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1999259001999. Bar Carl Ludwig von. A History of Continental Criminal Law. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1916. lvi 561 pp. Reprinted 1999 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770138. ISBN-10: 1584770139. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Originally published as volume 6 of The Continental Legal History Series under the auspices of the Association of American Law Schools. Explores the history of criminal law in Roman Germanic and medieval Europe from ancient times to the date of authorship and includes a scientific and philosophical discussion of the principles underlying criminal law. unknown books
2001287412001. ISBN-13: 9781584771111; ISBN-10: 1584771119. Beard Charles. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company 1925. vii 330 pp. Reprinted 2001 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771111; ISBN-10: 1584771119. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Beard's interpretation proposes that the Framers of the Federal Constitution were motivated primarily by economic concerns. This argument was widely held until the late 1950s when it was gradually undermined by later research much of it stimulated by Beard's work. Although most scholars today see the origins of the revolution in terms of the history of ideas especially republicanism Beard's work remains fundamental and has insured a continued focus on the economic aspect of the nation's establishment as well as a wider awareness of the role of economic interests in history. ". . . one of 'the basic works' on the Federal Convention of 1787." --James Willard Hurst The Growth of American Law 458. Charles A. Beard 1874-1948 was one of the most influential American historians of the first half of the 20th century. A founder of The New School for Social Research he was the author of several works including The Supreme Court and the Constitution 1912 Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy 1915 and The Rise of American Civilization 1927 co-written with his wife the historian Mary Beard. unknown books
2002295132002. ISBN-13: 9781584771210 ISBN-10: 1584771216. Bentham Jeremy. Plan of Parliamentary Reform in the Form of a Catechism with Reasons for Each Article. With an Introduction Shewing the Necessity of Radical and the Inadequacy of Moderate Reform. Originally published: London: T.J. Wooler 1818. vi 156 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771210 ISBN-10: 1584771216. Hardcover. New. $34.95 The legendary law reformer points his pen directly at the British class system as it is manifested in the Parliament and its processes calls for expansive democratic reform in the form of "democratical ascendancy" 15 and praises the United States Constitution. After the publication of this volume in 1818 his plea for universal suffrage was criticized by the Edinburgh Review for the expectation that it would lead to attacks on property. See Holdsworth History of English Law XIII:104 251. unknown books
2010345362010. ISBN-13: 9781584772552; ISBN-10: 1584772557. The Evolution of Legal Philosophy Berolzheimer Fritz. The World's Legal Philosophies. Translated by Rachel Szold. With an Introduction by Sir John MacDonell and Albert Kocourek. Originally published: New York: The MacMillan Co. 1929. lv 490 pp. Reprinted 2002 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772552; ISBN-10: 1584772557. Hardcover. New. $34.95 This lucid wide-ranging account traces the evolution of the philosophy of law and offers an introduction to its primary authors. Berolzheimer 1869-1920 is especially interested in the law's ability to serve as a progressive humanitarian force. This is evident for example in the contribution it has made to the emancipation of repressed social classes. unknown books
2005408892005. ISBN-13: 9781584774914; ISBN-10: 1584774916. Bliss Philemon. Of Sovereignty. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1885. xv 180 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774914; ISBN-10: 1584774916. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Of Sovereignty argues that the term "sovereignty" has lost its meaning and can only be based on justice and reason. In this fascinating book written in 1884 Bliss balances the argumentative excesses of both advocates of states' rights and of federal supremacy. To make his case he examines the limitations on sovereignty in respect to private and public law considers the right of secession and discusses the positions of Austin Cooley and Lieber at length. After serving on the benches of the Dakota Territory and the Missouri Supreme Court Bliss 1814-1889 finished his career as the first dean of the law department of the University of Missouri. unknown books
