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Manual of Byzantine Law Compiled in the Fourteenth Century by George Harmenopoulos: Vol. VI On Torts and Crimes by: Freshfield, Edwin Hanson (transl.)
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Manual of Byzantine Law Compiled in the Fourteenth Century by George Harmenopoulos: Vol. VI On Torts and Crimes
by: Freshfield, Edwin Hanson (transl.)

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 57 pages, three page introduction by Freshfieil. Clean, tight copy in light blue wrappers. Covers 1341-1391.

Record # 356001

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Uncommon Law by: Herbert, A. P.
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Uncommon Law
by: Herbert, A. P.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full red leather covers with gilt decorations, spine has raised bands; marbled endpapers; satin ribbon marker; all edges gilt; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean. First published in England in 1935. Introduction by Lord Atkin. Albert Haddock, the hero of countless lawsuits in A.P. Herbert's misleading cases, made his first public appearance in Punch about 1924. This collection of Misleading Cases contains many more sly jests at the absurdities of English law and will teach the reader more about the legal processes than lawyers know themselves.

Record # 371573

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

The Federalist by: Hamilton, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay
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The Federalist
by: Hamilton, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Two volumes bound as one. Brown calf with decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimile reprint of the rare first edition. Includes the text of the United States Constitution. One of the undisputed landmarks in American political thought, The Federalist is a collected edition of essays by Hamilton. Madison and Jay that were published under the pseudonym "Publius" in several New York newspapers and journals in 1787 and 1788. Numbered copy #1778 with prior owners name typed on the publishers nameplate pasted to fly leaf, otherwise clean, bright copy.

Record # 371574

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts by: Barnes, Thomas G. (Introduction)
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The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts
by: Barnes, Thomas G. (Introduction)

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 72 pages. Quarto [30.5 cm] Maroon leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and decorative gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. Very good. There is a former owner's bookplate on the inside of front cover. The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts is one of the seminal documents in the development of the American legal system. It is believed to be the precursor to the General Laws of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Constitution. An influence on the U.S. Constitution, it contains provisions that were incorporated in the Bill of Rights.

Record # 371575

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Magna Charta. An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John. by: Thomson, Richard
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Magna Charta. An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John.
by: Thomson, Richard

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 612 pages, thick 8vo, full tan gilt decorated leather, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, decorative engraved borders each page. The charters of liberties and confirmations, granted by Henry III. and Edward I.; the original charter of the forests; and various authentic instruments connected with them: explanatory notes on their several privileges; a descriptive account of the principal originals and editions extant, both in print and manuscript; and other illustrations. Originally published in 1829.

Record # 371576

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity by: Ray, Isaac
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A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity
by: Ray, Isaac

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Octavo in gilt decorated brown leather. 480 pages. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. A deluxe reprint of the 1838 edition published in Boston. This was one of the first treatises on the subject and the first to be accepted widely as authoritative. It is even cited today. Ray, an American psychiatrist, was one of the founders of forensic psychiatry. He was superintendent of the Maine State Asylum in Augusta from 1841-1845 and at the Butler Hospital for the Insane in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1845-1866.

Record # 371577

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The Law of War and Peace. English Translation F.W. Kelsey by: Grotius, Hugo
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The Law of War and Peace. English Translation F.W. Kelsey
by: Grotius, Hugo

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Dark green calf with decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, 946 pages. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front pastedown, otherwise clean and bright. Facsimile of the 1925 edition containing all 3 volumes of the original work from 1646. The author established the system of modern public international law, based on the concept of "droit naturel," a morality-based law that superseded the laws of individuals or nations. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard Grotius pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction.

Record # 371578

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

The Spirit of Common Law and Other Writings by: Pound, Roscoe
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The Spirit of Common Law and Other Writings
by: Pound, Roscoe

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, handsomely bound in black leather lettered and decorated in gilt, blind stamping, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A compilation Pound's most influential works: The Spirit of the Common Law (1921), Law and Morals (1924), Interpretations of Legal History (1923) and "The Call For a Realist Jurisprudence" (1931). Clean, bright copy.

