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The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) John Austin xx, 392, lxxvi pp.

The only edition published during his lifetime, long unavailable, will be of great interest. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1925) Charles Beard vii, 330 pp.

... one of the basic works on the Federal Convention of 1787.

95 Paperback 2011 ISBN 978-1-61619-207-5 $24.95 Hardcover 2012 ISBN 978-1-886363-66-3 $45.

Traces the formation of the federal constitution from its origin to the inauguration of Washington, with an extensive appendix of letters and papers illustrating the formation of the constitution.

This edition is an essential complement to the first edition (1891) as it provides the scholar and student of law important insights into the rapid development of law at the turn of the century.

2 The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) John Austin xx, 392, lxxvi pp. Austin presents his theories of analytical jurisprudence and positive law which led to Austin being considered the father of positive jurisprudence. The only edition published during his lifetime, long unavailable, will be of great interest. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1925) Charles Beard vii, 330 pp. Proposed that the Framers were motivated by economic issues. Beard s work remains fundamental and has insured a continued focus on the economic aspect of the nation s establishment.... one of the basic works on the Federal Convention of James Willard Hurst, The Growth of American Law 458 JOHN AUSTIN [ ] was a British jurist known for his influential theory of legal positivism. Hardcover 2001 ISBN $34.95 Paperback 2011 ISBN $24.95 Hardcover 2012 ISBN $45. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America Second Edition (1882) George Bancroft 2 vols. xxiv, 520; xiv, 501 pp. Traces the formation of the federal constitution from its origin to the inauguration of Washington, with an extensive appendix of letters and papers illustrating the formation of the constitution. 2 vols. Hardcover 2000 ISBN $175. A Law Dictionary (1910) Henry Campbell Black 1314 pp. This edition is an essential complement to the first edition (1891) as it provides the scholar and student of law important insights into the rapid development of law at the turn of the century. This edition is also notable for its revamped system of arrangement, with all compound and descriptive terms subsumed under their related main entries. Libraries, students, historians, and practitioners will all benefit from this historically significant research tool. Hardcover 1995 ISBN $195. Commentaries on the Constitution (1952) Elizabeth Kelley Bauer 400 pp. NOW AN epub The Art of Questioning Thirty Maxims of Cross Examination (1987) Peter Megargee Brown xxxiii, 122 pp. Hardcover 1999 ISBN $45. A thorough survey and examination of the formal commentaries on the Constitution that were written as summaries of official pronouncements by proponents of the two major schools of constitutional interpretation before the Civil War--the nationalist Northern school, and the Southern states rights advocates. This important study is often cited. 1 Hardcover 2007 ISBN $29.95 Paperback 2007 ISBN $19.95 epub Kindle 2014 ISBN $9.99 Peter Megargee Brown's delightful collection of tips on questioning for the litigating attorney should be almost as much fun for the layman. It is full of wit and wisdom and shrewd insights, and the chapters read like short plays. LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS

Free Speech in the United States (1967) Zechariah Chafee xviii, 634 pp. The work that established modern First Amendment theory, and became a foremost text of U.S. libertarian thought.

Seckler-Hudson, Bibliography on Public Administration, Annotated 45. ZECHARIAH CHAFEE [1885-1947] was Langdell Professor of Law in Harvard University and a prominent first amendment scholar.

Hardcover 2002 ISBN 978-1-58477-134-0 $95. Codification, Transplants and History Law Reform in Louisiana (1808) and Quebec (1866) John W. Cairns xlv, 559 pp.

) When Louisiana enacted its Digest of the Civil Laws in 1808 and Quebec its Civil Code of Lower Canada in 1866, both jurisdictions were in a period of economic, social and political transition.

Cairns examines the rich, complex, and varying legal cultures French, Spanish, Civilian and Anglo- American on which the two sets of redactors drew in drafting their codes.

DAB II: 415. 2 The Dual State A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship (1941) Ernst Fraenkel xvi, 248 pp. Hardcover 2010 ISBN 978-1-58477-671-0 $49.95 Paperback 2010 ISBN 978-1-61619-069-9 $39.

