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2007524982007. ISBN-13: 9781584778622; ISBN-10: 1584778628. The Secrets of Effective Inquiry Brown Peter Megargee. The Art of Questioning: Thirty Maxims of Cross Examination. Originally published: New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1987. xxxiii 122 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778622. ISBN-10: 1584778628. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. $29.95 Written for seasoned attorneys novices and laymen this classic essay reveals step by step how lawyers and non-lawyers can learn to ask the right question and get the answer they want. Useful beyond his stated purpose Brown shows how effective inquiry is a skill that can be learned to gain success in almost any line of endeavor. "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. Peter Megargee Brown began his legal career as assistant counsel to John Marshall Harlan on the New York State Crime Commission. After Mr. Harlan was appointed to the United States Supreme Court Mr. Brown went on to become chief litigator for the New York firm of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. In 1982 he founded his own law firm in New York Brown & Seymour. He is a Past President of the Federal Bar Council and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is the author of numerous books including Figure It Out: A Guide to Wisdom. He was educated at Yale College and Yale Law School and lives with his wife the designer and author Alexandra Stoddard in Stonington CT. The Peter Megargee Brown Papers the legal papers of the author comprising 303 bound volumes of his principal law suits over 50 years of practice in the United States Supreme Court and Appellate Courts are available for the use of students and scholars and can be found in the "Manuscripts and Archives" section of the Yale University Library. unknown books
2006429302006. LBE reprint of the 6th and final 1920 ed. LBE reprint of the 6th and final 1920 ed. Brown William Jethro. The Underlying Principles of Modern Legislation. Originally published: London: John Murray 1920. xvi 319 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776529. ISBN-10: 1584776528. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Reprint of the sixth and final edition. Brown 1868-1930 outlines the principles underlying the course of English legislation during the nineteenth century. He uses this method to "make intelligible the content of that law which must be understood if it is to be reformed in any worthy sense" and to "provide the social reformer with an intellectual equipment which should be of service in assessing the relative value of the many proposed solutions of existing problems" viii. In a review of the first edition 1912 Roscoe Pound though critical of some of its conclusions considered this an important book because it marked a "swinging into line of English jurists in the general movement toward philosophical jurisprudence.": Harvard Law Review 26 1912-1913 186. unknown books
2005407302005. ISBN-13: 9781584774679; ISBN-10: 1584774673. Cahall Raymond Du Bois. The Sovereign Council of New France: A Study in Canadian Constitutional History. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press 1915. 274 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774679; ISBN-10: 1584774673. Hardcover. New. $29.95 The Sovereign Council was a governmental body established by France in 1663 to administer its colony in the St. Lawrence Valley. Unusually powerful for a colonial government the council was the primary legislative and legal authority of New France. It had the power to select judges and minor officials control public funds and commerce with the mother country regulate the fur trade and set policy on local affairs. Cahall treats the council's history organization procedure and functions assesses its effectiveness and evaluates its achievements and failures. This valuable study was originally published as Volume LXV Number 1 in Columbia's series Studies in History Economics and Public Law. unknown books
2011484622011. ISBN-13: 9781584777601; ISBN-10: 1584777605. With a New Preface by Jacob A. Stein Calamandrei Piero. Eulogy of Judges. Translated by John Clarke Adams and C. Abbott Phillips Jr. Originally published: Princeton: Princeton University Press 1946. viii iii-viii new preface viii 88 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New Preface by Jacob A. Stein Partner Stein Mitchell & Mezines LLP Washington DC. ISBN-13: 9781584777601; ISBN-10: 1584777605. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Reprint of the first American edition. First published in Italian in 1936 this is a collection of maxims anecdotes and observations on the nature of law and justice by a professor of legal procedure at the University of Florence. Some chapters are: On the Faith of Judges The Prime Requisite of Lawyers; On Etiquette Or Discretion in The Court; On the Relationship Between the Lawyer and the Truth or on the Necessary Partisanship of the Lawyer. With a new preface by Jacob A. Stein prominent Washington D.C. trial lawyer and author of Legal Spectator & More 2003 and other titles. unknown books
