Compendium of 17th-Century Legal Curiosities, A Rare Complete Set Abele von und zu Lilienberg, Matthias [1618-1677]. Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltzame Gerichtshandel. Samt Denen/Hierauf Gleichsfalls Seltzam Erfolgten Gerichts Ausspruchen: Zusam[m]en Getragen/Mit Lustigen Anmerckungen Erlautert/Auch Uhterschiedlichen Geschichten Vermehret/Und an Vielen Orten Verbessert. Nuremberg: In Verlegung Michael Endters, 1655. [And] Continuatio..... More

Ahsmann, Margreet. Feenstra, Robert. Jansen, C.J.H. Bibliografie Van Hoogleraren in de Rechten aan De Utrechtse Universiteit Tot 1811. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1993. 191 pp. Illustrations. Softbound, light shelfwear. $35. More

Copy of a 1791 Summary of Bankruptcy Law that Belonged to a Prominent Philadelphia Lawyer [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. A Succinct Digest of the Laws Relating to Bankrupts: In Which All the Reported, And Several Manuscript Cases Upon this Important Subject, From the First Passing of the Bankrupt Laws, In the..... More

Barrow, Deborah J. Walker, Thomas G. A Court Divided: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Politics of Judicial Reform. New Haven, [CT]: Yale University Press, [1988]. xiv, 274 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $20. More

Pre-Fire San Francisco Imprint 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..... More

Bertholet, Edouard. Petit Atlas - Manuel des Alte'rations Anatomo-pathologiques des Organes dans L'Alcoolisme Chronique. Lausanne, [Fr.]:Giesser & Held, 1913. 110 pp. Illustrations. Sewn printed wrappers. Moderately worn with some fading to spine and covers. Pen annotations to spine. Previous owner's signature to front cover and front free endpaper, otherwise internally..... More

Bowyer, Sir George [1811-1883]. Commentaries on the Constitutional Law of England. London: V.R. Stevens and G.S. Norton, 1846. viii, 530 pp. Original brown textured cloth, with soiled spine label. Boards rubbed, corners bumped, rear hinge cracked, joints cracked but secure. Library stamps to front pastedown and preliminary pages. $250. *..... More

Brawn, Dale. The Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, 1870-1950: a Biographical History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2006]. xii, 508 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $30. * The biographical data that Brawn has collected for this book highlights the extent to which judicial candidates underwent a...... More

An English Supplement to Angell's Classic Treatise Browne, J.H. Balfour. A Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Goods and Passengers by Land and Water. With Reference to the Most Recent American Decisions. London: Stevens and Sons, 1873. xxxii, 656 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent buckram, gilt fillets and..... More

Chamberlain, Bernard Peyton. The Negro and Crime in Virginia. [Charlottesville, VA]: University of Virginia, 1936. 132 pp. Sewn printed wrappers. Moderately worn. Internally clean. A very good copy. $20. * This book, a publication of the University of Virginia's Phelps-Stokes Fellowship Papers, is a historical treatise that aims to analyze..... More

Chandler, P[eleg] W[hitman] [1816-1889] Phillips, Stephen H. Editors. The Law Reporter. Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company [and other publishers], March 1838-April 1848. 10 volumes (in 9 books). [With] Phillips, Stephen, Editor. The Monthly Law Reporter. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown [and other publishers], May 1848-June 1864. Volumes 11..... More

City of London. London's Roll of Fame: Being Complimentary Notes and Addresses From the City of London, on Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of that City and on Other Occasions... From the Close of the Reign of George II, A.D. 1757 to 1884: With a Critical and Historical Introduction. London..... More

Clary, William W. (Introduction). The Laws of the Town of San Francisco, 1847: With an Introduction by William W. Clary. San Marino, [Calif.]: Friends of the Huntington Library, 1947. 16, 1l., 8 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear, light chipping to head of spine. A good copy. $15. * A reprint of..... More

An Important Early American Treatise on Bankrupt Law Written During the Author's Imprisonment Cooper, Thomas [1759-1839]. The Bankrupt Law of America, Compared with the Bankrupt Law of England. Philadelphia: Printed by John Thompson, 1801. xix, [1], 399, [1], xciv, [2], xxxii, 10 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"; 20.3 x 12.5..... More

The "Monarch of Highwaymen" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. [Hawke, William (d.1774)]. An Authentic and Genuine Narrative of the Life and Surprizing Exploits, Of William Hawke, The Famous Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, July 1, 1774, For Robbing Mr. Charles Hart, On the Highway, Of 1s. 8d. Containing I. An Account..... More

Curry, John Court. The Indian Police. London, Faber & Faber, [1932]. 353 pp. with folded map. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. $30. More

Bankruptcy Laws in Massachusetts Before the Civil War Cutler, Joseph [1815-1885]. The Insolvent Laws of Massachusetts, With Notes of Decisions. Boston: Published by the Author, 47 Court Street, 1860. xi, [2], 14-144 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm). Modern cloth, lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Very..... More

