Dictionary of Roman Law and Legislation with 24 Plates Agustin, Antonio [1517-1586]. Orsino, Fulvio [1529-1600], Editor. Lipsius, Justus [1547-1606]. De Legibus et Senatusconsultis Liber: Adiunctis Legum Antiquarum & Senatusconsultorum Fragmentis, Cum Notis Fuluii Ursini, Multo Quam Antea Emendatius, Additis Etiam Locorum Quorundam Notis: Cum Duobus Indicibus Locupletissimis: Adiectus est Iusti..... More

Amos, Sheldon. The History and Principles of the Civil Law of Rome. An Aid to the Study of Scientific and Comparative Jurisprudence. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. Reprinted Littleton, CO: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1987. xv, 475 pp. Cloth. New. $55. More

Scarce Commentary on Commercial Titles of the Digest by an Important Neapolitan Jurist Aulisio, Domenico [1649-1717]. Commentarii ad Titt. Pandectarum De Acquir. Vel Ammitt. Possess De Verbor. Obligat. De Legat. Et Fideicommiss. Naples: Expensis Josephi de Lieto, 1776. Three volumes. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary..... More

The Roman Law of Prescription Balbo, Giovanni Francesco [f. 1510-1518]. [Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal (Hostiensis) (c. 1200-1271)]. Tractatus Foecundus, et Perutilis de Praescriptionibus: Editus per Clarissimum Iurisconsultum do. Ioannem Franciscum Balbum Taurinensem. Cui Accedit Repetitio Singularis l. Celsus ff. de Usucap. Cum Multis Additionibus & Apostillis, Una cum Dictis Hostien..... 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 l. i. C. De Dignita li. xii. De Nobilitate cum Pulchris Addicionibus. De Insigniis et Armis. De Falcone. De Regimine Reipublice Civitatis. Et..... More

Rare Seventeenth-Century Austrian Law Dictionary Beckmann, Nicolaus. Reformata Doctrina Juris, Qua Totum Jus Romanum cum Suis Juris Principiis tam quo ad Theoriam, Quam Hodiernam Tribunalium Germanicorum Praxin ex Jure Naturae & Gentium Perspicue Deductum, Rationibus Philosophicis & Juridicis Illustratum, & Recessibus Imperii, Ut & Jure Canonico & Divino sic Roboratum..... More

Bernard, Fernand. The First Year of Roman Law. Translated by Charles P. Sherman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1906. xiii, 326 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190224. ISBN-10: 1616190221. Paperback. Spine ends bumped, otherwise fine. $15. * This is a useful introduction to Roman law with..... More

Scarce Treatise on Notarial Instruments, Oaths and Compromise Bertazzoli, Bartolommeo [1520-1588]. Tractatus Clausularum Instrumentalium, In Quo, Praeter ea Quae ad Litium Integram Discussionem, & Causidicorum Faciliorem Pariter Instructionem Necessario Requiri Videntur, Accurate Omnia Etiam Difficilium Quasi Legum Aenigmata Passim Enodata Reperiuntur. Opus Profecto Cunctis Iurium Alumnis ut Utile, Sic &..... More

Treatise on Possession and Interdict in Roman Law Bound With a Commentary on the First Constitution of the Papal States Boccacci, Virginio [d. 1596]. Tractatus de Interdicto Uti Possidetis, Sive De Manutentione in Possessionem: Continens Quaestiones Utiles in Praxi, & Theorica, Quae Versis Paginis Indicantur. Nunc Primum in Lucem Editus..... More

Rare 1514 Basel Imprint of Brant's Classic Guide to Legal Study Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. [Graf, Urs (c.1485-c. 1513), Title Page Border]. Expositiones Sive Declaratio[n]es Omnium Titulo[r]um Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum B[r]ant Collecte et Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Jure. Cum Nominibus..... More