2015628072015. ISBN-13: 9781616194628; ISBN-10: 1616194626. Uncommon Dictionary of International Law Calvo Charles 1822-1906. Dictionnaire Manuel de Diplomatie et de Droit International Public et Prive. Originally published: Berlin: Puttkammer & Muhlbrecht and others 1885. vii 475 1 pp. Reprinted 2015 by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194628. ISBN-10: 1616194628. Paperback. New. $29.95 Reprint of the only edition. With index. Produced for diplomats this is a one-volume distillation of Calvo's two-volume Dictionnaire de Droit International Public et Prive 1884 with additional material. The entries are rather detailed often several paragraphs in length. Many entries have cross-references. CHARLES CALVO 1822-1906 was a distinguished Argentinean diplomat and scholar of international law. His works include the distinguished treatise Derecho Internacional Teorico y Practico de Europa y America 1868. Translated into French as Le Droit International Theorique et Pratique it went through four further editions the last one in 1896. unknown books
2014632022014. ISBN-13: 9781616195038. ISBN-10: 1616195037. Cardozo Benjamin N. Law is Justice. Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo. Foreword by Robert F. Wagner. Edited by A.L. Sainer. Originally published: New York: Ad Press Ltd. 1938. xvii 441 pp. Frontispiece. Reprinted 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616195038. ISBN-10: 1616195037. Paperback. New. $29.95 A collection of notable opinions by the great judge in the areas of civil rights crime contractual relations injuries estates labor and social matters and international relations. Cardozo's opinions bear the mark of careful preparation of patient and laborious research of a profound understanding of legal principles and their present ethical social and economic setting. Each opinion is accompanied by an introduction that explains the background and legal substance of the case. BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO 1870-1938 an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was one of the most influential American jurists of the twentieth century. He is the author of The Nature of the Judicial Process 1921 The Paradoxes of Legal Science 1928 and What Medicine Can Do For Law 1930. unknown books
2010424042010. ISBN-13: 9781584776611; ISBN-10: 1584776617. Athenian Roots of International Law Cohen Edward E. Ancient Athenian Maritime Courts. Originally published: Princeton: Princeton University Press 1973. xii 233 pp. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776611; ISBN-10: 1584776617. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Athens was the dominant maritime power in the West from the eighth to fourth centuries BCE. Athenian preeminence insured that its maritime law was accepted throughout the Mediterranean world. Indeed its influence outlasted Athens and is the only area of classical Greek law that wasn't replaced entirely by Roman models. Codified during the Roman period in the Rhodian Sea Laws it went on to influence the subsequent development of European commercial and maritime law. Using both ancient and secondary sources Cohen explores the development of Athenian maritime law the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts and the Athenian principles that have endured to the present day. He successfully treats the much-discussed problem of why they were termed "monthly" and describes how "supranationality" was a feature of all Hellenic maritime law. He goes on to show how their jurisdiction was limited ratione rerum not ratione personarum because a legally defined "commercial class" did not exist in Athens at this time. Classicists and lawyers alike will find this a fascinating study that shows how certain principles of Athenian maritime law are still imbedded in the modern international law of maritime commerce. Cohen has made a unique and substantial contribution to our understanding of the Athens of Plato Aristotle and Demosthenes. unknown books
2011586342011. ISBN-13: 9781616191665; ISBN-10: 161619166X. Cooley Thomas M. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. First Edition. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1868. xlvii 720 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-166-5; ISBN-10: 1-61619-166-X. Paperback. New. $29.95 This classic treatise by one of the greatest commentators on the Constitution examines the construction of state constitutions and the enactment of laws. Probably the best- known legal treatise of its time it went through six editions by 1890. Its treatment of such subjects as the protection of property by the "due process" clause of state constitutions and the protection of individual rights from arbitrary regulations dominated American constitutional thinking for generations. Reprint of the first edition. Referring also to Cooley's General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States 1880 Walker declares that these ".are classics and he ranks with Story among the foremost commentators on the Constitution." Walker Oxford Companion to Law 288. The Lawbook Exchange has also published a reprint of the fifth and final authorial edition. ". . . the real source of his Cooley's fame. This book originated from the need of introducing a course on Constitutional Law in the school. . . . The text was developed as a basis for lectures. . . . His discussion attained immediate fame and his views and suggestions practically dominated American Constitutional Law. . . . Like Blackstone Pomeroy and many other legal works the influence of Constitutional Limitations rests partly upon literary qualities upon clarity and grace of unaffected statement." --James G. Rogers American Bar Leaders 70. "The most influential work ever published on American Constitutional law." --Edward S. Corwin Constitutional Revolution 87. Thomas McIntyre Cooley 1824-1898 was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commission. He was a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University and dean of the University of Michigan Law School. First issued in 1870 his edition of Blackstone popularly known as "Cooley's Blackstone" was the standard American edition of the late nineteenth. unknown books
2012589342012. ISBN-13: 9781616192488; ISBN-10: 1-61619-248-8. First Edition of "A Standard Book on the Law of Copyright" Copinger Walter. Deazley Ronan New Introduction. The Law of Copyright In Works of Literature and Art: Including that of Drama Music Engraving Sculpture Painting Photography and Ornamental and Useful Designs; Together with International and Foreign Copyright With the Statutes Relating Thereto and Reference to the English and American Decisions. Originally published: London: Stevens and Haynes 1870. xix iii-xix new introduction xxii 266 cxlix pp. Reprinted 2008 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New introduction by Ronan Deazley Professor of Law University of Glasgow. ISBN-13: 9781616192488; ISBN-10: 1616192488. Paperback. New. $29.95 Reprint of the first edition. "A standard book on the law of copyright was published by W.A. Copinger 1847-1910 in 1870. It deals very fully with the history and the statute law as to literary copyright; as to Crown and university and college copyright; as to musical dramatic and artistic copyright and copyright in designs; as to international copyright and copyright in foreign countries; and as to agreements between authors and publishers. The merits of the book are proved by the fact that it reached a ninth edition in 1958." --William S. Holdsworth History of English Law XV 299-300 WALTER ARTHUR COPINGER 1847-1910 was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple. unknown books
2004375332004. ISBN 9781584773832; ISBN 1584773839. Cottu Charles. On the Administration of the Criminal Code in England and the Spirit of the English Government. Translated Exclusively for the Pamphleteer. Originally published: London: Pamphleteer Volume XVI Number 31 1820. 152 pp. With "M. Cottu Criminal Law of England" Quarterly Review 1820. 18 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773832. ISBN-10: 1584773839. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Reprint of the first English edition. Cottu 1777- was a counsellor of the Royal Court of Paris and Secretary-General to the Royal Society of Prisons. In 1820 he was sent by his government to observe the English criminal courts. He returned with a vivid description of a system that had changed little since the days of Coke and Pulton. As Langbein describes it "the whole of the criminal trial was expected to transpire as a lawyer-free contest of amateurs. In cases of felony. the prosecution was also not represented by counsel. The victim of the crime commonly served as the prosecutor. In homicide cases either the victim's kin prosecuted or the local coroner stood in. Just as Blackstone summarized the common law on the cusp of its transformation by modern capitalism Cottu described a system of criminal procedure that was about to be transformed into the system we recognize today. This work was originally published in the periodical The Pamphleteer. It was reissued as a book in 1822 with the title On the Administration of Criminal Justice in England. Langbein The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial 11. Cottu is noted as one of Langbein's primary sources. A contemporary 18-page review of the French edition is appended to this work. unknown books
