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2010565442010. ISBN-13: 9781616190521; ISBN-10: 1616190523. Harper Robert Francis. The Code of Hammurabi King of Babylon. About 2250 B.C. Autographed Text Transliteration. Originally published: Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1904. xvi 192 ii pp. i ciii plates including map of the region. Reprinted 2010 by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190521; ISBN-10: 1616190523. Paperback. New. $22.95 The Code of Hammurabi is a collection of laws decreed by Hammurabi the King of Babylon ruled ca. 1796 BC - 1750 BC. These were inscribed on cuneiform tablets towards the end of his reign and discovered in 1901 by the Egyptologist Gustave Jequier. The code consists of 282 case laws carved in forty-nine columns on a basalt stele. The code encompasses commercial criminal and civil law. This edition contains a complete English translation of the code with a running parallel transliteration of the original ideograms. All corrections and erasures are included. This edition also includes facsimiles of all of the original cuneiform tablets a thorough glossary and index of subjects lists of proper names and tables of weights and currencies. Robert Francis Harper 1864-1914 was Professor of the Semitic Languages and Literatures in the University of Chicago Director of the Babylonian Section of the Oriental Exploration Fund of the University of Chicago Managing Editor of The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. unknown books
2005413332005. ISBN-13: 9781584775515; ISBN-10: 1584775513. Hilkey Charles J. Legal Development in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1686. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press 1910. 148 pp. Reprinted 2005 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775515; ISBN-10: 1584775513. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Explores a fascinating aspect of the early colony's legal system: its denial of the binding force of English law in favor of an original legal system. Although the common law played a role the colonists used it selectively and combined it with the provisions of the colony's charter local statutes and Scripture. One of the earliest books on the history of American law this pioneering work was originally published in the series Studies in History Economics and Public Law edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
2009430112009. ISBN-13: 9781584776598; ISBN-10: 1584776595. A Code of Land Warfare Holland Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land Written and Unwritten. Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press 1908. viii 150 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776598; ISBN-10: 1584776595. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Holland 1835-1926 analyzed the proceedings of the international conventions held at St. Petersburg in 1868 Geneva in 1906 and the Hague in 1899 and 1907. He found that they provided enough common material to create a code of land warfare so he synthesized the texts of these conventions into a code containing 140 numbered articles divided into five sections. Each article is annotated with references to the conventions. When a clear ruling does not exist Holland offers his own based on precedents derived from internationally recognized authorities such as Bynkershoek and Lieber. Compact clearly written and well organized this work was a standard authority during the First World War. Still cited today it is also a primary source for the study of the law of land warfare from 1868 to the mid-twentieth century. unknown books
2014612382014. ISBN-13: 9781616193706; ISBN-10: 1616193700. Jackson E. Hilton. Latin for Lawyers. Containing I: A Course in Latin with Legal Maxims and Phrases As a Basis of Instruction. II. A Collection of Over One Thousand Latin Maxims with English Translations Explanatory Notes and Cross-References. III. A Vocabulary of Latin Words. Originally published: London: Sweet & Maxwell 1915. viii 300 pp. Reprinted 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616193706; ISBN-10: 1616193700. Paperback. New. $22.95 The perfect book for that considerable number of law students and lawyers with little or no knowledge of Latin. For those already proficient in Latin the interest in this volume will lie in the large collection of legal maxims and phrases. The annotations are commendable for their brevity and unpretentious simplicity. unknown books
2009539612009. ISBN-13: 9781584779407; ISBN-10: 1584779403. Kuhn Arthur K. A Comparative Study of the Law of Corporations with Particular Reference to the Protection of Creditors and Shareholders. New York: Columbia University 1912. 173 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779407; ISBN-10: 1584779403. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Reprint of the sole edition. Arthur Kuhn 1876-1954 was a founding member of the American Society of International Law. unknown books