2001295142001. ISBN-13: 9781584771616; ISBN-10: 1584771615. One of the First Important American Books on the Common Law Brackenridge Hugh. Law Miscellanies: Containing an Introduction to the Study of Law; Notes on Blackstone's Commentaries Shewing the Variations of the Law of Pennsylvania from the Law of England And what Acts of Assembly Might Require to be Repealed or Modified Observations on Smith's Edition of the Laws of Pennsylvania; Strictures on Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States And on Certain Acts of Congress with Some Law Cases And a Variety of Other Matters Chiefly Original. Originally published: Philadelphia: P. Byrne 1814. 588 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771616; ISBN-10: 1584771615. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Law Miscellanies is a collection of essays on federal and state law judgments of the U.S. Supreme Court Pennsylvania law Blackstone's Commentaries and the role of English law in the American legal system. In A History of the American Bar Charles Warren says it is one of four early American general works on the Common Law that "showed genuine scientific thought and research and have remained of more or less permanent value in American legal literature" 335-336. Brackenridge 1748-1816 was a lawyer editor and civic leader who founded the first newspaper in western Pennsylvania The Pittsburgh Gazette now the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Academy now the University of Pittsburgh. He was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1800 to 1816. unknown books
2000267662000. ISBN-13: 9781584770374; ISBN-10: 1584770376. Calhoun George M. The Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Greece. Originally published: Berkeley: University of California Press 1927. x 149 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770374; ISBN-10: 1584770376. Hardcover. New. $34.95 A fascinating examination of the evolution of criminal law in ancient Greece that begins with the Homeric era and highlights Solon's impact on legislation and the institution of criminal action. unknown books
2015541162015. ISBN-13: 9781584779490; ISBN-10: 1584779497. Uncommon Dictionary of International Law Calvo Carlos 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 2009 2015 by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779490; ISBN-10: 1584779497. Hardcover. New. $34.95 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. CARLOS 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
1998215281998. ISBN-10: 1886363420; ISBN-13: 9781886363427. Cherokee Laws. Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation. Originally published: Tahlequah I.T.: National Advocate Print 1881. vi i-vi new introduction 370 vi pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a new introduction by Michael Weber. ISBN-13: 9781886363427. ISBN-10: 1886363420. Smythe sewn hardcover with gilt stamped front cover and spine. New. $34.95 This volume provides a unique legal and historical record. It is an exact reprint of an 1881 compilation originally published by the Cherokee National Council of "the laws of the Cherokee Nation now in force." These laws -- the 1839 constitution of the Cherokee Nation and the basic laws passed under it -- provided the framework for the government of the Cherokee Nation from 1839 until the early 1900s when the Cherokees' independence was ended by the United States Congress. Within scarcely more than a generation the Cherokees consciously transformed themselves from being a society that lived under an age-old unwritten set of norms and traditional cultural practices to one governed by a written constitution and code of statutes. The Cherokees made this transformation in the vain hope that it would make it easier for them to live peacefully surrounded by the United States. They closely modeled their constitution in most respects on the United States Constitution. Yet there are some fascinating differences concerning the judiciary and land ownership. Contained in this volume are the Cherokees' 1839 constitution along with amendments to it necessitated by the 1866 treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the United States; the 1838 Act of Union between the Eastern and Western Cherokees; numerous basic laws and miscellaneous acts covering a huge variety of subjects from the duties of the principal chief to the killing of game; agreements between the Cherokees and the Creeks and Osages Delawares and Shawnees; and an appendix containing documents relating to the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation as defined by agreements with the United States. unknown books
2006426222006. ISBN-13: 9781584776130; ISBN-10: 1584776137. Egerton M.A. and W.L. Grant Editors. Canadian Constitutional Development: Shown by Selected Speeches and Despatches with Introductions and Explanatory Notes. Originally published: Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited 1907. xxii 472 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776130. ISBN-10: 1584776137. Hardcover. New. $34.95 This thoroughly annotated collection of source documents from 1760 to 1867 traces the evolution of Canada's constitution from the time of the British conquest to the confederation. The sections which are arranged according to historical turning points are "Instructions to Governor James Murray" "The Quebec Act" "The Constitutional Act of 1791" "Proposals for Union" "Lord Durham's Report" "Responsible Government in the Maritime Provinces" "Responsible Government" "The Annexation Movement" "The Tariff Controversy" and "Federation. unknown books