3 Free Speech in the United States (1967) Zechariah Chafee xviii, 634 pp. The work that established modern First Amendment theory, and became a foremost text of U.S. libertarian thought. This leading treatise on civil liberties influenced the jurisprudence of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Louis Brandeis. One of the most valuable treatises in the field. Seckler-Hudson, Bibliography on Public Administration, Annotated 45. ZECHARIAH CHAFEE [ ] was Langdell Professor of Law in Harvard University and a prominent first amendment scholar. Hardcover 2001 ISBN $69.95 A Treatise on the Law of Libel and the Liberty of the Press Showing the Origin, Use, and Abuse of the Law of Libel (1830) Thomas Cooper xxxviii, 184 pp. Hardcover 2002 ISBN $95. Codification, Transplants and History Law Reform in Louisiana (1808) and Quebec (1866) John W. Cairns xlv, 559 pp. Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.) When Louisiana enacted its Digest of the Civil Laws in 1808 and Quebec its Civil Code of Lower Canada in 1866, both jurisdictions were in a period of economic, social and political transition. This book offers the first systematic and detailed exploration of the two new codes in light of social and legal change. Cairns examines the rich, complex, and varying legal cultures French, Spanish, Civilian and Anglo- American on which the two sets of redactors drew in drafting their codes. Hardcover 2015 ISBN $85. Links the law of libel to the Sedition Act of Cooper was according to Dictionary of American Biography, one of the first to sow the seeds of secession. DAB II: The Dual State A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship (1941) Ernst Fraenkel xvi, 248 pp. Hardcover 2010 ISBN $49.95 Paperback 2010 ISBN $39.95 This classic study is one of the standard works on constitutional law, jurisprudence and judicial administration in Nazi Germany. Also considered one of the finest analyses of totalitarianism. As a detailed record of what has happened to the Rechtstaat under totalitarian auspices, this book is without rival. Fritz Morstein Marx, Harvard Law Review 54 ( ) 1267 The Rights of War and Peace Including the Law of Nature and of Nature and of Nations. Translated from the Original Latin...by A.C. Campbell (1814) Hugo Grotius Archibald Colin Campbell, Translator 3 vols. Hardcover 2017 ISBN $195. The Effect of an Unconstitutional Statute (1935) Oliver P. Field xi, 355 pp. State and federal courts have a long history of deeming statutes unconstitutional. Although there have been a number of treatises on the nature of judicial review, this volume treats the issue of the results of a statute deemed unconstitutional. The varying meanings of the process of `declaring a statute unconstitutional or unenforceable, the meaning of unconstitutionality, the legal effect of the tainted statute or its defective part, and of the decision branding it, are the subject matter of this scholarly and effective book. Edwin Borchard, Yale Law Journal 45:1533. Hardcover 2002 ISBN $80. Three vols. xxiv (v-xxiv new introduction), xxxv, 368; [iv], 352; [vi], 420 pp. First published at Paris in Latin (1625), it laid the foundations of the modern system of public international law.

Reprint of the Complete Text of the Rare First Edition Inside the Jury (1983) Reid Hastie, Steven D. Penrod and Nancy Pennington viii, 277 pp. Hardcover 2013 ISBN 978-1-58477-269-9 $65.

vols. vi, 227; vi, 384 pp. Facsimile reprint of the complete text of the rare first edition in two volumes. Most famous and influential American political work. Howes, U.S.IANA, 1650-1950 H114c.

Contemporary Sociology The book will stand as the third great product of social research into jury operations, ranking with Kalven and Zeisel s The American Jury and Van Dyke s Jury Selection

American Bar Association Journal The Standard Critical Edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis Ancient Roman Statutes A Translation with Introduction, Commentary, Glossary, and Index (1961) Allan Chester

This volume is Volume II of The Corpus of Roman Law (Corpus Juris Romani), General Editor, Clyde Pharr. 9 x 13 Hardcover 2012 ISBN 978-1-58477-291-0. $95.