Danforth, John C. Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas. New York: Viking, 1994. viii, 225 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket, author's presentation inscription to half-title: "To Donna & Jack/ with thanks for/ all you mean to/ Sally & me/ Jack." $20. * Danforth, a Missouri politician who served as..... More

Darrow Defends Darrow [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. Plea of Clarence Darrow, In His Own Defense to the Jury That Exonerated Him of the Charge of Bribery at Los Angeles August - 1912. Los Angeles: Golden Press, 1912. [ii], 59 pp. Lacking laid-in portrait of Darrow. Stapled pamphlet in red and black..... More

Denning, Alfred Thompson. The Changing Law. London: Stevens, 1953. 122 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and price clipped dust jacket, boards slightly bowed, author inscription ("Kindest Regards/ A. T. Denning/ 3 March 1955") to front free endpaper. $50. More

Dicey, A[lbert] V[enn]. Lectures on the Relation Between Law & Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century. Second Edition. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1914. xciv, 506 pp. Publisher's original cloth with gilt stamped spine, institutional name (Birmingham Law Society) to front board and foot of spine, institution insignia..... More

A Nephew Remembers Sir Michael Foster Dodson, Michael [1732-1799]. Disney, John [1746-1816], Editor. The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt. Sometime One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, And Recorder of Bristol. By His Nephew, The Late Michael Dodson, Esq. London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co...... More

Eisenberg, Gerson G. Marylanders Who Served the Nation: A Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from Maryland. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1992. xiii, 275 pp., illustrations. Original hardcover, internally clean and bright. Near fine. $20. * Including people from the following families: Agnew, Beall, Blakiston, Bowie, Calvert, Carroll, Chambers, Constable, Crabb..... More

Fergusson, Alexander. The Honourable Henry Erskine Lord Advocate for Scotland with Notices of Certain of His Kinsfolk and of His Time Compiled from Family Papers and Other Sources of Information. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. xx, 564 pp. Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Octavo (9" x 6"). Publisher's cloth..... More

Stephen Field's Personal Reminiscences Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, With Other Sketches. To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorman. [Washington, D.C.]: Printed for a Few..... More

Fraser, David. "Honorary Protestants": the Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2015]. x, 514 pp. Hardcover fine in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $120. * Contents: Introduction: Constituting Law, Constituting Justice in the Jewish School Question; Invoking Equality, Invoking Legality: Jews Constituting Their..... More

Friedland, Martin L. My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2007]. xii, 513 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. * Since his call to the Bar in 1960, Martin L. Friedland has been involved in a number of important public policy issues, including..... More

Fudge, Judy. Tucker, Eric. Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2001. xii, 398 pp. Illustrations. Softbound, light shelfwear, light fading to spine. Internally clean. A very good copy. $20. * In this groundbreaking study of the relations..... More

Gibson, Dale. Law, Life, and Government at Red River. Volume 1, Settlement and Governance, 1812-1872. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]. xxi, 549 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $85. * Contents: 1. Origins, 1670-1821; 2. Colony without court, 1822-34; 3. Court without judge, 1835-38; 4. Judge without experience, 1838-44; 5..... More

A Long-Lived Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Bankruptcy Law Cited by Holdsworth Green, Edward. The Spirit of the Bankrupt Laws. Originally Compiled by Edward Green, Esq; Formerly a Commissioner. Wherein are Principally Considered, The 1. Declaring the Party Bankrupt. 2. Seizing His Estate, And Summoning Him to Surrender. 3. Receiving Proof of..... More

Harris, Ruth. Murders and Madness: Medicine, Law, and Society in the Fin de Siecle. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, [1991]. viii, 366 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. A very good copy. $35. * This is an interdisciplinary study of the debate on crime and madness in France between 1880 and..... More

Heckethorn, Charles William. Lincoln's Inn Fields and the Localities Adjacent: Their Historical and Topographical Associations. London, Elliot Stock, 1896. xviii, 241 pp. Illustrations. Red library quarter calf over boards. Moderate shelfwear with some fading and staining to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Small bar code label to rear free endpaper..... More

Henderson, John Alexander, Editor. History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. Aberdeen: Printed for the New Spalding Club, 1912. xxiv, 504 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Original cloth, blind frames and central gilt arms of the New Spalding Club to boards, gilt fillets and title to spine. Negligible light soiling, light..... More

Holdsworth, William Searle. The Historians of Anglo-American Law. Hamden, [Conn.]: Archon Books, 1966. 175 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $30. More

Huang, Philip C. Civil Justice in China, Representation and Practice in the Qing. Stanford, [Calif.]: Stanford University Press, 1996. xiv, 271 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. * Contents: 1.; Introduction; 2.; Defining Categories: Disputes and Lawsuits in North China Villages Before the Communist Revolution; 3.; Informal Justice: Mediation..... More

