November 2019
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
Early Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1757. Three volumes. xxiv, 520; 432; 512 pp. Complete set. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and black-stamped volume..... More
Church, William S. A Treatise of the Writ of Habeas Corpus including Jurisdiction, False Imprisonment, Writ of Error, Extradition, Mandamus, Certiorari, Judgments, Etc. With Practice and Forms. Originally published: San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1886. lx, [ii], 702 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772774; ISBN-10: 1584772778..... More
Dickinson, John. Administrative Justice and the Supremacy of Law. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. xiii, 403 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772736; ISBN-10: 1584772735. Hardcover. New. $65. * Dickinson [1894-1952] examines the relationship between administrative tribunals and the courts, and problems that arise..... More
[F.O.]. The Law-French Dictionary Alphabetically Digested, Very Useful for All Young Students in the Common Laws of England. To Which is Added the Law-Latin Dictionary: Being an Alphabetical Collection of Such Law-Latin Words as Are Found in Several Authentic Manuscripts, and Printed Books of Precedents, Whereby Entring-Clerks, and Others, May..... More
Compilation of Early Norwegian Laws Larson, Laurence. The Earliest Norwegian Laws: Being the Gulathing Law and the Frostathing Law. Translated from the Old Norwegian. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1935. ix, 451 pp. Reprinted 2008, 2011 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779254. ISBN-10: 158477925X. Hardcover. New. $75..... More
Record of the Important Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820-1821 [Massachusetts]. [Constitution]. Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates, Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, Begun and Holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, And Continued by Adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser..... More
Minor, John, Plaintiff. The Bible in the Public Schools: Arguments in the Case Of John D. Minor et al. versus The Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati et al.: Superior Court of Cincinnati. With The Opinions and Decision of the Court. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. 1870. 420..... More
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
Root, Elihu [1845-1937]. The Layman's Criticism of the Lawyer: Address by Elihu Root, Before the American Bar Association, At the Annual Meeting in Washington, October 20, 1914. [Chicago: American Bar Association, 1914]. 27 pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed stiff wrapper. Light soiling and few chips to covers, owner stamp (of..... More
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
[Trial]. Kennon, Beverly, Defendant. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Accompanied with the Proceedings of a Court Martial Lately Held at Norfolk, For the Trial of Lieut. Beverly Kennon, (Rendered in Obedience to a Resolution of the House of..... More
Congress Examines Nixon's Tax Returns [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Examination of President Nixon's Tax Returns for 1969 Through 1972. Prepared for the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation by Its Staff, April 3, 1974. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Various pagings..... More
The Senate Watergate Investigators Look at Executive Privilege and the Limits of Governmental Secrecy [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. Senate Judiciary Committee. Executive Privilege, Secrecy in Government, Freedom of Information. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Committee on Government Operations and the Subcommittees on Separation of Powers..... More
Congress Examines Nixon's Expenditures on Private Property [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. House Committee on Government Operations. Expenditure of Federal Funds in Support of Presidential Properties. Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session, October 10, 11, 12, and 15, 1973..... More
The Select Committee's Watergate Investigation, Phase I [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution 60: Watergate and Related Activities, Hearings Before the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session. Watergate and Related..... More
The Select Committee's Watergate Investigation, Phase II [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution 60: Watergate and Related Activities, Hearings Before the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session. Watergate and Related..... More
[Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. House Judiciary Committee. Statement of Information: Appendix I. Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 803, A Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to Investigate Whether Sufficient Grounds Exist for the..... More
[Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. House Judiciary Committee. Statement of Information: Appendix II. Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 803, A Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to Investigate Whether Sufficient Grounds Exist for the..... More
Transcriptions of the Redacted Nixon Tapes [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. House Judiciary Committee. Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 1308 pp. Original printed stiff wrappers bound into contemporary buckram. Light shelfwear, internally..... More
Testimony that Followed the Initial Release of the Transcribed Nixon Tape Transcripts [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. House Judiciary Committee. Testimony of Witnesses: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 803, A Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to Investigate Whether Sufficient Grounds Exist for..... More
Transcripts of the Conversations Between Nixon and John Dean [Watergate Affair]. United States Congress. House Judiciary Committee. Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 803, A Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to..... More
Wheeler, A[lexander] S[trong] [1820-1907]. Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer: An Address by Our Fellow-Member, Mr. A.S. Wheeler, Delivered Before the Commercial Club of Boston, December, 18, 1897. Printed by Request of the Club. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1898. 20 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers..... More