2004387742004. ISBN-13: 9781584774327; ISBN-10: 1584774320. Edwards George J. The Grand Jury: An Essay Awarded the Peter Stephen Duponceau Prize by the Law Academy of Philadelphia. Originally published: Philadelphia: George T. Bisel Company 1906. lxxix 219 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774327. ISBN-10: 1584774320. Hardcover. New. $29.95 This important book traces the history and development of the grand jury from its origins in Saxon England to the author's time. Edwards 1875-1946 was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who specialized in insurance law. His book won the prestigious Peter Stephen DuPonceau Prize of the Law Academy of Philadelphia in 1904. The Prize Commitee praised the book's "vast amount and valuable information" and observed "not only is the subject extremely interesting . it is of great practical importance." Nearly a century later the book remains an indispensable authority. unknown books
2012591162012. ISBN-13: 9781616192617; ISBN-10: 1616192615. Ehrlich J.W. The Holy Bible and the Law. Originally published: New York: Oceana Publications 1962. 240 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192617. ISBN-10: 1616192615. Paperback. New. $29.95. A handy anthology of biblical quotations relating to subjects of legal interest. Organized by subject with introductory notes to most sections the book covers such topics as adoption bribery contracts crime and punishment divorce drinking government crimes against the State homicide husband and wife military law master and servant perjury prostitution oaths and wills. "The last section `Woman' is illustrative of the utility of this anthology. Its selection of texts from the two testaments forms a corrective to the notion that the alleged inferiority of the place of woman in life is to be debited to the Old Testament alone. The citations to her status are taken entirely from the New Testament. . . . The merits of the book in fact are outstandingly the admirable anthology of text which it provides in easily accessible form and the useful Introduction . . ." --Bertram B. Benas Modern Law Review 26 1963 732 733. Jacob W. Ehrlich 1900-1971 was a prominent San Francisco trial lawyer and lecturer. His celebrity clients included Errol Flynn Billie Holiday James Mason Lawrence Ferlinghetti Jack Kerouac and Howard Hughes. Many believe he was the model for the television lawyer Perry Mason. He was the author of several books including Ehrlich's Blackstone 1959 an edition of the Commentaries Criminal Law 1960 A Reasonable Doubt 1964 A Life in My Hands: An Autobiography 1965 and The Lost Art of Cross-Examination 1970. He was the subject of a biography by John Wesley Noble and Bernard Averbuch Never Plead Guilty: The Story of Jake Ehrlich 1955. unknown books
2015634032015. ISBN-13: 9781616195113. ISBN-10: 1616195118. Epstein Louis M. The Jewish Marriage Contract: A Study in the Status of the Woman in Jewish Law. Originally published: New York: Jewish Theological Seminary 1927. xvii 316 pp. Reprinted 2005 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616195113. ISBN-10: 1616195118. Paperback. New. $29.95 A cogent and compelling examination of the history and significance of the Jewish marriage contract the Ketubah with extensive notes in Hebrew and English. As Epstein notes in the preface the Ketubah offers an excellent introduction to the character of Jewish marriage because it is not a sentimental rhetorical or subjective text. Instead it is "a legal document embodying the essential points agreed upon by the parties and sanctioned by the law as to the manner of their living together as husband and wife" 2. This work will interest those concerned with property rights family divorce and the evolution of betrothal and marriage. unknown books
2010421752010. ISBN-13: 9781584776635; ISBN-10: 1584776633. With a New Introduction by Michael Hoeflich. Ferriere Claude Joseph de. Beaver John Translator. Duck Sir Arthur. The History of the Roman or Civil Law. Shewing Its Origin and Progress; How and When the Several parts of It Were First Compil'd; With Some Account of the Principal Writers and Commentators Thereupon; And the Method to be Observ'd in Studying the Same. Written Originally in French. To Which is Added Dr. Duck's Treatise on the Use and Authority of the Civil Law in England. With The History of the Origine of the French Laws Translated from the French by J.B. Esq. With a Preface and Notes Shewing the Analogy of the Laws of the Antient Gauls and Britons. Originally published: London: Printed for D. Browne 1724. v iii-v new introduction ix iv 1 169 xxxviii 8 vii 105 7 pp. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New Introduction by Michael H. Hoeflich John H. & John M. Kane Professor of Law University of Kansas School of Law. ISBN-13: 9781584776635. ISBN-10: 1584776633. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Through the influence of Doctors' Commons and the universities the civilians played an important role in the development of English law especially in the fields of commercial estate and admiralty law. Despite its value study of the civil law had entered a moribund phase by the eighteenth century. Several student handbooks attempted to correct this deficiency and Beaver's translation of Ferriere's treatise is among the best. Accompanied by Duck's learned essay that connects the civil law to the common law the work is among the first in English to establish the confluence of these legal traditions. Also included is Beaver's translation of The History of the Origine of the French Laws Translated from the French by J.B. Esq. Shewing the Analogy of the Laws of the Antient Gauls and Britons. First published anonymously in 1703 it has been attributed to Ferriere Gabriel Argou and Claude Fleury. Claude Joseph de Ferriere ca. 1680-ca. 1748 was a well known French jurisconsult dean of the Faculty of Law in Paris and the author of legal treatises and an important legal dictionary Dictionnaire de Droit et de Pratique. unknown books
