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2011578312011. ISBN-13: 9781616191504; ISBN-10: 1616191503. Black on Legal Construction and Interpretation Black Henry Campbell. Handbook on the Construction and Interpretation of the Laws With a Chapter on the Interpretation of Judicial Decisions and the Doctrine of Precedents. Originally published: St. Paul: West Publishing Co. 1896. xi 499 32 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191504. ISBN-10: 9781616191504. Paperback. New. $20.95 Reprint of the first edition. "The following pages contain a condensed statement and exposition of the accepted canons and rules for the construction and interpretation of the written laws whether constitutional or statutory. In accordance with the general plan of the Hornbook Series these rules have been formulated somewhat after the manner of a code expressed in brief black-letter paragraphs numbered consecutively throughout the book and explained developed and illustrated in the text" Preface iii. Henry Campbell Black 1860-1927 was also the author of the standard American law dictionary A Dictionary of Law Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence Ancient and Modern Including the Principal Terms of International Constitutional and Commercial Law first published in 1891 and now in its 9th edition and other works. unknown books
1998255871998. Tax. Reports of the United States Tax Court. July 1 1998 to December 31 1998. Volume 111. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1998. vii 380 pp. Cloth. New. $21. unknown books
2009547192009. ISBN-13: 9781584779681; ISBN-10: 1584779683. An Important Southern Voice in the Political Debates That Followed the War of 1812 Taylor John. Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated. Originally published: Richmond: printed by Shepherd & Pollard 1820. iv 344 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779681; ISBN-10: 1584779683. Paperback. New. $21.50 One of the major works of the Virginian John Taylor of Caroline 1753-1824. Little-known today Taylor's work is of great significance in the political and intellectual history of the South and is essential for understanding the constitutional theories that Southerners asserted to justify secession in 1861. Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated was Taylor's response to a series of post-War of 1812 developments including John Marshall's Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland the widespread issuance of paper money by banks proposals for a protective tariff and the attempt to bar slavery from Missouri. Along with many other Southerners Taylor feared that these and other measures were undermining the foundations of American republicanism. He saw them as the attempt of an "artificial capitalist sect" to corrupt the virtue of the American people and upset the proper constitutional balance between state and federal authority in favor of a centralized national government. unknown books
2010562062010. ISBN-13: 9781616190224; ISBN-10: 1616190221. Useful Introduction to Roman Law Bernard Fernand. The First Year of Roman Law. Translated by Charles P. Sherman. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press 1906. xiii 326 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190224. ISBN-10: 1616190221. Paperback. New. $21.95. This is a useful introduction to Roman law with a level of detail that falls midway between an outline and a textbook. Carefully organized it is also an excellent reference guide. "To begin with it is quite comprehensive for there is not a single principle of Roman law sufficiently important to be included in first-year study which the author has omitted. Legal principles and definitions are very concisely stated and a lecturer on the subject will be glad to find an important rule given in such brief almost epigrammatic form that it can be readily committed to memory. . Another good feature is the practice of frequently citing the original Latin phrases and sentences. Lastly the translator has provided a good index which is a valuable addition to the original work. We are sure that many teachers of Roman law will welcome this book as a manual to be placed in the hands of their students.": Columbia Law Review 7 1907 377-378. unknown books
2005416682005. ISBN-13: 9781584775317; ISBN-10: 1584775319. Boyd William K. The Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code. Originally published: New York: The Columbia University Press 1905. 122 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775317; ISBN-10: 1584775319. Hardcover. New. $21.95 Boyd discusses the influence of the Code's ecclesiastical edicts on early medieval jurisprudence and the Episcopal courts during the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. He also examines how the Code engaged the legal conflict between Christianity and paganism. Published in 438 C.E. the Theodosian Code was the official compilation of laws enacted since Constantine. It was superseded in 528 C.E. by the Code of Justinian. Reprinted from the series Studies in History Economics and Public Law edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