4 Reprint of the Complete Text of the Rare First Edition Inside the Jury (1983) Reid Hastie, Steven D. Penrod and Nancy Pennington viii, 277 pp. Hardcover 2013 ISBN $65. The Federalist A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 (1788) Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay 2 vols. vi, 227; vi, 384 pp. Facsimile reprint of the complete text of the rare first edition in two volumes. Most famous and influential American political work. Howes, U.S.IANA, H114c. The views of Hamilton, Madison and Jay expressed in this landmark work have had a lasting effect on U.S. Constitutional law. 2 vols. Hardcover 2016 ISBN $195. A landmark jury study. Contemporary Sociology The book will stand as the third great product of social research into jury operations, ranking with Kalven and Zeisel s The American Jury and Van Dyke s Jury Selection Procedures. American Bar Association Journal The Standard Critical Edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis Ancient Roman Statutes A Translation with Introduction, Commentary, Glossary, and Index (1961) Allan Chester Johnson, Paul Robinson Coleman-Norton and Frank Card Bourne. Clyde Pharr, General Editor xxxi, 290 pp. This volume is Volume II of The Corpus of Roman Law (Corpus Juris Romani), General Editor, Clyde Pharr. 9 x 13 Hardcover 2012 ISBN $95. 3 Collective Security Under International Law (1957) Hans Kelsen vi, 275 pp. The noted jurist Hans Kelsen advances his theory that collective security "... of the state is, just as collective security of the individual within the state, by its very nature a legal problem." Foreword p. ii. A generation ago there were many in high places to contest the thesis. Today the bitter lesson of two world wars has established the principle for practical purposes, in spite of the difficulty of putting it into practice. --C. G. Fenwick, American Journal of International Law 52 (1958) 811. Hardcover 2011 ISBN $65. Paperback 2011 ISBN $49.95 The Creation of the Common Law The Medieval Year Books Deciphered Thomas Lund Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.) xx, 371 pp. In this modern compilation and commentary, the most important medieval cases are paraphrased and analyzed, making this interesting and entertaining litigation accessible to everyone. Although Maitland s classic History of English Law ends at Henry III s death, until now no one has explained in clear modern language the transformative events that followed. After Edward I became king, Chief Justice Bereford took charge of the legal system, and created law in accord with his own sense of justice. The book puts his innovations into the context of contemporary American and English law. Hardcover 2015 ISBN $75. A Sketch of English Legal History Edited with Notes and Appendices by James F. Colby (1915) Frederic William Maitland Francis C. Montague x, 234pp. Hardcover 2010 ISBN $18.50 Paperback 2014 ISBN $9.95 In this work Professor Colby has gathered, annotated and arranged into a sequential history of English law numerous essays by Maitland and Montague.

Hardcover 2005 ISBN 978-1-58477-631-4 $45.

by Bryan A. Garner xiii, 450 pp. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour.

Reprint of the fourth English edition of De Jure Naturae et Gentium, a landmark in the history of natural and international law.

Unlike Hobbes, Pufendorf argued that peace, not war, was the state of nature, and he proposed that international law was not restricted to Christendom. Hardcover 2013 ISBN 978-1-58477-394-8 $195.

Revered Anthology on Legal Writing Classic Essays on Legal Advocacy [1960] George Rossman, Editor With a New Preface by BRYAN A. GARNER Hardcover 2012 ISBN 978-1-61619-311-9 $59.

A Plain Statement of the Material Facts Pertaining to the Most Famous Crime of the Century... Illustrated with Original Engravings (1893) Edwin H. Porter, Reporter 312 pp.

5 Hardcover 2005 ISBN $45. One of the Great Works of Legal Literature of Our Times David Pannick QC in the Times, January 17, 2006 A New Miscellany at Law Yet Another Diversion for Lawyers and Others Sir Robert Megarry Edited by Bryan A. Garner xiii, 450 pp. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour. Of the Law of Nature and Nations Eight Books. Written in Latin by the Baron Puffendorf. Done Into English by Basil Kennett (1729) Samuel von Pufendorf [Jean Barbeyrac] [xxviii] 88, 878, [22] pp. Reprint of the fourth English edition of De Jure Naturae et Gentium, a landmark in the history of natural and international law. It proposed a thorough system of private, public, and international law based on natural law. The work is significant in part because it developed principles introduced by Grotius and Hobbes. Unlike Hobbes, Pufendorf argued that peace, not war, was the state of nature, and he proposed that international law was not restricted to Christendom. Hardcover 2013 ISBN $195. NOW AN epub Through the Codes Darkly Slave Law and Civil Law in Louisiana Vernon Valentine Palmer xvi, 196 pp. Revered Anthology on Legal Writing Classic Essays on Legal Advocacy [1960] George Rossman, Editor With a New Preface by BRYAN A. GARNER Hardcover 2012 ISBN $59.95 Paperback 2013 ISBN $49.95 epub Kindle ISBN $9.99 [LIZZIE A. BORDEN] The Fall River Tragedy A History of The Borden Murders. A Plain Statement of the Material Facts Pertaining to the Most Famous Crime of the Century... Illustrated with Original Engravings (1893) Edwin H. Porter, Reporter 312 pp. Hardcover 2015 ISBN $49.95 Vernon V. Palmer s probing investigation into the world of an unexpected series of French lawmakers offers a new and insightful response. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the French legacy of slavery and law in the Americas. JEAN M. HÉBRARD Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Compiled immediately after Lizzie Borden s sensational trial, the author aims to provide a connected story of the whole case. Edwin H. Porter [ ] was the Police Reporter for the Fall River Daily Globe and a correspondent for the Boston Herald. 4 xiv [iii-iv new preface], 976 pp reprint published in co-operation with Scribes - The American Society of Writers Reprint of the only edition of Advocacy and the King s English: A Garland of Treatises on Advocacy and the Better Use of the English Language Selected by the Scribes, an Organization Composed of Lawyers Who Have Done Superior Legal Writing. Hardcover 2010 ISBN $49.95 Constitutional Free Speech Defined and Defended in an Unfinished Argument in a Case of Blasphemy (1919) Theodore Schroeder 456 pp. Hardcover 2001 ISBN $90. This inflammatory analysis of a blasphemy case involves a historical interpretation of the Constitution.