Final and Best Edition of Brisson's Legal Dictionary in a Handsome Contemporary Prize Binding Brisson, Barnabae [1531-1591]. [Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb (1681-1741), Editor]. [Bohmer, Justus Henning (1674-1749)]. De Verborum Quae ad Ius Civile Pertinent Significatione Opus Praestantissimum in Meliorem Commodioremque Ordinem Redactum Innumeris Mendis Emaculatum et Post Aliorum Curas Plurimis Accessionibus..... More

A Concise Introduction to Greek, Roman, Canon and Feudal Law Butler, Charles [1750-1832]. Horae Juridicae Subsecivae: A Connected Series of Notes, Respecting the Geography, Chronology, And Literary History, Of the Principal Codes, And Original Documents, Of the Grecian, Roman, Feudal and Canon Law. London: Brooke and Clarke [et al.], 1804..... More

With Two Important Essays on International Law Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Opera Minora, Olim Separatim, Nunc Conjunctim Edita. Recensuit & Nonnulla Addidit Auctor. Indicem Operum Exhibet Pagina, Quae Generalem Praefationem Excipit. Leiden: Apud Joannem van der Linden, 1730. [xiv], 571, [23] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary paneled vellum, large..... More

First Edition of a Classic Study of International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflict Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Quaestionum Juris Publici, Libri Duo, Quorum Primus Est de Rebus Bellicis, Secundus de Rebus Varii Argumenti. Leiden: J.V. Kerckhem, 1737. [xxiv], 384, [32] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary calf, rebacked..... More

A Durable Concept in Roman Law Camarela, Francisco. De Legatis et Singulis Rebus per Fideicommissum Relictis. Libris Quindecim Exaratum in Foro, Et Scholis Professoribus Perutile, Ac Necessarium, Cum Indice Locupletissimo, Collegii Iudicium Vincentiae Cura, & Aere Editum. Venice: Apud Abundium Menafolium, 1681. [xl], 628, [68] pp. Main text in parallel..... More

Scarce Treatise on the Roman Law of Usufruct by a Distinguished Spanish Canonist Castillo Sotomayor, Juan del [1560-1640]. Tractatus Controversiarum Iuris Quotidianarum de Usufructu in Quo Singulariter tam Theorice, Quam Practice Universa Eiusdem Materia, Quaestiones, & Dubia Traduntur, Enucleantur, & Resoluuntur. Additis in Fine CCLX. Assertionibus Iuris, Et Totidem Altercationum..... More

Rare Treatise Dealing With Legal Rights of Farmers and Other Rural People Choppin, Rene [1537-1606]. De Privilegiis Rusticorum: Lib. III. O Fortunatos Nimium, Sua Si Bona Norint, Agricolas, Gnauosque Senes, Extrema per Illos Iustitia Excedens Terris Vestigia Fecit. Paris: Apud Nicolaum Chesneau, 1575 [colophon: 29 November 1574]. [xvi] 248, [24]..... More

Impressive 1598 Edition of the Corpus Iuris Civilis [Corpus Juris Civilis] Justinian I [485-565CE], Emperor of the East Accursius [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Leconte, Antoine [1517-1586], Commentary. Cujas, Jacques [1522-1590], Commentary. Douaren, Francois [1509-1559], Commentary. De Bottis, Jacopo Anello [1524-1581], Commentary. Caravita, Agostino [d.1580], Commentary. D. Iustiniani Imperatoris Opus, Prudentum Responsa Caesarumque..... More

Cushing, Luther S. An Introduction to the Study of the Roman Law. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854. Reprint. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. 1989. xi, 243 pp. Cloth. New. $42. More

F. De Zulueta and P. Stein. The Teaching Of Roman Law In England Around 1200. London: Selden Society, 1990. lxxxiv, 138, 138, [3] pp. facsimiles; 26 cm. Hardcover. Fine. $125. * Selden Society Supplementary series, volume 8. Includes text of a Lectura on the Institutes (British Library, Royal MS. 4..... More