2010393332010. ISBN-13: 9781584774426; ISBN-10: 1584774428. England's First Important International Trading Company Lingelbach W.E. The Merchant Adventurers of England: Their Laws and Ordinances with Other Documents. Originally published: Philadelphia: The Department of History of the University of Pennsylvania 1902. xxxix 260 pp. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774426; ISBN-10: 1584774428. Hardcover. New. $22.95 With detailed notes and an extensive introduction. Chartered by the crown in 1474 the Merchant Adventurers was England's preeminent regulated international trading company until the early nineteenth century. This source book collects eighteen substantial documents written between 1407 and 1805 the most important years of the society's history. This group includes the Charter of 1407 extracts from the Charter of Edward IV 1462 and the Laws and Ordinances of 1608. Taken together these records form one of the most detailed pictures of business organizations and methods during the later Tudor the Stuart and the early Hanoverian eras. unknown books
2002307672002. ISBN-13: 9781584771692; ISBN-10: 1584771690. Pollock Sir Frederick. The Expansion of the Common Law. Originally published: London: Stevens and Sons Limited 1904. vii 164 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771692; ISBN-10: 1584771690. Hardcover. New. $22.95 The Preface describes the work as "a rapid survey of a wide field." The book is also interesting for the essay "The Vocation of the Common Law" based on an address to the Harvard Law School Association June 25 1895 in which Sir Pollock calls for a reciprocal legal arrangement between the judges of the United States and Great Britain when merited by an important matter at hand. He compares the legal relationship of Great Britain and the United States to that of Great Britain and British India. His argument concludes "There is no reason why we should not live in hope of our system of judicial law being confirmed and exalted in a judgment-seat more than national in a tribunal more comprehensive more authoritative and more august than any the world has yet known." p. 21 With an appendix giving a summary view of Anglo-Saxon law before the Norman Conquest. Sir Frederick Pollock 1845-1937 was one of the greatest British judges and legal scholars of his day. His treatises on contracts jurisprudence the common law and other subjects did much to clarify and systematize English law. Several of these were standard texts that went through several editions. He is also remembered for his collaboration with F.W. Maitland on The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I and his correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes which was published posthumously as The Holmes-Pollock Letters. He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge and admitted to the Bar in 1871. He taught at the University of Oxford from 1883-1903. unknown books
2010553032010. ISBN-13: 9781584779841; ISBN-10: 1584779845. "The Best Essay on This Subject" Scrutton Thomas Edward. The Influence of the Roman Law on the Law of England. Originally published: Cambridge: at the University Press 1885. xvi 199 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779841; ISBN-10: 1584779845. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Reprint of the sole edition. The extent of Roman influence on English common law long a keenly debated topic was subjected to careful scrutiny during the establishment of modern English legal historiography in the late 1800s. Scrutton's revisionist essay a path-breaking work that won Cambridge University's prestigious Yorke Prize evaluates and mostly discredits the work of his predecessors most notably Finlason Coote and Seebohm. In its place he offers a history from the Saxon period to his day guided by a close reading of sources. Scrutton believed that Roman law was a minor influence until it was introduced to Oxford by Vacarius. It became considerable after that watershed event an argument he advances through a close reading of Glanville and a book-by-book demonstration of Azo's influence on Bracton. "Scrutton has written what we believe to be the best essay on this subject. It will be a useful guide to the authorities for any who are investigating the history of our law while the author's own opinions are for the most part sound and sober and are clearly and modestly stated.": Law Quarterly Review 2 1886 96. unknown books
2011365552011. ISBN-13: 9781584772415; ISBN-10: 1584772417. Shang Yang. The Book of Lord Shang. A Classic of the Chinese School of Law. Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Notes by Dr. J.J.L. Duyvendak. Originally published: London: Arthur Probsthain 1928. xiv 346 pp. Reprinted 2003 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772415; ISBN-10: 1584772417. Hardcover. New. $22.95 Reprint of Volume XVII in Probsthain's Oriental Series. With a Chinese index and an index of names and references. The Book of Lord Shang was probably compiled sometime between 359 and 338 BCE. Along with the Han Fei-Tzu it is one of the two principal sources of Legalism a school of Chinese political thought. Legalism asserts that human behavior must be controlled through written law rather than through ritual custom or ethics because people are innately selfish and ignorant. The law is not effective when it is based on goodness or virtue; it is effective when it compels obedience. This is essential to preserve the stability of the State. Roscoe Pound recommended this book for the study of old Chinese law in Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence 5th ed. 235. unknown books