2012336402012. ISBN-13: 9781584771920; ISBN-10:1584771925. Ehrlich J.W. The Holy Bible and the Law. Originally published: New York: Oceana Publications 1962. 240 pp. Reprinted 2002 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771920; ISBN-10:1584771925. Hardcover. New. $34.95 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
2015138682015. ISBN-13: 9780963010681; ISBN-10: 0963010689. Forsyth William. History of Trial by Jury Second edition. Originally published: Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn 1875. x 388 pp. Reprinted 1996 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9780963010681; ISBN-10: 0963010689. Hardcover. New. $34.95 First published in England in 1852 Forsyth's 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 origins 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 29 1961-1962 14. 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
2014407012014. ISBN-13: 9781584774624; ISBN-10: 1584774622. Fowler Samuel P. Editor. Salem Witchcraft; Comprising More Wonders of the Invisible World. Collected by Robert Calef; And Wonders of the Invisible World By Cotton Mather; Together With Notes and Explanations. Originally published: Salem Mass.: H.P. Ives and A.A. Smith 1861. xxi 22-450 pp. Reprinted 2005 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774624; ISBN-10: 1584774622. Hardcover. New. $34.95 This volume collects two important early accounts of the infamous Salem witchcraft trials based on primary sources. Published in 1693 Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather is an account of selected trials written at the request of the judges who wished to address claims of impropriety. Though he believed in witchcraft Mather was critical of the judges' conduct when the trials were underway. After reading the transcripts however he concluded that the verdicts rested on ample evidence according to the standards of English and American law. Published in 1700 More Wonders of the Invisible World Or The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed by Robert Calef attacked Mather's account. Skeptical about the existence of witchcraft he argued for the injustice of the trials and suggested moreover that Mather influenced the judges and public opinion. A well-documented and devastating account it was the first important publication to show that the trials were a miscarriage of justice. SAMUEL F. FOWLER 1800-1888 was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention held in Boston in 1853. He is the author of An account of the life character &c. of the Rev. Samuel Parris of Salem Village and of his connection with the witchcraft delusion of 1692 1857. Fowler's library was recognized for its breadth of works related to witchcraft and American history. COTTON MATHER 1662-1728 the son of Increase Mather took over for his father as Pastor of the Old North Church in Boston in 1685. Mather is known for his founding role in the Salem witchcraft trials. ROBERT CALEF 1648-1719 a member of the Baptist Church in Boston denounced the Salem witchcraft trials and in particular criticized Mather's zeal in promoting the trials. unknown books
2002336842002. ISBN-13: 9781584772286; ISBN-10: 158477228X. Hankey The Right Hon. Lord. Politics Trials and Errors. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company 1950. xiv 150 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772286. ISBN-10: 158477228X. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Maurice Hankey 1877-1963 1st Baron Hankey became Secretary of the War Council in 1914 and Secretary of the War Cabinet in 1916. In the aftermath of WWI in 1919 Hankey became First Cabinet Secretary. In 1939 Neville Chamberlain appointed him minister without portfolio and included him in his war cabinet. After World War II he emerged as a leading critic of the German and Japanese war crime trials. In this book published in 1950 he offers his viewpoint on this and related matters. He takes the position that the Allies encouraged the Axis to take desperate measures to prolong the war a policy that impeded the peace process. He goes on to argue that the Allies had no legal right to convict German and Japanese leaders of war crimes. unknown books