Record # 371582

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Doctor and Student; or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student by: Saint Germain German Christopher; John Baker
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Doctor and Student; or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student
by: Saint Germain German Christopher; John Baker

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. A facsimile reprint of the 1787 London edition, the 17th Edition, corrected and improved by William Muchal. 335 pages plus index. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 371583

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts by: Langdell, C. C.
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A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts
by: Langdell, C. C.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 1022 pages. Black calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 371584

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Speeches of Lord Erskine. 4 Vols. in 2 books. Complete by: Erskine Thomas Henry Lord; High James (Editor)
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Speeches of Lord Erskine. 4 Vols. in 2 books. Complete
by: Erskine Thomas Henry Lord; High James (Editor)

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, frontispiece. Burgundy calf, gilt spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimile reprint of the 1876 edition published by Callaghan & Company, Chicago. Erskine was "probably the greatest advocate who ever practiced at the English bar," who "at once made his way by his eloquence." Previous owner's bookplate inside front covers, otherwise a clean, bright set.

Record # 371585

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

A Treatise on the Law of Property in Intellectual Productions in Great Britain and the United States by: Drone, Eaton S.
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A Treatise on the Law of Property in Intellectual Productions in Great Britain and the United States
by: Drone, Eaton S.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, 775 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1879 Little Brown edition. "One of the earliest American authorities still in general use. A good historical sketch of copyright and some early references to newspaper copyright." Clean, bright copy.

Record # 371586

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Cardozo On The Law: The Nature Of The Judicial Process, The Growth Of The Law, The Paradoxes Of Legal Science, Law And Literature by: Cardozo Benjamin N.; Preface By
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Cardozo On The Law: The Nature Of The Judicial Process, The Growth Of The Law, The Paradoxes Of Legal Science, Law And Literature
by: Cardozo Benjamin N.; Preface By

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full blue leather. all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, raised bands. Notes from the Editors is included. Former owner's name plate is pasted in the front inside cover. One of the most important legal books of the 20th century, specially prepared from films of original at Columbia University Law Library. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 371598

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

The Province of Jurisprudence Determined by: John Austin
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The Province of Jurisprudence Determined
by: John Austin

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full black leather. all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, raised bands. A facsimile reprint of the 1832 edition published by John Murray. "The importance of his work was the strict delimitation of the sphere of law and its distinction from that of morality, elaboration of the idea of law as a kind of command, and the close examination of the connotations of such common legal terms as right, duty, liberty, injury [and] punishment.": Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 96. Former owner's name plate is pasted in the front inside cover. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 371599

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

A Treatise of the Court of Star Chamber As Taken from Collectanea Juridica by: Hudson, William; Francis Hargrave (editor)
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A Treatise of the Court of Star Chamber As Taken from Collectanea Juridica
by: Hudson, William; Francis Hargrave (editor)

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full maroon leather with ornate gilt design on cover. All edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, raised bands. 239 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1792 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 371601

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

The Scopes Trial: The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case by: Clarence Darrow William Jennings Bryan et al.
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The Scopes Trial: The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case
by: Clarence Darrow William Jennings Bryan et al.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt border and decoration on covers, a.e.g, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. A word-for-word report of the famous court test of the Tennessee Anti-Evolution Act, at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, including the speeches and arguments of attorneys, testimony of noted scientists, and Bryan's last speech. Former owner's bookplate to front endpaper, otherwise very clean, with a tight binding.

Record # 371602

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century by: Dicey, A. V.
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Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century
by: Dicey, A. V.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full olive calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. 506 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1914 edition published in London by Macmillan. Dicey's Lectures is "a work of genius, and a model to legal historians. Dicey takes three great currents of opinion--the old Toryism (1800-1830), Benthamism or Individualism (1825-1870), and Collectivism (1860-1900)--and shows how they have influenced the course of legislation during the nineteenth century...Dicey's interpretation of English law in the 19th century, [is] perhaps the soberest and broadest that has been written". Bright, clean copy.