2008532592008. ISBN-13: 9781584778998; ISBN-10: 1584778997. A Blackstone Catechism Field Barron. Blackstone Sir William. An Analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England in a Series of Questions To Which the Student is to Frame his Own Answers by Reading that Work. Originally published: New York: Published by Stephen Gould 1822. ix 286 2 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778998; ISBN-10: 1584778997. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Reprint of the first American edition from the second London edition 1817. First published in 1811 Field's Analysis is both a summary and a study guide. Moving from paragraph to paragraph each of Blackstone's points is framed as a question. This was a well-regarded work especially in the United States. It was included in the editions of the Commentaries which were edited by "a gentleman of the New-York bar" George Sharswood and W.D. Lewis. It was also included in the fourth edition of Cooley's Blackstone 1899. Laeuchli A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 363. unknown books
2001323762001. ISBN-13: 9781584771333; ISBN-10: 158477133X. Field Stephen Johnson. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches. To Which is added the Story of his Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Hon. George C. Gorman. Washington D.C.: Printed for a Few Friends. Not Published 1893. vi 406 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771333; ISBN-10: 158477133X. Smythe sewn cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. New. $29.95 Reprint of the second edition . Field 1816-1899 was the draftsman of the 1851 California Practice Act and went on to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1863. Having emigrated to California from New York in 1849 the experiences of his adventures there personal and professional he was both disbarred and then elected to the state legislature are recounted in his Reminiscences which he dictated in his later years. "The book evinces devotion to the fact and energy of purpose as well as some appreciation of humorous situations.": Dictionary of American Biography III:373. unknown books
2015632712015. ISBN-13: 9781616195069; ISBN-10: 1616195061. Furey Francis T. An Explanation of the Constitution of the United States of America Prepared for Use in Catholic Schools Academies and Colleges. Originally published: New York: The Catholic Publication Society Co. 1889. iii-xvi new introduction 156 pp. Reprinted 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a new introduction by John R. Vile Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro TN. ISBN-13: 9781616195069. ISBN-10: 1616195061. Hardcover. New. $29.95 With a new introduction by John R. Vile Middle Tennessee State University that explains its relevance this catechism originally published in 1889 and written for use in Catholic schools and colleges explores the United States Constitution from the viewpoint of Catholic issues. Furey points out the Constitution's harmony with Catholic views and its relation to canon law. It provides a window into the role of Catholic education in the United States and insight into more recent increases in the number of Protestant schools and homeschoolers in America. FRANCIS T. FUREY 1852- was a Philadelphia high school teacher author and translator. unknown books
1999260381999. ISBN-13: 9781886363908; ISBN-10: 1886363900. Gest John Marshall. The Lawyer in Literature. Introduction by John H. Wigmore. Originally published: London: Sweet & Maxwell Limited 1913. xii 249 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363908; ISBN-10: 1886363900. Hardcover. New. $29.95 An elegant discourse on the law and lawyers found in Dickens Balzac Scott Coke and others. A fascinating section examines the historical method of the study of law as illustrated by the law of Master and Servant. With an interesting preface by Wigmore which expounds on literature's practical value to lawyers. By the author of the highly regarded The Old Yellow Book which examined Browning's poem "The Ring and the Book" and the actual facts of the case and the legal arguments offered. John H. Wigmore in the introduction notes "the best literature -- drama or poetry philosophy or fiction -- must always be an arsenal for the lawyer." Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University 1953 1142. unknown books