2004399792004. ISBN-13: 9781584774525; ISBN-10: 1584774525. Chen Shao-Kwan. The System of Taxation in China in the Tsing Dynasty 1644-1911. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press 1914. 118 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774525; ISBN-10: 1584774525. Hardcover. New. $21.95 Reprint of a title in the important Columbia University series Studies in History Economics and Public Law. China's imperial era ended with the collapse of the Tsing Qing or Manchu dynasty in 1911. Memorable for its cultural efflorescence the dynasty was gradually undermined by political weakness rebellion and Western imperialism. This study looks at the ways taxation was administered during this complicated and turbulent era. Chen outlines the structure of the imperial government then looks at ways it taxed land salt and commodities. unknown books
2001307632001. ISBN-13: 9781584771678. ISBN-10: 1584771674. Cherry Richard R. Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities. Originally published: London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. xi 123 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771678; ISBN-10: 1584771674. Hardcover. New. $21.95 A PIONEERING and FASCINATING COMPARATIVE STUDY In these six lectures Cherry compares ancient Irish Hebrew Mohammedan Roman and English penal law systems. It was described as "a sound and careful piece of work in a branch of comparative law not yet adequately treated by any English writer" in an 1891 review in the Law Quarterly Review Vol. 7 p. 89. RICHARD ROBERT CHERRY 1859-1923 was an Irish judge law professor and politician. In 1899 he became Reid Professor of Criminal and Constitutional Law at the University of Dublin. He was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland in 1905 and elected to Parliament in 1906. From 1913-1916 he served as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland. Cherry is the author of The Irish Land Law and Land Purchase Acts 1897 which went through three editions. unknown books
2012591172012. ISBN-13: 9781616192624; ISBN-10: 1616192623. Forsyth William. History of Trial by Jury Second edition. Originally published: Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn 1875. x 388 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192624. ISBN-10: 1616192623. Paperback. New. $21.95 First published in England in 1852 Forsyth's History of Trial by Jury is the first full-scale historical account of the rise and growth of the jury system in England. Highly regarded this book went through 37 editions. The first American edition the source of this reprint adds a number of notes and corrections to American references in previous editions. "An excellent summary of the opinions of leading legal writers as well as conventional historians regarding the original of trial by jury was set forth by an Englishman William Forsyth in his excellent book entitled History of Trial by Jury. . . . Various writers according to Forsyth attribute the origin of the English jury to a recognition of the principle that no man ought to be condemned except by the voice of his fellow citizens. Forsyth committed himself to the belief that trial by jury did not owe its existence to any positive law that it was not created by any Act of Parliament but grew out of usages and customs of society that eventually passed away. Forsyth concluded his observations by saying that 'the jury does not owe its existence to any preconceived theory of jurisprudence but that it gradually grew out of forms previously in use and was composed of elements long familiar to the people in general.'" --Robert H. White 29 Tennessee Law Review 14 1961-1962. William Forsyth 1812-1899 was an English lawyer and author of many works on law and literature including The History of Lawyers 1849. unknown books
2015630702015. ISBN-13: 9781616194734 ISBN-10: 1616194731. Greenidge A.H.J. The Legal Procedure of Cicero's Time. Originally published: Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1901. xiii 599 pp. Reprinted 2000 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194734. ISBN-10: 1616194731. Paperback. New. $21.95 A systematic and historical treatment of the civil and criminal procedure of Cicero's time. At the same time the author examines the legal difficulties and contradictions found in Cicero's writings on procedure. With a subject index and an index to passages found in Cicero's works. Contents include: Civil Procedure The Courts of the Monarchy and Early Republic The Courts of the Ciceronian Period and Criminal Procedure. "The book considers the Roman theory of civil procedure the magistrate and the judex bringing out clearly the distinction between the two the function