Record # 371603

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Ancient Law - Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its Relation to Modern Ideas by: Maine, Henry Sumner
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Ancient Law - Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its Relation to Modern Ideas
by: Maine, Henry Sumner

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, handsomely bound in crimson red cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1861 London edition. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 371604

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by: C. H. W. Johns
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Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
by: C. H. W. Johns

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, handsomely bound in crimson red cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1904 edition published in Edinburgh. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 371605

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria (Princeton Legacy Library) by: Allan Christelow
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Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria (Princeton Legacy Library)
by: Allan Christelow

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 311 pages. Clean, like new.

Record # 371928

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS - III: Novellae recognovit Rudolfus Schoell Opus Schoellii morte interceptum absolvit Guilelmus Kroll by: Krueger Paulus
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CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS - III: Novellae recognovit Rudolfus Schoell Opus Schoellii morte interceptum absolvit Guilelmus Kroll
by: Krueger Paulus

Softcover. Berlin, Apud Weidmannos, reprint, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 809 pages, TEXT IN LATIN. Bound in gray wrappers. Solid copy.

Record # 372831

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law by: Adams, Henry, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ernest Young And J. Laurence Laughlin
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Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law
by: Adams, Henry, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ernest Young And J. Laurence Laughlin

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon boards with gold-color lettering on spine, xii, 392 pages. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 373657

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Bill of Rights (SIGNED COPY) by: Hand, Learned
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Bill of Rights (SIGNED COPY)
by: Hand, Learned

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, green cloth boards in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. 82 pages. INSCRIBED BY LEARNED HAND on the front fly leaf: "To Steve Tulin/Learned Hand/ June 11, 1958". First edition of this influential work which discusses the propriety of judicial efforts to expand the scope of the first ten amendments. Learned Hand was one of the most significant American jurists of the twentieth century, Hand was a judge of the United States Southern District of New York from 1904-1924 and a judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, from 1924 to 1956.

Record # 375146

Price: $1,000.00
Price: $1,000.00 

The Growth of the Law (SIGNED COPY) by: Benjamin N. Cardozo
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The Growth of the Law (SIGNED COPY)
by: Benjamin N. Cardozo

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine partially faded. A collection of lectures given by the future Supreme Court judge in the early 20s. INSCRIBED BY CARDOZO on the front fly leaf: "To the Reverend Dr. Stephen S. Wise/With the ever constant/ friendship of/ Benjamin N. Cardozo/ December 1924". Stephen Samuel Wise (March 17, 1874 - April 19, 1949) was an early 20th-century American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader in the Progressive Era. Joining U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and others, Wise laid the groundwork for a democratically elected, nationwide organization of 'ardently Zionist' Jews, 'to represent Jews as a group and not as individuals'.[7] In 1917 he participated in the effort to convince President Woodrow Wilson to approve the Balfour declaration in support of Jewish settlement in Mandate Palestine.[8] In 1918. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover appointed Cardozo to the Supreme Court to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Cardozo served on the Court until his death in 1938, and formed part of the liberal bloc of justices known as the Three Musketeers.

Record # 375149

Price: $1,000.00
Price: $1,000.00 

The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits: The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy by: essica Lake
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The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits: The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy
by: essica Lake

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Drawing on a wealth of original research, Jessica Lake documents how the advent of photography and cinema drove women--whose images were being taken and circulated without their consent--to court. There they championed the creation of new laws and laid the groundwork for America's commitment to privacy. Vivid and engagingly written, this powerful work will draw scholars and students from a range of fields, including law, women's history, the history of photography, and cinema and media studies.

Record # 377978

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Trial of John Hamilton Moore for Pirating a Chart: Sittings After Term, March 1798, Before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury of Merchants. Guildhall, London. by: Trial;
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Trial of John Hamilton Moore for Pirating a Chart: Sittings After Term, March 1798, Before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury of Merchants. Guildhall, London.
by: Trial;

Softcover. London, T. Plummer, Printer, Seething Lane, reprint, 1801, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. 4 pages in small typeface. Presumably reduced from the 8 page 1798 printing. Moore, a Scottish cartographer, chart seller and educator with a somewhat controversial reputation, was accused of copying a chart of the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal drawn up by William Heather. The case was heard before Lord Kenyon with the prosecution led by Erskine; the jury quickly found for the defendant despite Kenyon's balanced instruction.