2004365662004. ISBN-13: 9781584773184; ISBN-10: 1584773189. Hoffman Frederick L. Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro. New York: Published for the American Economic Association by the Macmillan Company 1896. Publications of the American Economic Association. Vol. XI. Nos. 1 2 and 3. Pages 1-329. August 1896. vii i-vii new Introduction x 329 pp. With a new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773184; ISBN-10: 1584773189. Hardcover. New. $34.95 A fascinating study of the circumstances of African-Americans during the first thirty years from the emancipation of slavery in the United States. This analysis is divided into chapters that examine population factors vital statistics anthropometry race amalgamation and social and economic conditions and tendencies. The author concludes that as of 1896 the abolition of slavery did not demonstrably improve the plight of African-Americans in the United States. Hoffman was the statistician to the Prudential Insurance Company of America at the time of this publication and as such collected vital and social statistics regarding African-Americans. As legal historian Paul Finkelman notes: "By employing the beguiling methodology of statistical analysis and other tools of the emerging social sciences the work justified among other things massive racial discrimination in the insurance industry" Introduction i. unknown books
2003365692003. ISBN-13: 9781584773238. ISBN-10: 1584773235. Hutchinson John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars with Brief Biographical Notices. Originally published: London: The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 1902. xiv 284 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773238. ISBN-10: 1584773235. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Brief biographies of nearly one thousand distinguished Templars admitted between 1501 to 1901 such as Sir William Blackstone Joseph Chitty Henry Fielding Sir William Jones Lord Kenyon and Sir John Skene. A handy volume for the scholar of English law. unknown books
2010336122010. ISBN-13: 9781584772439; ISBN-10: 1584772433. Johnson Herbert Alan. The Law Merchant and Negotiable Instruments in Colonial New York 1664 to 1730. Originally published: Chicago: Loyola University Press 1963. x 85 pp. Reprinted 2002 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772439; ISBN-10: 1584772433. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Examines an important and complex period in the history of the laws and customs devised by merchants to regulate their relations with each other and the changes in the law merchant and in negotiable instruments in colonial New York during the years 1664 to 1730 in the context of New York's commercial place in the British Empire. "Economic influences and legal theory combined to form the New York law of negotiable instruments during the colonial period. That the legal theory was an amalgam of Dutch civil law and elementary English common law serves to complicate the situation. Furthermore the unsettled nature of the judicial system during the seventeenth century made consistent legal development fortuitous at best and haphazard at its worst. This fluid state of economic and legal development is as fascinating in its complexity as it is baffling in its inconsistency." Introduction 3. "This brief study of the law of merchant and bills of exchange has as its background a fascinating era of legal history. Changing legal institutions and patterns of trade were typical of these early years. For the student of history as well as the legal scholar these developments are of great significance for they are the basis for the future growth of the law and the commercial supremacy of the province of New York." Preface vii. Herbert A. Johnson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law University of South Carolina School of Law. He is the author of numerous books including History of Criminal Justice Fourth Edition 2010. unknown books
2009540122009. ISBN-13: 9781584779452; ISBN-10: 1584779454. An "Admirable" Study of Legal Topics in Shakespeare Keeton George Williams. Shakespeare and His Legal Problems. Originally published: London: A. & C. Black Ltd. 1930. x 239 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779452; ISBN-10: 1584779454. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. $34.95 Reprint of the sole edition. Keeton addresses general topics such as the development of the common law as demonstrated by Shylock and the law of debt and specific examples such as the trial of Hermione and Henry V's claim to the French throne. "This is a book for which there has been a real need for many years and lawyers as well as laymen are greatly indebted to Mr. Keeton for this admirable treatment of his subject. . With all his learning Mr. Keeton never makes his erudition oppressive and with all the mastery with which the subject is handled he treats everything lightly and easily so that the reader is hardly conscious of the wealth which he receives.": Paul L. Sayre Iowa Law Review 17 1931-1932 146-47. unknown books