2012591872012. ISBN-13: 9781616192716. ISBN-10: 1616192712. Shirley John M. The Dartmouth College Causes and the Supreme Court of the United States. Originally published: Chicago: G.I. Jones 1895. 469 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192716. ISBN-10: 1616192712. Paperback. New. $22.95 "It is Sir as I have said a small college. And yet there are those who love it!" -Daniel Webster Oral Argument March 10 1818 Dartmouth College v. Woodward Dartmouth College v. Woodward 1816-1819 established significant precedents concerning state authority and the nature of private enterprise. Dartmouth College was incorporated under a royal charter in 1769 as a private corporation. In 1816 the New Hampshire Legislature attempted to transform the college into a state institution. Daniel Webster representing the college trustees convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that the royal charter was a contract that could not be invalidated by subsequent state legislation. The court concurred. Its decision initiated a significant constitutional limitation on state authority. It also helped to define corporations as relatively unregulated private economic entities that contributed to the public sphere through enlightened self-interest. Shirley offers a vivid account of the case enriched by extensive quotation of primary archival sources. Reprint of the first edition. "The complete history of the Dartmouth college case is very curious and deserves more than a passing notice. Until within three years it is not too much to say that it was quite unknown and its condition is but little better now. In 1879 John M. Shirley published a volume entitled the 'Dartmouth College Causes' which is a monument of careful study and thorough research. Most persons would conclude that it was a work of merely legal interest appealing to a limited class of professional readers. Even those into whose hands it chanced to come have probably been deterred from examining it as it deserves by the first chapter which is very obscure and by the confusion of the narrative which follows. Yet this monograph which has so unfortunately suffered from a defective arrangement of material is of very great value not only to our legal and constitutional history but to the pol. unknown books
2020707492020. ISBN-13: 9781616196424; ISBN-10: 1616196424. Chitty's Edition of Vattel Vattel Emmerich de. Chitty Joseph Chitty. The Law of Nations; or Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns. From the French of Monsieur De Vattel. With Additional Notes and References by Edward D. Ingraham Esq. Originally published: Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson 1854. lxvi 656 pp. Reprinted 2005 2020 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616196424. ISBN-10: 1616196424. Paperback. New. $22.95 The Law of Nations outlined a plan for international law and diplomacy as we now know it. It set forth a system of international law that included principles of relationships between nations international treaties declarations of law and peace rights and obligations of citizens and states military service and commerce among nations. The Law of Nations had a profound influence on the Founding Fathers most notably George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Originally published in 1758 it was translated into English in 1760. This edition is based on a translation of the 1758 French original. Joseph Chitty the distinguished English legal scholar produced this edition to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. This is a reprint of the 1854 American edition of Chitty's edition with notes and references by Edward D. Ingraham. "It came to us in good season when the circumstances of a rising State make it necessary to frequently consult the Law of Nations." --Benjamin Franklin Emmerich de Vattel 1714-1767 was an international lawyer whose success with The Law of Nations led to his appointment as a diplomatic councilor to the court of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Joseph Chitty 1775-1841 was one of the greatest barristers teachers and legal authors of the nineteenth century. His treatises on contracts and criminal law were standard works in Great Britain and the United States. unknown books