of the latter and the part of the process which took place before the magistrate. Under the Action are treated in part two preliminaries summons proceedings in jure formula dangers of the formulary system different kinds of actions. confession neglect of defence use of the oath judicium execution appeal and reversal. This part forms an exceedingly interesting and valuable treatise in itself. Part three deals with criminal procedure for the treatment of which Mr. Greenidge has an especial qualification having already published a valuable treatise on Infamia. In an appendix he gives a detailed legal commentary on four great legal pleas of Cicero with reference to the systematic portion of the book. All in all the treatise reflects great credit on the author . and shows that the seed planted by Maine fifty years ago is producing a fair tree that in the home of the Common Law the value of the Roman jurisprudence is better and better understood." -- E.S.S. 49 Am. L. Reg. 556 January to December 1902. Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge 1865-1906 taught Roman law at Oxford and Cambridge. He is the author of Infamia Its Place in Roman Public and Private Law 1894 A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History 1896 and Roman Public Life 1901. unknown books
2010296072010. ISBN-13: 9781584771623; ISBN-10: 1584771623. Hohfeld Wesley. Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning. Edited by Walter Wheeler Cook with a New Foreword by Arthur L. Corbin. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press 1964. xv 114 pp. Reprinted 2000 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771623; ISBN-10: 1584771623. Hardcover. New. $21.95 This edition is distinguished by the foreword by Arthur L. Corbin author of the renowned Corbin on Contracts. Since his death Hohfeld's essays on the concepts of right and duty have been increasingly recognized for their significance as a foundation of thought on analytical jurisprudence. Posthumously collected and published by Yale University Press in 1964 the essays were originally published as two articles in the Yale Law Journal in 1913 and 1917 and are ".now a standard part of legal thinking." Walker Oxford Companion to Law 575. unknown books
2000287512000. Johns C.H.W. Translator. The Oldest Code of Laws in the World: The Code of Laws Promulgated by Hammurabi King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark 1926. xii 88 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770619; ISBN-10: 1584770619. Hardcover. New. $21.95 The text in English of the Code of Hammurabi which is the earliest code of laws. Probably issued about 1750 B.C. it includes 282 sections in an ordered arrangement. The index created by the translator may be viewed as a digest of the Code itself. unknown books
1998215321998. ISBN-13: 9781886363472; ISBN-10: 1886363471. Maitland Frederic William. A General Survey of Events Sources Persons & Movements in Continental Legal History. By Various European Authors. With an introduction by Albert Kocourek. Boston: Little Brown 1912. liii 754 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363472. ISBN-10: 1886363471. Cloth bound hardcover. New. $21.95 Published as part of The Continental Legal History Series under the auspices of the Association of American Law Schools. A survey of legal history in Western Europe from medieval to modern times the work includes translations into English from leading authorities on European legal history such as Carlo Calisse Jean Brissaud Heinrich Brunner Richard Schroeder Rafael Altimara and Frederic W. Maitland. unknown books
2011279352011. ISBN-13: 9781584770992; ISBN-10: 1584770996. Moore Blaine Free. The Supreme Court and Unconstitutional Legislation. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press 1913. 158 pp. Reprinted 2000 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770992; ISBN-10: 1584770996. Hardcover. New. $21.95 Moore's analytical survey considers what the U.S. Supreme Court has accomplished through its power to declare statutes unconstitutional. Although he restricts his focus to the federal level he considers state cases in some detail and includes an appendix that lists cases in which state enactments were declared unconstitutional because of their confl ict with the federal constitution. Moore also discusses early attitudes of state courts before Marbury v. Madison and the attitudes of federal courts after that decision. Reprint of Volume LIV Number 2 Whole Number 133 from the series Studies in History Economics and Public Law edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University. Blaine Free Moore 1879-1941 taught at George Washington University and was a Curtis Fellow at Columbia University. His publications include Economic Aspects of the Commerce and Industry of the Netherlands 1912-1918 1919 The History of Cumulative Voting and Minority Representation in Illinois 1870-1919 1920 The Foreign Trade of Japan 1922 and Laws and Practices Affecting the Establishment of Foreign Branches of Banks 1923. unknown books