Record # 380164

Price: $300.00
Price: $300.00 

Commentaries on American Law, Volume II by: Kent, James
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume II
by: Kent, James

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 528 pages ,handsomely bound in black cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1827 first edition. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 381645

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Commentaries on American Law, Volume I by: Kent, James
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume I
by: Kent, James

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 508 pages, handsomely bound in black cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1826 first edition. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 381646

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Commentaries on American Law, Volume IV by: Kent, James
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume IV
by: Kent, James

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 550 pages, handsomely bound in black cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1830 first edition. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 381647

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

The Trial of Gustav Rau Otto Monsson and Willem Smith: The Veronica Trial by: Keeton, G.W. & Cameron, John (Ed.)
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The Trial of Gustav Rau Otto Monsson and Willem Smith: The Veronica Trial
by: Keeton, G.W. & Cameron, John (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, William Hodge & Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Harcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In 1902 the 'Veronica' set sail on her last voyage. An extraordinary outbreak of mutiny occurred, resulting in the deaths of all but five of the thirteen persons on board. The ship was set on fire and abandoned. The five men arrived on the island of Cajueri Tuoia on the north coast of Brazil. They were destitute and asked to board the S.S. Brunswick. Their stories of the events were doubted and two of the men decided to tell the truth. The other three were brought to trial in Liverpool charged with the murder of Captain Shaw and six other crew members. One of the harder to find editions in the series. 248 pages, b&w illustrations. Light tape marks on cover, rear hinge cracked, otherwise clean.

Record # 383651

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres. Volume Two: The Translation, Book 1 (English Edition) by: Grotius, Hugo/Francis W. Kelsey (Transl.)
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De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres. Volume Two: The Translation, Book 1 (English Edition)
by: Grotius, Hugo/Francis W. Kelsey (Transl.)

Hardcover. Buffalo NY, William S. Hein, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan buckram with black spine lettering. This is a reprint of the first English translation from the Latin, originally published in 1925 by The Clarendon Press. 946 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 384218

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

The Place in Legal History of Sir William Shareshull; Chief Justice of the King's Bench; 1350-1361; A Study of Judicial & Administrative Methods in the Reign of Edward III by:
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The Place in Legal History of Sir William Shareshull; Chief Justice of the King's Bench; 1350-1361; A Study of Judicial & Administrative Methods in the Reign of Edward III
by:

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press , 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly soiled dust jacket, 328 pages. Publisher series: Cambridge Studies in English Legal History. Clean copy.

Record # 385431

Price: $28.00

Price: $28.00 

It's Still the Law by: Hyman, Dick & Otto Soglow
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It's Still the Law
by: Hyman, Dick & Otto Soglow

Hardcover. Philadelphia/NY, David McKay Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 127 pages, illustrated with O. Sogow's great cartoons. In an edgeworn dust jacket that's price-clipped. A book full of ridiculous laws and accompanying comic-style illustrations. It's illegal in New York to shoot at rabbits from the rear end of a moving 3rd Ave streetcar. In Baltimore it's illegal to sell a parrot, or even to give one away. Clean copy.

Record # 385479

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Mysterious Science of the Law: An essay on Blackstone's commentaries showing how Blackstone, Employing Eighteenth-century Ideas of Science, Religion, History, Aesthetics, and Philosophy, made of the Law at once a Conservative and
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The Mysterious Science of the Law: An essay on Blackstone's commentaries showing how Blackstone, Employing Eighteenth-century Ideas of Science, Religion, History, Aesthetics, and Philosophy, made of the Law at once a Conservative and

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, soiled dust jacket. Bright blue cloth covers with spine label. 257 pages. Frontispiece, 9 black and white illustrations. The Mysterious Science of Law was based on Boorstin's Yale SJD thesis. (He also held an Oxford BCL and was admitted to the Inner Temple.). It was the first of many important books by Boorstin, who went on to became a prominent historian and, from 1975 to 1987, Librarian of Congress. Appears to se SIGNED on the inside cover and dated Dec., 1941. Otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 385962

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

The Tempting Of America: The Political Seduction of the Law (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Robert H. Bork
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The Tempting Of America: The Political Seduction of the Law (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Robert H. Bork

Hardcover. NY, Free Press, 5th pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 432 pages. INSCRIBED BY BORK on the title page, wishing someone success in his law career. A nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Bork writes about his social and legal philosophy in what is described on the front flap as "the definitive formulation of the wisdom and necessity of interpreting the Constitution according to the "original understanding" of the framers and the people for whom it was written." A brilliant argument for the wisdom and necessity of interpreting the Constitution according to the "original Understanding" of the Framers and the people for whom it was written. Illuminates the history of the Supreme Court and the underlying meaning of constitutional controversy. Relational between values and the law, concludes with a personal account of Judge Bork's chillingly emblematic experiences during the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on his Supreme Court nomination. Clean copy.