Free Speech Bibliography Including Every Discovered Attitude Toward the Problem Covering Every Method of Transmitting Ideas and Abridging Their Promulgation upon Every Subject-Matter (1922) Theodore

General categories include works issued before 1800, general discussions, alien and sedition laws of 1768, economic motive, personal motive, religious motive, sedition, sex motive, war motive, and

Hardcover 2001 ISBN 978-1-58477-049-7 $85. 3 vols. Hardcover 2007 ISBN 978-1-58477-713-7 $250. The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors, 1819 [1948] (1946 1948) Robert T. Swaine 3 Vols.

, portrait plates A decisive influence on the direction of American legal practice, the firm developed the organizational model based on a large staff of associates, partners and clerical helpers

Obscene Literature and Constitutional Law A Forensic Defense of Freedom of the Press (1911) Theodore Schroeder 439 pp. Hardcover 2002 ISBN 978-1-58477-154-8 $85.

Hardcover 2010 ISBN 978-1-58477-969-8 $29.95 Paperback 2010 ISBN 978-1-58477-970-4 $24.95 epub Kindle ISBN 978-1-61619-463-5 $9.

6 Free Speech Bibliography Including Every Discovered Attitude Toward the Problem Covering Every Method of Transmitting Ideas and Abridging Their Promulgation upon Every Subject-Matter (1922) Theodore Schroeder [vii], 247 pp. Annotated bibliography organized by subject. General categories include works issued before 1800, general discussions, alien and sedition laws of 1768, economic motive, personal motive, religious motive, sedition, sex motive, war motive, and suppressed publications. Subcategories include slavery, chattel, anarchists, trials, church and state, heresy, labor unionists, art, theater. With a thorough author index. Hardcover 2001 ISBN $85. 3 vols. Hardcover 2007 ISBN $250. The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors, 1819 [1948] ( ) Robert T. Swaine 3 Vols. xxi, 782; xxvii, 798; vii, 192 pp. plus 69 illus., portrait plates A decisive influence on the direction of American legal practice, the firm developed the organizational model based on a large staff of associates, partners and clerical helpers that continues to dominate the modern urban law firm. The final volume lists biographical data for every associate and partner from Obscene Literature and Constitutional Law A Forensic Defense of Freedom of the Press (1911) Theodore Schroeder 439 pp. Hardcover 2002 ISBN $85. NOW AN epub A comprehensive argument in favor of free speech by a founder of the Free Speech League. Eulogy of Lawyers Written by a Lawyer Jacob A. Stein xix, 317 pp. Hardcover 2010 ISBN $29.95 Paperback 2010 ISBN $24.95 epub Kindle ISBN $9.99 Eulogy of Judges, Written by a Lawyer, (Piero Calamandri) gradually acquired a reputation among sophisticated legal circles as the best lawyer s book ever written. Eulogy of Lawyers revives the spirit of its great predecessor while shifting the focus to the other side of the bench. 5 A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press (1800) Tunis Wortman xii, 296 pp. Hardcover 2003 ISBN $34.95 Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution With Supplement John R. Vile, Editor 4 vols. xvii, 442; v, ; v, ; xii, 81 pp. These 4 vols. collect and update compilations of lists of proposed amendments and convention petitions that have been scattered about in a variety of governmental reports. With a comprehensive index of all amendments proposed through The 4th volume comprises a supplement to the earlier three, and brings the amendments up through Hardcover 2011 ISBN $495. Volume IV Supplement sold separately. Hardcover 2011 ISBN $95. Published soon after the first amendment to the Constitution was ratified, the work can be seen as an evolution of Jefferson s and Madison s proposal of freedom of speech. Wortman s treatise, however, achieves a moral and ethical analysis of government and free speech beyond their original appeal for freedom of the press.

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The Year Books Or Reports in the Following Reigns, with Notes to Brooke and Fitzherbert s Abridgments (1678, ) Early English Law with New Apparatus by David J. Seipp With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants, and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms, by David J. Seipp,