2002336292002. ISBN-13: 9781584771876; ISBN-10: 1584771879. Anthony Susan B. An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on the Charge of Illegal Voting at the Presidential Election in Nov. 1872. and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones Edwin T. Marsh and William B. Hall the Inspectors of Election by whom her Vote was Received. Originally published: Rochester: Daily Democrat and Chronicle Book Print 1874. vii 212 pp. Reprinted 2002 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771876; ISBN-10: 1584771879. Hardcover. New. $23.95 An account of the landmark suffragist trial before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York at Canandaigua in June 1873 that brought the cause of women's voting rights to the forefront of national attention in the United States. A group of women led by preeminent abolitionist and woman's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 attempted to vote during the presidential election of 1872 claiming they were entitled to do so according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The presiding officials Jones Hall and Marsh decided by a majority to accept their ballots. The women were soon arrested for this act and indicted for "knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote." The officials were also indicted. This volume reprints the text of the indictment and a transcript of the testimony with connecting commentary. Its appendix offers an address by Anthony delivered before her trial a speech on her behalf cause by Joslyn Gage and a critical assessment of the trial by John Hooker. unknown books
2006431042006. ISBN-13: 9781584776642; ISBN-10: 1584776641. Benny Philip Berger. The Criminal Code of the Jews According to the Talmud. Originally published: London: Smith Elder & Co. 1880. 133 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776642. ISBN-10: 1584776641. Hardcover. New. $23.95 This study goes beyond the statutes of the Mosaic Pentateuch to the jurisprudence of the Talmud to create a nuanced description of Jewish criminal law. Beginning with a history of the Mosaic code and an overview of the prescriptions of the Talmud this study goes on to examine the constitution of the courts procedure rules of evidence perjury methods of punishment and execution the treatment of murder adultery and idolatry and cities of refuge. unknown books
2004365592004. ISBN-13: 9781584772958; ISBN-10: 1584772956. Burlamaqui Jean Jacques. The Principles of Natural Law. In Which the True Systems of Morality and Civil Government are Established; and the Different Sentiments of Grotius Hobbes Puffendorf Barbeyrac Locke Clark and Hutchinson occasionally considered. Translated into English by Mr. Nugent. Originally published: London: J. Nourse 1748. xlii 312 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772958; ISBN-10: 1584772956. Hardcover. New. $23.95 Reprint of the first English edition. Burlamaqui 1694-1748 a Swiss jurist and professor of civil and natural law at Geneva outlined a constitutional system based on principles similar to those of the American founding fathers. "Burlamaqui formulated the principles of popular sovereignty of delegated power of a constitution as a fundamental law of a personal and functional separation of powers into three independent departments. and finally he provided for an institutional guardian of the fundamental law" Harvey. Burlamaqui's other great achievement was to put Pufendorf's theories into systematic form. Marvin stated a general opinion when he observed that "his works are deservedly held in high esteem." Blackstone was one of many jurists influenced by Burlamaqui's work. The sequel The Principles of Politic Law is also published by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. Marvin Legal Bibliography 1847 162. Harvey Jean Jacques Burlamaqui: A Liberal Tradition in American Constitutionalism 178-179. unknown books
2004375922004. ISBN-13: 9781584773801. ISBN-10: 1584773804. Burlamaqui Jean Jacques. The Principles of Politic Law: Being a Sequel to the Principles of Natural Law. Translated into English by Mr. Nugent. Originally published: London: J. Nourse 1752. viii 372 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773801. ISBN-10: 1584773804. Hardcover. New. $23.95 Here he develops his thesis that international law is based on natural law and examines the principles of sovereignty with respect to considerations such as foreign rights the necessity of war the concept of absolute power public treaties and economic factors. Burlamaqui's views were a primary source of the theory voiced in the Declaration of Independence. The principles of his constitutional system are strikingly like those of the American and he had considerable influence on Blackstone's lectures on jurisprudence. Reprint of first English translation. Sequel to Burlamaqui's other major work The Principles of Natural Law 1748 also published in reprint by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. Jean Jacques Burlamaqui 1694-1748 was a Swiss jurist and professor of civil and natural law at Geneva. unknown books
2001307622001. ISBN-13: 9781584771265; ISBN-10: 1584771267. Originated the Supposition that Shakespeare Had a Legal Background Campbell Baron John. Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered. Originally published: London: John Murray 1859. vi 117 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771265; ISBN-10: 1584771267. Hardcover. New. $23.95 Reprint of first edition. Campbell's treatise on the law as found in the literature of Shakespeare is from a letter to J. Payne Collier but is here organized into chapters by play title. He also examines Shakespeare's sonnets and his will from a legal viewpoint. "In this essay he collected all of the clear and unmistakable legal phrases terms and allusions scattered through Shakespeare's plays; arranged and compared them; and came to the conclusion that they furnished unequivocal evidence that Shakespeare possessed that amount of legal knowledge and especially that acquaintance with the most common legal terms and technical phrases which would naturally be acquired by an intelligent and observing clerk in the office of a practicing attorney." 3 West Coast Reporter 581 1884. See Holdsworth A History of English Law 15: 415. unknown books