Two Distinguished Commentaries on Roman Law Doneau, Hugues [1527-1591]. Commentarii ad Titulum Digestorum de Verborum Obligationibus: Praepositae Sunt Singulis Legibus et Paragraphis Summae, Capita Rerum Unoquoque Loco Tractatarum Commode et Fideliter Indicantes: Adjecto Omnium in hoc Opere Contentorum Indice Triplici, Eoque Accuratissime Confecto. Frankfurt: [Apud Joannem Feyerabendt, Impensis Sigismundi Feyerabendts]..... More

An Important Sixteenth-Century Law Dictionary Duprat, Pardoux [1520?-1570?], Compiler. Lexicon Iuris Civilis et Canonici: Sive Potius, Commentarius De Verborum Quae ad Utrumque Ius Pertinent Significatione, Antiquitatum Romanarum Elementis, & Legum Pop. Rom. Copiosissimo Indice, Adauctus: Abhinc Septem Annis Pardulphi Prateij Diligentia Delineatus: Nunc Vero Ita Constructus, & Supra Omnes Omnium..... More

A Distinguished Legal Philologist Godefroy, Jacques [1587-1652]. Trotz, Christian Hendrik [1703-1773], Editor. Opera Juridica Minora, Sive Libelli, Tractatus, Orationes, & Opuscula Rariora & Praestantiora, Quibus Continentur Selectae, non Modo in Jure, Sed & Omni Antiquitate Romana, & Graeca, Jus Antiquum Inlustrante, Materiae. Quae Simul Inservire Poterunt Thesauri Juris Supplemento. Omnia..... More

A Scarce Sixteenth-Century Commentary on the Institutes Gremp von Freudenstein, Ludwig [1509-1583], Editor. [Brederode, Pieter Cornelis van [d. 1593], Attributed. Analysis Seu Resolutio Dialectica Quatuor Librorum Institutionum Imperialium. In Qua Suis Locis, Pro Iure Antiquo Multae Utiles & Cottidianae Iuris Quaestiones Brevi Explicatione Restitutae Sunt. Omnia Nunc Recens Emendata et..... More

The Legal Status of Wives in Roman Law Grupen, Christian Ulrich [1692-1767]. Tractatio De Uxore Romana: Cum Ea, Quae In Manum Convenit, Farre, Coemtione Et Usu, Tum Illa, Quae Uxor Tantummodo Habebatur. Hanover: Apud Nic. Foersterum et Fil., 1727. [xxx], 348, [20] pp. Lacking blank leaf following p. [xxx]. 5..... More

Confiscation in Civil and Canon Law Guazzini Sebastiano. Massini, Seraphino. Tractatus de Confiscatione Bonorum, Cui Accessit in hac Postrema Editione Semicenturia Practicarum Quaestionum Eandem Materiam Tractantium Seraphini Massini. Opus Nunquam Antea Impressum, Omnibus Iurisprudentiae Professoribus, Tam in Scholis, Quam in Utroque Foro Versantibus, Valde Utile, Ac Necessarium. Nec Tantum Magis..... More

Scarce Treatise on Church-State Relations Henniges (Henninges), Heinrich [1645-1711]. De Summa Imperatoris Romani Potestate Circa Profana. Liber Unicus. Nuremberg: Sumptibus Wolfgangi Mauritii Endteri, & Johannis Andrea Endteri, 1677. [xxxii], 581, [59] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Recent buckram, gilt title to spine. Woodcut head and tail-pieces. Some soiling to title..... More

Scarce German Dictionary of Roman Law Terms Heumann, [H]ermann [G]ottlieb. Handlexicon zum zu den Quellen des Romischen Rechts. Jena: Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Mauke, 1851. [viii], 638, [1] pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt-filleted raised bands and gilt..... More

Honore, Tony. Law in the Crisis of Empire 379-455 AD: The Theodosian Dynasty and its Quaestors. With a Palingenesia of Laws of the Dynasty. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. xii, [1], 320 pp. Hardcover in dust fine jacket. Additional content on two 3.5 computer diskettes in pocket affixed to rear pastedown..... More