Record # 387934

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

For The Defence: The Life Of Edward Marshall Hall by: Marjoribanks, Edward
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For The Defence: The Life Of Edward Marshall Hall
by: Marjoribanks, Edward

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 471 pages, b&w plates. The biography of the great English lawyer who appeared in dozens of famous murder trial at the Old Bailey. Dust jacket flap clipped, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397896

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Vermont ( 2 Vols.) by: Royall Tyler
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Vermont ( 2 Vols.)
by: Royall Tyler

Hardcover. NY, Isaac Riley, 1st, 1809/1810, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, leather bound with maroon labels with gilt lettering "Tyler's Reports". Vol. 1, 496 pages, dated 1809. Vol. 2, 488 pages, dated 1810. Both with an index to the Principal Matters. Royall Tyler became an assistant judge of the Vermont Supreme Court in 1801 and from 1807 through 1813 served as chief justice (the ninth in Vermont history); during this time he presided over a number of important trials (e.g., that of Stephen Jacob in 1802, involving slavery, and that of the Black Snake crew in 1808, dealing with smuggling on Lake Champlain), prepared two volumes (1809-1810) of Reports of the Vermont Supreme Court (covering 1800-1803), and became professor of jurisprudence at the University of Vermont (1811-1814). Calf covers scuffed, discolored, bindings strong, interiors clean. Previous owner's bookplate, related newspaper clipped laid in.

Record # 399089

Price: $300.00
Price: $300.00 

The Trial of Ezra Pound: A Documented Account of the Treason Case by the Defendant's Lawyer by: Cornell, Julien
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The Trial of Ezra Pound: A Documented Account of the Treason Case by the Defendant's Lawyer
by: Cornell, Julien

Hardcover. NY, John Day Publishers, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn. chipped dust jacket, 215 pages. Contains the first appearance of numerous letters from Ezra Pound and documents relating to the trial. Written by his lawyer, Julien Cornell. Clean copy.

Record # 400108

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Fugitive Slave Law and Anthony Burns: A Problem in Law Enforcement by: Jane H Pease; William H Pease
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The Fugitive Slave Law and Anthony Burns: A Problem in Law Enforcement
by: Jane H Pease; William H Pease

Softcover. Philadelphia, J B Lippincott, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 103 pages. Edited by Harold M Hyman. Clean copy.

Record # 400335

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant A.D. 1270-1638 Vol. I Local Courts by: Gross (Ed.), Charles
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Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant A.D. 1270-1638 Vol. I Local Courts
by: Gross (Ed.), Charles

Hardcover. London , Selden Society/ Bernard Quaritch, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 181 pages plus 55 preliminary pages. Text in English and Latin. Blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 403241

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

An Abridgement of All Sea-Lawes by: Welwod, William
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An Abridgement of All Sea-Lawes
by: Welwod, William

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 77 pages, red cloth binding with blue and gilt stamping. A facsimile reprint of the London 1613 printing. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 403246

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Business Contracts of Medieval Provence: Selected Notulae from the Cartulary of Giraud Amalric of Merseilles 1248 by: Pryor, John H.
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Business Contracts of Medieval Provence: Selected Notulae from the Cartulary of Giraud Amalric of Merseilles 1248
by: Pryor, John H.

Softcover. Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 311 pages, b&w frontispiece. Pencil underlining to 3 pages. Light shelfwear, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 403262

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Introduction to European Commercial Law by: Wallach, Frederick
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Introduction to European Commercial Law
by: Wallach, Frederick

Hardcover. New York, Oceana Publications, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, salmon colored cloth, spine with light fading. One sentence in introduction with ink underlining, otherwise clean and tight.