2002336382002. ISBN-13: 9781584771869; ISBN-10: 1584771860. Gierke Otto. Political Theories of the Middle Ages. Translated with an introduction by Frederick William Maitland. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press 1913. lxxx 197 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771869; ISBN-10: 1584771860. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Gierke's masterful analysis of the medieval doctrine of sovereignty or government is enhanced by Maitland's deft introductory essay on the nature of the state entity in Germany and England. That Maitland held Gierke and this work in high esteem is apparent in the fact of this translation and in the esteem he proclaims in the Introduction: "The outlines are large the strokes are firm and medieval appears as an introduction to modern thought." Introduction p. vii. Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 431 938. unknown books
2002295122002. ISBN-13: 9781584771524; ISBN-10: 1584771526. Goodenough Edwin R. The Jurisprudence of the Jewish Courts in Egypt: Legal Administration by the Jews under the Early Roman Empire as Described by Philo Judaeus. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press 1929. vii 268 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771524; ISBN-10: 1584771526. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Goodenough takes a look at the work of the great ancient Jewish philosopher from the unique point of view of the practical lawyer rather than the theologian and as such illuminates much about law as practiced in the Jewish courts in Alexandria. ".an absorbingly interesting monograph on Philo's `De Specialibus Legibus.'" Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 238. unknown books
2013618032013. ISBN-13: 9781616194055. ISBN-10: 1616194057. Gordan John D. III. The Fugitive Slave Rescue Trial of Robert Morris: Benjamin Robbins Curtis on the Road to Dred Scott. xix 120 pp. 19 illustrations. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing 2013. ISBN-13: 9781616194055. ISBN-10: 1616194057. Paperback. New. $29.95 Relying on extensive surviving original records this book analyzes the November 1851 trial in the federal circuit court of Robert Morris the second black admitted to practice in Massachusetts for rescuing a fugitive slave from the custody of the U.S. marshal in the federal courtroom in Boston. It demonstrates that Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis a supporter of Daniel Webster and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 presiding under a recess appointment made two critical rulings against Morris that were at odds with existing precedents. Finally the book contextualizes Morris's trial among the other trials for this rescue the prosecutions for the attempt to rescue Anthony Burns another fugitive slave in 1854 and the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott in 1857. "This "small" book packs a large wallop. Gordan navigates the complexities of trial advocacy and trial procedure with unexcelled mastery. His analysis of the complex legal issues including the power of the jury to rule on questions of law as well as fact is persuasive. Gordan also throws a revisionist light on some of the major players - like John P. Hale who emerges from the wings as the real leader of the abolitionist bar; and Benjamin R. Curtis whose manipulation of the law in the Morris trial illuminates his famous dissent in Dred Scott v. Sandford. A gem of a book." -- R. KENT NEWMYER University of Connecticut School of Law. "A wonderfully detailed exposition of the fugitive slave rescue trial of Robert Morris John Gordan's work unearths a wealth of material about the events the people and the legal acumen of the lawyers and judges involved. It will enable scholars to evaluate a question central to our judicial system: What is the proper division of authority between judge and jury The information contained in Gordan's book provides a much-needed historically accurate basis from which to answer that question." -- MAEVA MARCUS The George Washington University Law School. unknown books
2005408862005. ISBN-13: 9781584774969; ISBN-10: 1584774967. Gray W. Forbes. Some Old Scots Judges: Anecdotes and Impressions. Originally published: New York: E.P. Dutton and Company 1915. xii 317 pp. Frontispiece. Thirteen plates. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774969; ISBN-10: 1584774967. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Gray 1874-1950 draws on "anecdotes and contemporary testimony" to illuminate the personalities of Kames Monboddo Gardenstone Braxfield Hailes Eskgrove Balmuto Newton Hermand Eldin Jeffrey and Cockburn. As he states in the preface he attempts "to show what manner of men those old Scots jurisconsults were--to present a conspectus of their philosophy of life. Accordingly much space is devoted to setting forth their ideas and ideals to recording their habits their daily walk and conversation their studies their recreation their manner of comporting themselves in the various relationships of life. In short every effort has been made to shed as much light as possible upon their morals and their manners their wit and their wisdom" vi. A pleasure to read this book contains a good deal of information that is not available elsewhere. unknown books