[Hyde, Robert]. A Treatise of Feme Coverts: Or, the Lady's Law. Containing All the Laws and Statutes relating to Women, and Several Heads: I. Of Dissents of Lands to Females, Coparceners, etc. II. Of Consummation of Marriage, Stealing of Women, Rapes, Polygamy. III. Of the Laws of Procreation of Children..... More

Includes An Edict Concerning Anti-Napoleonic Export Restrictions for Art and Antiquities [Italy]. [Papal States]. [Sammelband of 32 Edicts and Proclamations, 31 Printed, 1 in Manuscript, With a Manuscript Index]. Rome, 1801-1806. [vi], 163 ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary thick-paper boards, text block joined with three thong ties, early hand-lettered..... More

Complete Run of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Journal with Several Articles of Enduring Value [Journal]. [Thompson, Isaac Brent, Editor]. [Brown, Irving, Editor]. The Albany Law Journal: A Weekly Record of the Law and the Lawyers. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., January 1870-January 1909 (Imprint date December 1908). 70 volumes, each with..... More

Kames's Digest of Scottish Statute Law [Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)]. Statute Law of Scotland Abridged. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1769. vi, [2], 465, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Early nineteenth-century sprinkled calf, gilt fillets to spine, lettering piece lacking. Light rubbing..... More

Kincade, William H., Editor. Porro, Jeffrey D., Editor. Negotiating Security: An Arms Control Reader. [Washington]: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [1979]. xi, 321 pp. Illustrations. Cloth light shelfwear in worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A good copy. $15. * Contents: SALT II, Linkage, and National Security, Frank Church; The Challenge..... More

Lascelles, E[dward] C[harles] P[onsonby] [1884-1956]. Granville Sharp and the Freedom of Slaves in England. London: Oxford University Press, 1928. viii, 151 pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 tissue-guarded plates. Original blue-green cloth with gilt stamped spine and "G#" symbol in a golden circle to front cover, deckle fore and bottom edges, bookseller..... More

Lewis, Mark Edward. Sanctioned Violence in Early China. Albany: State University of New York Press, [1990]. viii, 374 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. $20. * Contents: Chapter 1: The warrior aristocracy; Chapter 2: The warring state; Chapter 3: The art of command; Chapter 4: Cosmic violence; Chapter 5: The social history..... More

Complete Run of the Important Journal that Published Holmes's First Legal Writings [Journal]. The American Law Review. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., St. Louis: Review Publishing Company, 1866-1929. Issued bimonthly, 1883-1929; quarterly, 1866-1879; monthly, 1880-1882. 63 volumes (in 63 books). All issued. Octavo (9" x 6"). Later library buckram, lettering..... More

Horse Rustling in County Durham [Manuscript]. [Dodgeson, John]. [Record of Seizure of John Dodgeson's Goods]. County Durham, UK, September 20, [1660s?]. 11-1/4" x 6-1/2" (28.5 x 16.5 cm) sheet, manuscript text in single neat hand to recto. Light toning, minor soiling and creasing, horizontal fold lines. $150. * This document..... More

Story Writes to Request a Payment [Manuscript]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Richard Smith, Esq.]. S.l. (Massachusetts?), March 4, 1834. 1 pp. Autograph note with address leaf, text in single neat hand signed "Joseph Story." Moderate toning, fold lines, light fading, attractively matted and glazed with copperplate portrait..... More

A Rare Humorous Poetic Survey of Roman Law Masson, Jean Papire [1544-1611]. Philocalia Papirii Massoni Iureconsulti, Sive De Pulchra Rectaque Iuris Civilis Explicandi Ratione ex Pandectis Libellus. Ad Scaevolam & Aloisium Sammarthanos. Pauca e Multis & Brevissima ex Amplissimis ut adhuc Sitientes ab his Recedant. Proemio ff. Paris: Apud Abel..... More

McCorkle, Lloyd W. Elias, Albert Bixby, F. Lovell The Highfields Story: An Experimental Treatment Project for Youthful Offenders. New York: Henry Holt, [1958]. x, 182 pp. Orange cloth with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear and soiling with some rubbing to spine. Author's inscription "To [?]/ Albert Elias/ 1966/ Asilomar, Cal."..... More

Meijer, Marinus Johan. Murder and Adultery in Late Imperial China: A Study of Law and Morality. Leiden, [NL]: Brill, 1991. vi, 137 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $45. * Compares the development of two sections of the penal code of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) that covering premeditated homicide between social equals, and..... More

Mitchison, Rosalind. The Old Poor Law in Scotland: the Experience of Poverty, 1574-1845. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2000]. 246 pp. Softcover. Fine. $45. More

Moore, John Norton. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, [1974]. 3 volumes. Publisher's black cloth very good, in worn dust jackets. Previous owner's signature "P.M. Norton" to front free endpaper of volume one and property stamps to front free endpapers of all three volumes. Internally clean. A very..... More