Record # 403265

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

L'Ancienne Coutume de Normandie by: De Gruchy, William Laurence
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L'Ancienne Coutume de Normandie
by: De Gruchy, William Laurence

Hardcover. Jersey FR, Charles Le Feuvre, 1st thus, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 420 pages, Green cloth binding with black stamping. Reimpression editee avec de legeres annotations. French text. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 403266

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Les Reports del Cases en les Ans des Roys Edward V. Richard III. Henrie VII. & Henrie VIII - Year Book Edward V Richard III Henry VII Henry VIII by: Brook, Sir Robert<
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Les Reports del Cases en les Ans des Roys Edward V. Richard III. Henrie VII. & Henrie VIII - Year Book Edward V Richard III Henry VII Henry VIII
by: Brook, Sir Robert<

Hardcover. Abington UK, Professional Books Ltd., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, approximately 400 pages. A hardcover reprint of the 1679 London edition published by Sawbridge, et al. Latin text. Clean and tight.

Record # 403293

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Le Premier Part des Ans du Roy Henry le VI. Or nouvellement perusee, & corigee, avec les Marginal Notes et Une profitable Table annexee a ceo. Year Book 1-20 Henry VI by:
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Le Premier Part des Ans du Roy Henry le VI. Or nouvellement perusee, & corigee, avec les Marginal Notes et Une profitable Table annexee a ceo. Year Book 1-20 Henry VI
by:

Hardcover. Abington UK, Professional Books Ltd., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, approximately 500 pages. A hardcover reprint of the 1679 London edition published by Sawbridge, et al. Latin text. Clean and tight.

Record # 403295

Price: $50.00

Price: $50.00 

Leaves from the Diary Of An Old Lawyer: Intemperance, The Great Source Of Crime by: Richmond, A.B.
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Leaves from the Diary Of An Old Lawyer: Intemperance, The Great Source Of Crime
by: Richmond, A.B.

Hardcover. New York, American Book Exchange, reprint, 1880, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black and gilt, 387 pages plus publisher's ads, color frontispiece depicting various organs of the body after drinking. This is an 1880 reprint of a book first published in 1879 as suggested by the author's postscript and the copyright date. Light fading to spine, small nicks to front cover otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 412230

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Report of the Case of The Commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al. by: R.A. West
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Report of the Case of The Commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al.
by: R.A. West

Hardcover. Pottsville PA, Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original softcover volume rebound in plain tan cloth, 262 pages. "Members of The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Commonly Known as Molly Maguires. Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an Aggravated Assault and Battery". A record of the trial against John Kehoe Et Al., Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Commonly Known as "Molly Maguires": Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an Aggrevated Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill Wm. M. Thomas : with the Testimony and Arguments of Counsel in Full, Stenographically Reported by R.A. West. Cover and first 12 pages chipped, with light water stain. Interior clean, tear to page 57, no loss of paper. Name on front fly leaf.

Record # 472520

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

The Rise of the Barristers: A Social History of the English Bar, 1590-1640 by: Prest, Wilfrid R.
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The Rise of the Barristers: A Social History of the English Bar, 1590-1640
by: Prest, Wilfrid R.

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, reprint, 2001, Softcover, 442 pages. The barristers were the most powerful and prosperous professional group in early modern England. This book systematically examines the barrister's working life during a half-century of rapid growth and structural change within the legal profession. Prest analyzes patterns of professional recruitment, training, and mobility and explores the participation of barristers in the cultural, religious, and political life of Elizabethan and early Stuart England. Remainder lines to bottom edge. Clean copy.

Record # 472522

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Judging Addicts: Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System by: Rebecca Tiger
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Judging Addicts: Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System
by: Rebecca Tiger

Softcover. NYU Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 197 pages. The number of people incarcerated in the U.S. now exceeds 2.3 million, due in part to the increasing criminalization of drug use: over 25% of people incarcerated in jails and prisons are there for drug offenses. Judging Addicts examines this increased criminalization of drugs and the medicalization of addiction in the U.S. by focusing on drug courts, where defendants are sent to drug treatment instead of prison. Clean copy.

Record # 472614

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 


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