1749 Treatise on the Game Laws of Bavaria, Austria and Mainz Ickstatt, Johann Adam von [1701-1776]. Klett, Johann Friedrich, Editor and Translator. Grundliche Abhandlungen von den Jagdrechten: Wie sich Solche aus den Allgemeinen, Naturlichen, Und Besondern Staatsrechten Erweisen Lassen. Mit einer Vorrede von dem Verschiedenen Zustande der Jagden bey den..... More

Handsomely Printed 1530 Pocket-Sized Edition with Commentaries by Sassoferrato [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. D'Aurigny, Gilles, Editor. [Sassoferrato, Bartolo de (1313-1357), Glossator]. Textus Infortiati: D[omi]ni Justiniani Imp[er]atoris Sacratissimi. Cu[m] Summariis. [Paris: Francois Regnault, c.1530]. 290, [24] ff. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Recent..... More

A Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. La Porte, Hugues de, Compiler. Vincent, Antoine, Compiler. Volumen Complectitur Novellas Constitutiones Post Repetitam Codicis Praelectiones Editas: Authentica Vulgo Appellant: Tres Item Posteriores Libros Codicis: Feudorum seu Beneficiorum Duos: Constitutiones Friderici II. Imp..... More

With an Interesting Introduction and Extensive Commentary Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Cumin, Patrick [1823-1890], Translator and Editor. A Manual of Civil Law; Or, Examination in the Institutes of Justinian: Being a Translation of and Commentary on that Work, With an Introduction on The History of the..... More

A Respected Pocket-Sized Edition of the Novels Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Holoander, Gregor [1501-1531], Translator and Editor. Scrimger, Henry [1506-1572], Editor and Annotator. Novellarum Constitutionu[m] DN. Iustiniani Principis Volumen, Quod Authenticon Vocant, Gregorio Haloandro Interprete, Ad Scrimgerianam Editionem Diligenter Collatum, Ac Sedulo Emendatum: Cui Accesserunt Canones..... More

First Edition by Godefroy Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Theophilus, Antecessor [6th-7th C. CE], Editor. Godefroy, Denis [1549-1622], Editor and Translator. INSTITOUTA THEOPHILOU ANTIKENSOROS. Institutiones Theophilo Antecessore, Graeco Interprete. Imper. Iustiniani Institutionum Libri IIII. Paratitla & Notae ad Eundem Theophilum Graecum, Latinumque Ipsis Institutionibus Latinis ek Parallelou..... More

1505 Paris Edition of the Institutes With Extensive Contemporary Annotations [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accorso, Francisco (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Chappuis, Jean, Editor]. Institutiones Imperiales: Ordinate Glosis Textuales Divisiones Habentur. Patescit Grecum Utile cum Expositione Succincta. Universi Tituli Alphabetico Ordine Ponuntur. Summaria Rubra Multis Adiectis Sunt Textibus Immixta..... More

A Notable French Edition of the Digest, Book 50 [Justinian I (483-565CE), Emperor of the East]. Dantoine, J[ean] B[aptiste], Editor. Les Regles du Droit Civil, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Digeste; Traduites en Francois, Avec des Explications & Des Commentaires sur Chaque Regle. Et..... More

Annotated 1595 Godefroy Edition of the Code and the Authenticorum Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Godefroy, Denis [1549-1622], Editor. Codicis Dn. Iustiniani Sacratiss. Principis PP. Aug. Repetitae Praelectionis Libri XII. Plerisque Locis Emendata, & Notis in Tres Posteriores Libros Aucta. [Geneva]: Sumptibus Haeredum Eustathij Vignon, & Iacobi..... More

Uncommon Large-Paper Edition of the Code and Related Works with Important Notes by Denis Godefroy Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Godefroy, Denis [1549-1622], Editor and Annotator. Codicis Dn. Justiniani Sacratissimi Principis PP. Aug. Repetitae Praelectionis Libri XII. Postrema Editio Prioribus Auctior et Emendatior. Frankfurt: Sumptibus Societis. Imprimebat..... More

Kunkel, Wolfgang. Kelly, J.M. An Introduction to Roman Legal and Constitutional History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973. viii, 236 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $25. More