2014619992014. ISBN-13: 9781616194130. ISBN-10: 1616194138. Phillimore John George. Principles and Maxims of Jurisprudence. Originally published: London: John W. Parker and Son 1856. xxiv 408 pp. Reprinted 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194130. ISBN-10: 1616194138. Paperback. New. $21.95 In this study of important principles and maxims of Roman law Phillimore provides commentary on selected maxims of Papinian Ulpian Paulus Scaevola Marcianus and Gaius; sets forth rules for the interpretation of law contracts and wills and discusses arguments used in Justinian's Pandects Digest. With a table of cases. JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE 1808-1865 son of Joseph Phillimore editor of admiralty reports was an English jurist called to the Bar in 1832 who later became a Reader in Constitutional Law and Legal History to the Inns of Court. unknown books
2012591742012. ISBN-13: 9781616192648. ISBN-10: 161619264X. Pound Roscoe. New Paths of the Law. First Lectures in the Roscoe Pound Lectureship Series. Originally published: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1950. 69 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192648. ISBN-10: 161619264X. Paperback. New. $21.95 Notable for their conservatism which became more pronounced in subsequent publications these lectures reflect on developments in the international legal order during the late 1940s. Pound detected three legal "paths": those of liberty humanitarianism and authoritarianism. The first which he endorses seeks to realize a maximum of free individual self assertion. Legal humanitarianism which he criticizes heavily is the expansion of injury law to include social redress and consumer protection. His antipathy toward the authoritarian path goes beyond a condemnation of authoritarian regimes like the Soviet Union to a rejection of any form of social legislation such as socialized medicine or state-run pensions. These lectures were delivered at the University of Nebraska where Pound had been dean of the College of Law from 1902-1907 and marked the establishment of the Roscoe Pound Lectureship Series. "This book . . . by its very thinness may succeed in luring attention away from competing attractions since here one may with the expenditure of only a little time obtain the reaction of one of the giants of jurisprudence to our confused complex and turbulent modern legal scene." --Frank Hanft North Carolina Review 93 1950-1951 29 Roscoe Pound 1870-1964 was a pre-eminent legal educator scholar and prolific author. A professor at Harvard Law School for most of his career and its dean from 1916-1936 he taught throughout the world in his later years. His five volume Jurisprudence 1959 is considered one of the most important contributions to the world's legal literature of the twentieth century. unknown books
2018407502018. ISBN-13: 9781584774655; ISBN-10: 1584774657. Sulzberger Mayer. The Ancient Hebrew Law of Homicide. Originally published: Philadelphia: Julius H. Greenstone 1915. vi 160 pp. Reprinted 2004 2018 by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774655; ISBN-10: 1584774657. Hardcover. New. $21.95 A compilation of five lectures this work is notable for both its breadth of learning and its cogency of argument. It is also an impressive work of biblical exegesis. Ranging from the Am Haaretz to "The Polity of the Ancient Hebrews" it places homicide in the wider context of Jewish history jurisprudence and government. An especially useful feature is the detailed index of cited Biblical passages. Sulzberger a noted Philadelphia orator and philanthropist was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1895 and reelected in 1904. unknown books
2012591792012. ISBN-13: 9781616192693. ISBN-10: 1616192690. "Clearly Entitled to Rank Among the Classics" Wheaton Henry. Elements of International Law: with a Sketch of the History of the Science. Originally published: Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1836. xiv 375 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192693. ISBN-10: 1616192690. Paperback. New. $21.95 Written when the author was a diplomat posted in Berlin this distinguished treatise went through several American and English editions and several more in French Italian Spanish and Chinese. A standard work during the nineteenth century an edition was published in England as late as 1936. "Mr. Wheaton's early familiarity with the jurisprudence and foreign relations of the United States his long experience in diplomacy his intimate acquaintance with European languages and foreign diplomatic writers entitles his writings upon International Law to more than ordinary consideration. His works enjoy the highest reputation for the soundness of their views and the learning and research displayed in illustrating