2005399412005. ISBN-13: 9781584774396; ISBN-10: 1584774398. Devecmon William C. In Re Shakespeare's "Legal Acquirements": Notes by an Unbeliever Therein. Originally published: New York: The Shakespeare Press 1899. iii 51 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774396; ISBN-10: 1584774398. Hardcover. New. $23.95 The large number of sophisticated legal references in Shakespeare's work and his association with the Inns of Court led many to conclude that he was once a barrister clerk or law student. This idea took root in the late eighteenth century and reached fruition in such works as Shakespeare A Lawyer 1858 by William L. Rushton and Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered 1859 by John Campbell both are available as Lawbook Exchange reprints. Devecmon refutes this view arguing that the Bard's knowledge was that of a well-read layman. "Mr. Devecmon boldly announces himself a disbeliever in the lawyer theory and his little book is a strong argument on that side. It shows careful research is written in terse vigorous style and exhibits much legal learning." 60 Albany Law Journal 241 1899-1900. unknown books
2014615182014. ISBN-13: 9781616193935. ISBN-10: 161619393X. Laski Harold J. The Foundations of Sovereignty and Other Essays. Originally published: New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1921. xi iii 317 pp. Reprinted 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616193935. ISBN-10: 161619393X. Paperback. New. $23.95 This influential study develops aspects of his theory of the state ideas he introduced in his first important publication Authority in the Modern State 1919. According to Laski the state is not a supreme entity but is rather one association among many that must compete for the people's loyalty and obedience. unknown books
2002336102002. ISBN-13: 9781584771395; ISBN-10: 1584771399. Laussat Anthony. An Essay on Equity in Pennsylvania. Originally published: Philadelphia: Published for the Institution by Robert Desilver 1826. vi 7-157 2 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771395; ISBN-10: 1584771399. Hardcover. New. $23.95 Written in 1825 and submitted as a dissertation to the Law Academy of Philadelphia. Laussat 1806-1833 a Philadelphia lawyer traces the history of equity in the state paying particular attention to the influence of Quaker beliefs and English Common Law. Although the work takes as its subject the law of equity in Pennsylvania he views equity in its most profound sense as the foundation of moral law. This study received high praise from Chancellor Kent John Marshall and George Sharswood. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 4976. unknown books
2002285132002. ISBN-13: 9781584770183; ISBN-10: 158477018X. Macaulay Thomas Babington. A Penal Code Prepared by the Indian Law Commissioners and published by Command of the Governor General of India in Council. Originally published: London: Pelham Richardson Cornhill 1838. viii 138 pp. Reprinted 2002 2020 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770183. ISBN-10: 158477018X. Hardcover. New. $23.95 At the time this code was drafted Great Britain's Indian colonies were governed by the private East India Company. In many cases its regulations concerning criminal acts conflicted with Muslim law law Hindu law and English common law. In 1834 the company established an Indian Law Commission to address this situation through the creation of a penal code. This commission was directed by Thomas Babington Macaulay 1800-1859 a British colonialist Member of Parliament and author of many renowned works including the History of England. Written mostly by Macaulay the commission's code was deeply influenced by the works of Jeremy Bentham Edward Livingston and the Code Napoleon. This volume is a reprint of the London reprint of the Calcutta edition of the original text issued by the Indian Law Commission October 14 1837. unknown books
2010215332010. ISBN-13: 9781886363502; ISBN-10: 1886363501. An Excellent Introduction to English Legal History Maitland Frederic William. Montague Francis C. A Sketch of English Legal History. Edited with Notes and Appendices by James F. Colby. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1915. x 234pp. Reprinted 1998 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363502; ISBN-10: 1886363501. Hardcover. New. $23.95 In this work Professor Colby has gathered annotated and arranged into a sequential history of English law numerous essays by Maitland and Montague. "These articles supplied what long had been needed for general readers and for law students-a brief but comprehensive accurate but untechnical account of the origin and growth of English law. . . . this series of articles now forms the best available introduction to English legal history." James F. Colby iii. Widely considered the father of legal history Frederic William Maitland 1850-1906 was an English jurist and historian best known for the standard The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I 2 vol. 1895 written with Sir Frederick Pollock. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and studied at Lincoln's Inn London. Maitland was called to the bar in 1876 then practiced until 1884 when he became a reader in English law 1884 and professor 1888 at Cambridge. He founded the Selden Society in 1887. Hailed for his original outlook on history his works profoundly influenced legal scholarship. An extraordinarily productive career was shortened by his death from tuberculosis at age 45. Francis C. Montague 1858-1935 was a Professor of History at University College London and Lecturer in Modern History Oriel College Oxford. He was also the author of The History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Restoration 1907 and The Elements of English Constitutional History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day 1910. James F. Colby 1850-1939 taught international law at Yale Law School from 1883 until 1885. He later taught history and political economics at Dartmouth College and was Parker Professor of Law and Political Science at Dartmouth College from 1885-1916 and lectured in jurisprudence and international law at Boston University Law School from 1905-1922. unknown books
2004382732004. ISBN-13: 9781584774136; ISBN-10: 1584774134. Morris William Alfred. The Frankpledge System. Originally published: New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1910. xvi 194 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774136; ISBN-10: 1584774134. Smythe sewn cloth hardcover. New. $23.95 A system that originated in Saxon England frankpledge was a promise of good conduct given to a sovereign by a group of ten freeholders or tithing. If a member of the tithing committed an offense the others acted as bail to ensure that he would appear in court. If the offender fled the other members would be penalized. First published in 1910 Morris' detailed history remains the standard work on this subject. unknown books
2008526032008. ISBN-13: 9781584778738; ISBN-10: 1584778733. President Jackson and The Second Bank of the United States Moulton R.K. Legislative and Documentary History of the Banks of the United States from the Time of Establishing the Bank of North America 1781 to October 1834: with Notes and Comments. New York: G. & C. Carvill & Co. 1834. v 227 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778738. ISBN-10: 1584778733. Cloth. New. $23.95 One of the most hotly contested issues of the 1830s was the legitimacy of the Second Bank of the United States Bank of North America. After a lengthy and bitter struggle President Jackson vetoed the renewal of the bank's charter in 1832. According to the preface this work aims "to lay before the people such a statement of facts as the compiler conceives will enable them to form a correct opinion upon the subject" iii. The work is both a useful anthology of relevant documents and an interesting guide to contemporary opinion. unknown books
2010407082010. ISBN-13: 9781584774853; ISBN-10: 1584774851. "Absorbing" Study of Early English Statutes Plucknett Theodore F.T. Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century. Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1922. xliv 200 pp. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774853; ISBN-10: 1584774851. Hardcover. New. $23.95 An important book by a preeminent scholar of English legal history. Using evidence drawn from the Year Books from 20 Edw. I to 20 Edw. III Plucknett 1897-1965 analyzes the nature of early statutes as seen in the rules for their construction and their use in court. He shows that the early statutes were more legislative than declaratory and were treated as such by the courts. "This is an essay of absorbing interest and of great value to historians of the law. Every page shows not only immense industry but sound learning.": Law Quarterly Review 39:138-139 cited in Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 143. unknown books
2015400972015. ISBN-13: 9781584774860; ISBN-10: 158477486X. Poole Reginald L. Lectures on the History of the Papal Chancery Down to the Time of Innocent III. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press 1915. xvi 211 pp. Reprinted 2005 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774860. ISBN-10: 158477486X. Hardcover. New. $23.95 Papal Bulls and other documents produced by the Cancellaria Apostolica comprise one of the most important bodies of western canon and ecclesiastical law. They were especially important during the early and high medieval era the period considered in this incisive study. Poole analyzes the paleographic features of documents produced between the ninth and early thirteenth centuries and their modes of transmission. Turning to the authors he outlines the history of the Papal Chancery and the characteristics of its literary style. He concludes with a group of useful appendixes containing sample documents and bibliographic data. unknown books