Scarce Commentary on the Corpus Juris Civilis Lycklama a Nijeholt, Marcus [c.1570-1625]. Membranarum Libri Septem, In Quibus ad Constitutiones Codicis & Novellarum Plurimas, Leges Pandectarum Infinitas, Institutionum Paragraphos Nobiliores, Locos Authorum Liberalioris Literaturae Non Paucos, De Rebus in Iis per Sectas Nostrorum Temporum Maxime Controversis Commentarii Breves & Solidi. Leeuwarden..... More

Maffei, Domenico. Bartolomeo da Novara Autore della "Lectra Institutionum" Attribuita a Baldo Degli Ubaldi (Estratto da: Rivista di Storia del Diritto Italiano anno LXIII-1990). Rome: Fondazione Sergio Mochi Onory per la Storia del Diritto Italiano, 1990. Softbound, light shelfwear. Annotations to first page of text, interior otherwise clean. $45. *..... More

Village Communities in an Oriel College Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. London: John Murray, 1890. xii, 413 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind frames and gilt ornaments to boards, gilt armorial stamp of Oriel College, Oxford to front board, raised bands..... More

Annotated Manuscript Copy of the Institutes of Justinian [Manuscript]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Justinian Institutiones. [France, c.1700]. 144, [142], 63, [322] ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, fragments of thong ties. A few..... More

A Well-Regarded Commentary on the Institutes Matthaeus, Antonius [1564-1637]. Mommerius (Mommer), Aegidius [c.1510-1570]. Notae & Animadversiones in Libros IV. Institutionum Juris Imper. Justiniani: Praefixa est Epistola Aegidii Mommerii, De Ratione Legendi Discendique Iura, Antehac Nunquam Excusa; Subjuncta Synopsis Institutionum Iuris, Qua Illae ad huc Hodie Sunt in Usus. Amsterdam: Impensis..... More

Scarce Treatises on Proximate Cause and Evidence in Roman Law Medici, Sebastiano [d.1595]. Tractatus de Fortuitis Casibus. In Hac Editione a Mendis Quibus Scatebat Innumeris, Diligenter Repurgatus. Cologne: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, Sub Monocerote, 1578. [xlviii], 443, [4] pp. [Bound with] Ercolani, Francesco [1541-1569]. Da Fano, Martino (Martinus) [fl. 1229-1272]. Tractatus..... More

Judicial Discretion in Arbitration Menochio, Giacomo [1532-1607]. De Arbitrariis Iudicum Quaestionibus et Causis, Libri Duo. Nunc Denuo in Lucem Editi, Varia, Recondita, Perfectaque Eruditione Referti: & Omnibus, Iudicia Praesertim Exercentibus, Oppido quam Necessarii. Adiecta Sunt Summaria, Indicesque Duo, Argumentorum Unus, Alter Rerum, Sententiarumque Insignium. Quae in Opere Habentur, Versa Pagina..... More

1627 Treatise Dealing with Administration and Billing Munez de Escobar, Francisco [fl. 1618]. De Ratiociniis Administratorum et Computationibus Variis Aliis. Tractatus Praegnantissimus. Omnibus Iuri Operam Dantibus, Tam in Theorica, Quam Praxiutilis, Iudicibus, & Advocatis Peinecessarius. Turin: Apud H.H. Io. Dominici Tarini, 1627. [viii], 352, [51] pp. Quarto (12" x 8")..... More

First Edition of a Standard Work on Pledges and Mortgages Negusanti, Antonio [1465-1528]. Tractatus de Pignoribus et Hypothecis Domini Antonii Negusantii de Fano. [Bologna: Characteribus Cynthii Achillini excussa, 11 Augusti 1526]. [xii], 68, [2] ff. Text (except dedication) in parallel columns. Main text preceded by index (Repertorium). Folio (14-1/2" x...... More

Incisive Analysis of Property in Anglo-American Law Noyes, C. Reinold. The Institution of Property; A Study of the Development, Substance and Arrangement of the System of Property in Modern Anglo-American Law. Originally published: New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936. xiv p., 1 l., 645 pp. Reprinted 2007, 2018 by..... More