the various topics discussed." --J.G. Marvin Legal Bibliography 1847 728. "An excellent work.Indisputably the best of its kind in the English language." --James Reddie Inquiries into International Law 1842 106. "On his own merits Wheaton is clearly entitled to rank among the classics. Like Grotius he embodied a happy combination of profound scholarship with a wide experience of diplomatic and public life and his work further resembles that of Grotius in that it cannot be classified under the conventional labels of any doctrinal system. His insistence upon the fundamental principles of natural law is balanced by his analysis of practice as an immediate source of positive law." H.A. Smith Law Quarterly Review 307-308. HENRY WHEATON 1785-1848 was a justice of the Marine Court of New York City a member of the New York State constitutional convention of 1821 a one-term representative to the New York State Assembly and a high-level diplomat who served in Denmark and Prussia. An important legal writer he was the reporter of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1816 to 1827 and the author of several notable treatises including A History of the Law of Nations in Europe and America 1838 and An Enquiry into the Validity of the British. unknown books
2005407232005. ISBN-13: 9781584774792; ISBN-10: 1584774797. Yen Hawkling L. A Survey of Constitutional Development in China. New York: Columbia University Press 1911. 136 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774792. ISBN-10: 1584774797. Hardcover. New. $21.95 Published at the beginning of China's modern era which followed the creation of the Chinese Republic in 1911 and the abdication of the last emperor in 1912 Yen reviews significant turning points in the long history of the nation's constitutional history. This is complemented by a parallel history of public law. A student of Charles A. Beard Yen shares his mentor's sensitivity to the decisive influence of socio-political factors. The final chapter "Movement For a Written Constitution 1905-1910" is especially interesting as a sophisticated contemporary account by Chinese legal historian. Originally published as Volume XL Number 1 in Columbia's series Studies in History Economics and Public Law. unknown books
200428536NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0195143477 . First printing. Publisher's press release laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
607310not signed with eight different shots of Buck Jones from the 1930 film "Men Without Law" with complete cast and story highlights on the back. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; linen back; 11 1/8" x 7 3/4"; very good two file holes in left margin; minor signs of handling; 1930. Provenance: from the estate of producer Alex Gordon. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
2007470942007. ISBN-13: 9781584777472; ISBN-10: 1584777478. An Excellent Survey of Roman Law Chamier Daniel. A Manual of Roman Law. Originally published: London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co./New York: Macmillan & Co. 1893. xii 233 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777472; ISBN-10: 1584777478. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Intended for law students who are busy but desire more than an outline of the subject Chamier's manual offers a clearly focused survey with detailed discussion of Roman elements that are relevant to present-day common law. "The author in some two hundred pages clear both as to style and type has lucidly explained the salient features of the Law of Persons the Law of Things and the Law of Actions. We have carefully perused the little book and.we can speak highly of the manner in which the author has treated his well-worn subject.": Law Magazine & Law Review 20 5th. Series 1894-1895 273. unknown books
2010562442010. ISBN-13:9781616190286; ISBN-10:1616190280. "The Austin of the Jurisprudence of Administrative Law" Freund Ernst. Standards of American Legislation: An Estimate of Restrictive and Constructive Factors. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1917. xx 327 pp. Reprinted 2010 The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13:9781616190286; ISBN-10:1616190280. Paperback. New. $22.95 This book originated as a series of lectures presented at Johns Hopkins in 1915. It proposes a method to supplement the established doctrine of constitutional law which enforces legislative norms through negation and review by a system of positive principles that would guide the making of statutes and give more definite meaning and content to the concept of due process. Highly regarded since its original publication in 1917 and the winner of Harvard Law School's Ames Prize in 1919 it went on to become a standard work. It was recommended to cite two examples in Roscoe Pound's Introduction to American Law 1919 and Arthur Vanderbilt's Studying Law 1945. A comment published at the end of Freund's career summarizes a general opinion: "The great quality which Ernst Freund brought to the study of administrative law was his capacity for analysis. He was the Austin of the jurisprudence of administrative law.": W.I.J. Law Quarterly Review 49 1933 588. unknown books