2011540352011. ISBN-13: 9781584779421; ISBN-10: 158477942X. The Abridged Whewell Translation Grotius Hugo. Whewell William Editor and Translator. Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press. Originally published: Cambridge: John W. Parker 1853. xxxix 485 pp. Reprinted 2009 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779421. ISBN-10: 158477942X. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Reprint of the sole edition of this abridged translation. In this momentous work Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. 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 he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. This edition was abridged by removing most of the quotations from "ancient historians orators philosophers and poets" which are identified in footnotes. As Whewell states in the preface they tended to "confuse the subject obscure the reasoning and weary the reader." By removing them he enhanced clarity and reduced the bulk of the work by "more than a half" vi. HUGO GROTIUS 1583-1645 a pre-eminent contributor to international legal doctrine was an influential Dutch jurist philosopher and theologian. Originally published in 1625 De Jure Belli ac Pacis On the Law of War and Peace translated by Whewell as On the Rights of War and Peace is widely considered to be the first modern treatise on international law. William Whewell 1794-1866 wrote on numerous subjects and is known for the breadth of his endeavors and his influence on the philosophy of science. He was one of the founding members and an early president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science a fellow of the Royal Society president of the Geological Society and longtime Master of Trinity College Cambridge. unknown books
2018690522018. ISBN-13:9781616196004; ISBN-10:1616196009. Classic History of Yale Law School Hicks Frederick C. History of the Yale Law School to 1915. Introduction by Morris L. Cohen 1927-2010 Professor of Law Yale Law School. ix 301 pp. Illustrated. Clark NJ: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2018. ISBN-13:9781616196004; ISBN-10:1616196009. Paperback. New. $29.95 This book collects four classic studies that form a history of Yale Law School to 1915: The Founders and the Founders' Collection From the Founders to Dutton 1845-1869 1869-1894 Including The County Court House Period and 1895-1915 Twenty Years of Hendrie Hall. A fascinating collection these essays are distinguished by their colorful anecdotes and careful use of archival sources. Illustrated. Introduction by Morris L. Cohen 1927-2010 Professor of Law Yale Law School. A lawyer by training FREDERICK C. HICKS was one of the great American law librarians of the twentieth century. Most of his career was spent at Yale where he was a professor of law and law librarian from 1928 to 1944. A prolific scholar he published several books and articles on law legal history and legal research. MORRIS LEO COHEN 1927-2010 was an American attorney law librarian and professor of law at the University at Buffalo University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's most influential legal librarians" he wrote extensively about the history of law and helped organize and computerize the law libraries at Harvard and Yale. Cohen authored A Bibliography of Early American Law in 1998 a six-volume tome that he had worked on for over three decades that provided a comprehensive catalog of all legal works published in the United States before 1860. unknown books
2014138672014. ISBN-13: 9780963010698; ISBN-10: 0963010697. Holdsworth W.S. The Historians of Anglo-American Law. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press 1928. 175 pp. Reprinted 1994 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9780963010698; ISBN-10: 0963010697. Hardcover. New. $29.95 In chronological order beginning with Coke and Selden Holdsworth surveys the work of the great practitioners of Anglo-American legal history. "Professor Holdsworth . has drawn from the storehouse of his learning to show the intimate relation of their work to the movements of the age in which they lived. no one interested in the growth of Anglo-American law can fail to read with pleasure and profit this stimulating treatment of the development of legal history." Law Quarterly Review 44:392. William S. Holdsworth 1871-1944 was a professor at the University of Cambridge from 1903-1966 and became the Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford in 1922. He is well-known for his monumental work A History of English Law 1964-2004 and other works such as Charles Dickens as a Legal Historian 1929. unknown books
