, but good. Front hinge cracked but secure, front..... More

Greenwood, Peter W.; Abrahamse, Allan F. Selective Incapacitation. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corp., 1982. xxix, 124 pp., illustrations. Softcover, shelfwear, rubbing and creasing to covers. $45. More

Hall, John E. The Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty: In Three Parts I. An Historical Examination of the Civil Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty -- II. A Translation of Clerke's Praxis, with Notes on the Jurisdiction and Practice of the District Courts -- III. A Collection..... More

Hamilton, Virginia Van der Veer. Hugo Black: The Alabama Years. University, AL University of Alabama Press, 1972. 330 pp., frontispiece, illustrations. Softcover, covers lightly rubbed. A very good copy. $20. More

Harvey, William Burnett. Law and Social Change in Ghana. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966. xiii, 453 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear, else a very good copy. In a moderately worn and rubbed dust jacket. $25. * Ghana. Study of social change as a...... More

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881. xvi, 422 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774990. ISBN-10: 1584774991. Hardcover. New. $47.95 * This landmark work, which, according to Winfield, "blew fresh air into lawyer's minds encrusted with Blackstone and Kent," was..... More

Ingersoll, Robert Green. Trial of C.B. Reynolds for Blasphemy at Morristown, N.J., May 19th and 20th, 1887: Defence. New York City: C.P. Farrell, 1888. iv, 84 pp. Maroon boards, with gilt stamped front cover. Light wear to spine ends and corners, else very good. Internally clean. A very good copy..... More

Kemp, Thomas. The Black Book of Warwick. Warwick, H.T. Cooke and Son, 1898. xxx, 465 pp., frontispiece. Contemporary cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear, wear to spine ends and corners. Ex-library, with location label to spine, library stamps to page edges, perforated stamp to title, bookplate to front pastedown..... More

Kimball, Elisabeth G. Records of Some Sessions of the Peace in Lincolnshire: 1381-1396. Volume I. The Parts of Kesteven and the Parts of Holland. Volume 1. Lincoln: The Lincoln Record Society, 1955. lxvi, 110 pp. Publisher's original cream cloth, with stamped spine and front cover. Boards rubbed and soiled, shelfwear..... More

From the Library of the Eminent British jurist Edward Jenks [Lawrence, Philip Henry]. Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, Extending from I. Edward IV. to A.D. 1864. Selected from the original rolls for the use of the Wimbledon Common Committee. London, Wyman & Sons, Printers, 1866..... More

Lewis, A.N. A Textbook of Australian Bankruptcy Law. Hobart: Cox Kay Pty, Ltd., 1928. xvi, 197, x pp. Publisher's cloth, with stamped spine and front cover. Spine sunned, boards, corners and spine ends bumped. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, else internally clean. A good copy. $65. More

Lorimer, James. The Institutes of the Law of Nations: A Treatise of the Jural Relations of Separate Political Communities. Originally published: Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1883, 1884. Reprinted Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 2 volumes. xviii, 449; xx, [ii], 620 pp. ISBN-13: 9781584775164. Hardcover. New. $149.95 *..... More

Martin, Frederick. The History of Lloyd's and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain. With an Appendix Containing Statistics Relating to Marine Insurance. Originally published: London: MacMillan and Co., 1876. xx, 416 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774518; ISBN-10: 1584774517. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * Martin [1830-1883], the..... More

Massingberd, W.O. Court Rolls of the Manor of Ingoldmells in the County of Lincoln. London, Printed by Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd., 1902. xxxi, 321 pp. Publisher's original maroon cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Wear to spine ends, edges, and corners. Ex-library, with bookplate to front pastedown, library stamps to free..... More

McWilliams, Tennant S. Hannis Taylor: The New Southerner as an American. University: University of Alabama Press, 1978. xi, 163 pp., frontispiece, portrait. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Near fine, in a good dust jacket with wear to top edge. $25. * Hannis Taylor...was a man of insatiable..... More

Fascinating Study of Virginia's Colonial Government Miller, Elmer I. The Legislature of the Province of Virginia: Its Internal Development. New York: The Columbia University Press, 1907. 182 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775041. ISBN-10: 1584775041. Smyth-sewn, attractively bound in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine and..... More

Peachey, James Pearse. A Treatise on the Law of Marriage and Other Family Settlements, With Precedents and Practical Notes. London: H. Sweet, 1860. lviii, 1041 pp. Textured cloth, rebacked by the Birmingham Law Society. Gilt stamped spine and front cover. Wear to corners and spine ends, hinges cracked but secure..... More

Peyton, S.A. Minutes of Proceedings in Quarter Sessions Held for the Parts of Kesteven in the County of Lincoln, 1674-1695. 2 volumes. Lincoln, Printed for the Lincoln record Society by J.W. Ruddock & Sons, 1931. cxliv, 159; 162-546 pp. Publisher's original cream cloth, with stamped spines and front covers. Spine..... More

A Classic English Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant [R.T., Gent.]. Tenants Law: Or, The Laws Concerning Landlords, Tenants and Farmers. (Viz.) 1. Of the Several Kinds of Tenants and Tenures. 2. Of Leases, Covenants, Surrenders, And Assignments, &c. 3. Of Rent: Acceptance and Extinguishment Thereof. 4. Of..... More

Sharpe, Reginald R. Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688. Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London, at the Guildhall. 2 Volumes. London: Printed by John C. Francis, 1889-1890. xlviii, 834; liv, 924 pp. Publisher's maroon boards..... More

Shientag, Bernard L. A Memorandum in Support of the Forty-Eight Hour Law for Women: Reprint from a Brief. New York, NY: Chas. P. Young, 1925. 13 pp. Stapled printed wrappers, worn. Top edge torn to all pages. $35. More

Story, Joseph. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Foreign and Inland, as Administered in England and America; with Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Originally published: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. xxiv, 608 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook..... More

Terry, William Henry, Editor. Judge Jenkins: The Learned, Loyal and Courageous Judge, Who was Kept Prisoner in the Tower, Newgate and Elsewhere for Many Years After Being Sentenced to Death by the House of Commons. London: Grant Richards and Humphrey Toulmin, 1929. 176 pp. Frontispiece. Hardcover cloth with light shelfwear..... More

Vandenhoff, Anne. Edward Dickinson Baker: Western Gentleman, Frontier Lawyer, American Statesman. Auburn, [Calif.]: Pony Express Printers, [1979]. ix, 114 pp. Softcover. Internally clean. $15. * Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) was an American politician, lawyer, Mexican-American War veteran and Union colonel during the Civil War. He was a close friend of..... More

Watson, Alan. Legal Origins and Legal Change. London: The Hambledon Press, [1991]. viii, 321 pp. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Near fine, in a near fine dust jacket. $25. * These essays by a distinguished scholar of Roman law examine issues in the development of legal institutions..... More

Wiecek, William M. The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [1972]. [xi], 324 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775058; ISBN-10: 158477505X. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * Wiecek, Congdon Professor of Law and Professor of History at Syracuse University, offers a comprehensive analysis..... More

Wu, John C.H. The Art of Law and Other Essays Juridical and Literary. Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1936. xxi, 221 pp. Publisher's original maroon cloth, with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Bumping to edges, internally clean. Very good, in an edgeworn dust jacket with some tears. $125. More