2012588322012. ISBN-13: 9781616192259: ISBN-10: 1616192259. Goodnow Frank J. The Principles of the Administrative Law of the United States. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1905. xxvii 480 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192259: ISBN-10: 1616192259. Paperback. New. $22.95 Goodnow's major work this book analyzes the distinction between "politics" and "administration." According to Goodnow politics is concerned with policy and other expressions of state will. Administration is concerned with the faithful execution of enacted legislation. He observes that administration has a tendency to overstep this boundary and concedes that politics must therefore monitor administration to keep it in line with the people's will. Reprint of first edition. While a member of the Columbia faculty Frank J. Goodnow 1859-1939 was the first individual in the United States to hold a professorship in administrative law. He became the first president of the American Political Science Association which offers an annual award in his name. He was president of Johns Hopkins University from 1915-1929. "From both the legal and historical standpoint the book contains many things that are richly suggestive. There is very little in our legal or political literature so penetrating as for example the exposition of the effects of confinement of the principle of separation of powers to the central government. . It is not written for the legal profession directly but to those lawyers who seek more than a working tool in their profession a true appraisement of the administrative law it will appeal. The writing of such a work moreover is a signal public service." -6 Columbia Law Review 1906 133. unknown books
2010562072010. ISBN-13: 9781616190231; ISBN-10: 161619023X. A Notably Lucid Translation of the Institutes Grapel William. The Institutes of Justinian with the Novel as to Successions. Originally published: Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. London: Bell and Daldy 1855. x 316 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190231; ISBN-10: 161619023X. Paperback. New. $22.95 Reprint of the sole edition. Written around 161 CE the Institutes is an elementary treatise on Roman private law that served as a standard textbook for 300 years. During the Early Modern Era it was combined with three other texts the Digest Code and Novels to form the Corpus Juris Civilis a profound influence on European law from the tenth century onwards. Novel 118 Successions outlines the rules of succession in intestacy. These rules were carried over into later civil law and have influenced English common law. Grapel's is a notably lucid translation. "Each Latin word if technical has been carefully given in a plain English equivalent; and where it has been deemed advisable to give the original term a literal rendering has always been added" Preface vi. unknown books
2017323782017. ISBN-13:9781584771821; ISBN-10: 1584771828. A Classic Treatise on International Maritime Law Grotius Hugo. The Freedom of the Seas or The Right which Belongs to the Dutch to Take Part in the East Indian Trade. Translated with a Revision of the Latin Text of 1633 by Ralph van Deman Magoffin. Edited with an Introductory Note by James Brown Scott. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press 1916. xv 79 79 81-83 pp. Main text paged in duplicate with translation and original Latin text on facing leaves total 182 pp. Reprinted 2001 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771821; ISBN-10: 1584771828. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Translation of Grotius' work Mare Liberum with Latin and English on facing pages. This groundbreaking work was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to dispute the monopoly on East Indian trade routes claimed by the Portuguese. It argues that the seas are international territory open to all nations thus rejecting the idea that any area of the seas could belong to a country. An instant classic it received a great deal of attention when it was published in 1609. Perhaps the most important reply is John Selden's Mare Clausum 1635 which defends British claims to sovereignty over the coastal waters of the British Isles. HUGO GROTIUS 1583-1645 a pre-eminent contributor to international legal doctrine was an influential Dutch jurist philosopher and theologian. Grotius is also known for De Jure Belli ac Pacis On the Law of War and Peace originally published in 1625 which is widely considered to be the first master treatise on international law and De Jure Praedae 1604 in which he argues against territorial sovereignty of the seas. unknown books
