Oxford's Critical Edition of Bentham's Works Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983-2012. 14 volumes. Original cloth, light to moderate shelfwear, two volumes ex-library with markings to preliminaries, one with shelf-label residue to spine and small stamp to top edge of text block. $900..... More

Berger, Raoul. Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974. xiv. 430 pp. Publisher's black cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. Very good. $20. * Challenges the historical bases of modern claims of executive privilege and cites the dangers of executive secrecy. "It is Berger's thesis that executive..... More

Expanded Edition of Campbell's Lives of the Chief Justices Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell [1779-1861]. Arnould, Sir Joseph [1813-1886], Author of Volumes V and VI. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1873-1874. 6 volumes. Frontispieces. Plates. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over..... More

Carter, James Coolidge. Law: Its Origin, Growth and Function. Being a Course of Lectures Prepared for Delivery Before the Law School of Harvard University. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. Reprint. [New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1996]. vii, 355 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt..... More

A Notable Early Study of Lynching in the United States Cutler, James Elbert [1876-1959]. Lynch-Law: An Investigation into the History of Lynching in the United States. New York: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1905. xiv, 287 pp. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear and soiling, small location label to spine, front hinge starting..... More

Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. Courts on Trial: Myth and Reality in American Justice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949. xii, 441 pp. Cloth in worn price-clipped dust jacket. $50. * First edition. In this work Frank stressed the uncertainties and fallibility of the judicial process. It was his most significant work after..... More

Gentili, Alberico. De Legationibus Libri Tres. Oxford University Press, 1924. [New York, NY]: The Legal Classics Library, [1997]. Reprint. 37a, x, 208 pp. Full calf, extra gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $35. * A volume in the Carnegie Classics of International Law series. Gentili..... More

First Edition Selden Society's Select Cases in the Law Merchant Gross, Charles, Editor. Hubert Hall, Editor. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant A.D. [1239-1779]. Local Courts; Central Courts; Supplementary Central Courts. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1908; 1930; 1932. 3 volumes. Quarto. Complete set. Volume 1 (1908). A.D. 1270-1638. Local Courts. lv..... More

Kovalevsky, Maxime. Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia. Being the Ilchester Lectures for 1889-90. New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1999. Originally published London: David Nutt, 1891. x, 260 pp. Full black leather, decorative gilt and gilt lettering, raised bands, marble endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. A handsome..... More

Milton, John [1608-1674]. Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. With an Introduction by James Russell Lowell. New-York: The Grolier Club, 1890. Reprint. Birmingham: Classics of Liberty Library, 1992. [ii], lvii, 189, [2] pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised..... More

Monkkonen, Eric H, Editor. Crime and Justice in American History, Volume 4: The Frontier. Westport, [CT] and London: Meckler, [1991]. [x], 574 pp. Cloth. Fine. $150. * An collection of essays on the origins and evolution of American criminal justice. More

Phillips, S. Famous Cases of Circumstantial Evidence With an Introduction on the Theory of Presumptive Proof. [Delanco]: Legal Classics Library, [2000]. Reprint edition. Originally published Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1873. xxxix, 153 pp. Decorative gilt stamped leather. All edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Marble endpapers. Fine. $35. * In case after..... More

Rigg, J.M., Editor. Select Pleas, Starrs, and Other Records from the Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, A.D. 1220-1284. Selden Society Volume 15 for the Year 1901. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902. Quarto. lxi, 167 pp. Includes the Publications and Rules of the Selden Society, and List of Members throughout..... More

The Last Public Hanging in Scotland [Trial]. Pritchard, Edward William [1825-1865], Defendant. A Complete Report of the Trial of Dr. E.W. Pritchard for the Alleged Poisoning of His Wife and Mother-In-Law. Reprinted, By Special Permission, From the "Scotsman." Carefully Revised by an Eminent Lawyer. With an Accurate Portrait. Edinburgh: William..... More

Vernon Harcourt, Leveson William [1871-1909]. His Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers: A Novel Inquiry Into a Special Branch of Constitutional Government Founded Entirely upon Original Sources of Information, And Extensively upon Hitherto Unprinted Materials. London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1907. xii, 500 pp..... More

"The Classic Work" on the Supreme Court Warren, Charles [1868-1954]. The Supreme Court in United States History. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1924. Three Volumes. Frontispieces. Illustrations. Cloth, moderate shelfwear with some wear to spine ends and corners, titles oxidized, hinges of Volumes I and III cracked, "Christmas 1925" to..... More

Wharton on Homicide Wharton, Francis [1820-1889]. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To Which is Appended a Series of Leading Cases. Philadelphia: Kay and Brother, 1875. xli, [1], 794 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece..... More

Young, Filson, Editor. The Trial of Hawley Harvey Crippen. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge & Company, [1920]. Reprint. The Legal Classics Library, 1985]. [vi], xxxv, 211, [1] pp. Full calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. * Crippen claimed that his wife..... More