Barton, Dunbar Plunket. Shakespeare and the Law. With a foreword by James M. Beck. Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. xl, 167 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191313; ISBN-10: 1616191317. Paperback. New. $29.95 * An entertaining evaluation of Shakespeare's plays that classifies their legal allusions..... More
Legal Satire During the Age of Dickens and Trollope Blewitt, Reginald James. The Court of Chancery: A Satirical Poem. Originally published: London: J. Kay, 1827. 106 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776482. ISBN-10: 158477648X. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * Reprint of the sole edition of a substantial..... More
Brown, Basil. Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594) Including Shakespeare's connection with the Inns of Court, the origin of the Capias Utlegatum re Coke and Bacon, Francis Bacon's connection with Warwickshire, together with a reprint of the Gesta Grayorum. Originally published: New York: [Privately Printed by the Author], 1921. xciv..... More
Shakespeare, Bacon and the Law Brown, Basil. Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594) Including Shakespeare's connection with the Inns of Court, the origin of the Capias Utlegatum re Coke and Bacon, Francis Bacon's connection with Warwickshire, together with a reprint of the Gesta Grayorum. Originally published: New York: [Privately Printed..... More
Originated the Supposition that Shakespeare Had a Legal Background Campbell, Baron John. Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered. Originally published: London: John Murray, 1859. vi, 117 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771265; ISBN-10: 1584771267. Hardcover. New. $23.95 * Reprint of first edition. Campbell's treatise on the law as..... More
Davies, Ross E., Editor. Hoeflich, M. H., Editor. Holmes Reads Holmes: Reflections on the Real-Life Links Between the Jurist & the Detective in the Library, In the Courtroom, and on the Battlefield. 84 pp. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, November 2020. ISBN-13: 9781616196479. ISBN-10: 1616196475. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * Starting..... More
Devecmon, William C. In Re Shakespeare's "Legal Acquirements": Notes by an Unbeliever Therein. Originally published: New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1899. iii, 51 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774396; ISBN-10: 1584774398. Hardcover. New. $23.95 * The large number of sophisticated legal references in Shakespeare's work and..... More
Bardell v. Pickwick [Dickens, Charles]. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. Originally published: London: Elliot..... More
Bardell v. Pickwick [Dickens, Charles]. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. Originally published: London: Elliot..... More
Fraunce, Abraham. The Lawiers Logike, Exemplifying the Praecepts of Logike by the Practice of the Common Lawe. Originally published: London: William How, 1588. xxxvii (iii-xxvii new introduction), [xiv], [151] leaves (total 364 pp.). Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2013. With a new introduction by Steve Sheppard, William Enfield Professor..... More
Friedman, Lawrence, Editor. Dargo, George, Contributor. Spivack, Carla, Contributor. Law and the Modern Condition: Literary and Historical Perspectives. xv, 266 pp. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, 2013. ISBN-13: 9781616193911. ISBN-10: 1616193913. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * Using fiction as a lens through which to view particular developments in the law, these..... More
Fyfe, Thomas Alexander. Charles Dickens and the Law. Originally published: Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co., 1910. 79 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776666; ISBN-10: 1584776668. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * This essay praises Dickens's detailed knowledge of the law, legal community, and unfair features of the legal..... More
Legal Insights from Charles Dickens Holdsworth, William S. Charles Dickens as a Legal Historian. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. 157 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190248; ISBN-10: 1616190248. Paperback. New. $15.95 * "The distinguished English historian, Professor Holdsworth, has contrived even during his..... More
An "Admirable" Study of Legal Topics in Shakespeare Keeton, George Williams. Shakespeare and His Legal Problems. Originally published: London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1930. x, 239 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779469. ISBN-10: 1584779462. Paperback. New. $29.95 * Reprint of the sole edition. Keeton addresses..... More
An "Admirable" Study of Legal Topics in Shakespeare Keeton, George Williams. Shakespeare and His Legal Problems. Originally published: London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1930. x, 239 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779452; ISBN-10: 1584779454. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. $34.95 * Reprint of the sole..... More
Larwood, Jacob. Humour of the Law: Forensic Anecdotes. Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1903. vi, 304 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773290; ISBN-10: 1584773294. Smythe sewn cloth bound hardcover. New. $24.95 * A wonderful collection of over 200 charming anecdotes of timeless appeal, including "Court..... More
Lockwood, Frank. The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick: A Lecture. Originally published: London: The Roxburghe Press, [1910?] 108 pp. Reprinted 2002, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772316; ISBN-10: 158477231X. Hardcover. New. $19.95 * With a frontispiece of Serjeant Buzfuz by the author. A pleasant Dickensian diversion spiced with..... More
"One of the Great Works of Legal Literature of Our Times" Megarry, Sir Robert; Edited by Bryan A. Garner. A New Miscellany at Law. Yet Another Diversion for Lawyers and Others. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005. xiii, 450 pp. ISBN-13: 9781584776314; ISBN-10: 1584776315. Cloth bound hardcover with..... More
Murray, David. Lawyers' Merriments. Originally published: Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1912. xiv, 302, [2] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Plates. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776253; ISBN-10: 1584776250. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Murray surveys literature written by lawyers for their amusement, and the amusement of their peers. Much..... More
Phelps, Charles E. Falstaff and Equity: An Interpretation. Originally published: Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. xvi, 201 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772309; ISBN-10: 1584772301. Smyth-sewn cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and cover. New. $18.95 * "Judge Phelps of Baltimore has done a...... More
"The Fat Knight" Defends Himself Randolph, A.M.F. The Trial of Sir John Falstaff Wherein the Fat Knight is Permitted to Answer for Himself Concerning the Charges Laid Against Him; And to Attorney His Own Case. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. xvi, 295 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The..... More
Ruggle, George. Hawkins, John Sidney, Editor. Ignoramus, Comoedia; Scriptore Georgiop Ruggle, A.M. Aulae Clarensis, Apud Cantabrigienses, Olim Socio; Nunc Denuo in Lucem Edita cum Notis Historicis et Criticis; Quibus Insuper Praeponitur Vita Auctoris, et Subjicitur Glossarium Vocabula Forensia Dilucide Exponens: Accurante Johanne Sidneio Hawkins, Arm. Originally published: London: Prostat Venalis..... More
Rushton, William L. Shakespeare A Lawyer. Originally published: London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858. 50 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776994; ISBN 1584776994. Attractive Smythe sewn cloth bound hardcover. New. $18.95 * The frequent occurrence of legal terms, phrases and concepts in Shakespeare's works..... More
The Bard's Legal Maxims Rushton, William Lowes. Shakespeare's Legal Maxims. Originally published: Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons, 1907. 61 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778592. ISBN-10: 1584778598. Smythe sewn cloth bound hardcover. New. $19.95 * Rushton, a barrister of Gray's Inn, was one of the first..... More