2013615802013. ISBN-13: 9781616193959. ISBN-10: 1616193956. Kelsen Hans. What is Justice Justice Law and Politics in the Mirror of Science. Berkeley: University of California Press 1957. vi 397 pp. Reprinted 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616193959. ISBN-10: 1616193956. Paperback. New. $34.95 What is Justice presents Kelsen's mature theory of natural law and his incisive commentary on Platonic Aristotelian and Judeo-Christian doctrines of justice. "You simply cannot get around this book if you want a real understanding of the fundamental ideas on which the great work of Kelsen is built. Reading this volume you may once more admire the transparent clarity of style and the merciless consistency of reasoning which are well known qualities of this author." --Alf Ross 45 California Law Review 564 1957 Possibly the most influential jurisprudent of the twentieth century HANS KELSEN 1881-1973 was legal adviser to Austria's last emperor and its first republican government the founder and permanent advisor of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Austria and the author of Austria's Constitution which was enacted in 1920 abolished during the Anschluss and restored in 1945. He was the author of more than forty books on law and legal philosophy. Active as a teacher in Europe and the United States he was Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna and taught at the universities of Cologne and Prague the Institute of International Studies in Geneva Harvard Wellesley the University of California at Berkeley and the Naval War College. unknown books
2005426482005. ISBN-13: 9781584776161; ISBN-10: 1584776161. Lang Andrew. Sir George Mackenzie King's Advocate of Rosehaugh His Life and Times 1636-1691. Originally published: London: Longmans Green and Co. 1909. xi 347 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776161. ISBN-10: 1584776161. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Reprint of the standard biography of MacKenzie. Lord Advocate during the reigns of Charles II and James II MacKenzie persecuted Scottish Presbyterians with such zeal that he was known as "The Bloody MacKenzie." In many cases he bent the law to secure a conviction. Also an important scholar and author he founded the Advocates Library which is now the National Library of Scotland. His works include The Laws and Customs of Scotland In Matters Criminal 1678 which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
2010336092010. ISBN-13: 9781584772262; ISBN-10: 1584772263. Landmark Study of Judicial Interpretation Lieber Francis. Legal and Political Hermeneutics or Principles of Interpretation and Construction in Law and Politics with Remarks on Precedents and Authorities. Enlarged Edition. Originally published: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1839. xii 13-240 pp. Reprinted 2002 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772262; ISBN-10: 1584772263. Hardcover. $34.95 This work received high praise from Chancellor Kent Henry Clay Rufus Choate Joseph Story and others. Published at a time when there was a great deal of debate about the interpretation of the United States Constitution it asserts that Constitutions should be read closely since their words were carefully measured and distinguishes between interpretation "the art of finding out the true sense of any form of words" and construction the drawing of conclusions respecting the subjects that lie outside the direct expression of the text. "The Hermeneutics was intended as a chapter of his Political Ethics but became so extended that it was published separately. His distinction between interpretation and construction had great influence among legal writers of his day." DAB. Lieber was a professor of history and political economy at South Carolina College and later at Columbia College and Columbia Law School. He is best known for drafting guidelines for the humane conduct of the Union army. One of these General Orders Number 100 better known as the "Lieber Code" was adopted by other nations and formed the basis for such international treaties as the Hague Regulations of 1907. Dictionary of American Biography VI: 236-237. unknown books
2005407172005. ISBN-13: 9781584774747; ISBN-10: 1584774746. Lincoln Charles Z. The Civil Law and the Church. Originally published: New York: The Abington Press 1916. lii 951 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774747. ISBN-10: 1584774746. Hardcover. New. $34.95 A powerful resource for students of church-state relations this book is a detailed compilation of principal judicial decisions rendered by the courts of Great Britain Canada and the United States that deal with questions relating to religious matters religious societies and civil matters with religious aspects. Arranged by denomination and topic it includes such chapters as "Arbitration" "Salvation Army" "Sunday" and "Unitarians." With a table of cases and a thorough index. unknown books
2005407022005. ISBN-13: 9781584774693; ISBN-10: 158477469X. Probably the First Lay Guide for Women Published in the United States Mansfield Edward D. The Legal Rights Liabilities and Duties of Women; With an Introductory History of Their Legal Condition in the Hebrew Roman and Feudal Civil Systems. Including the Law of Marriage and Divorce The Social Relations of Husband and Wife Parent and Child of Guardian and Ward and of Employer and Employed. Salem: Published by John P. Jewett & Co. 1845. 369 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774693. ISBN-10: 158477469X. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Published three years before the Seneca Falls Convention this lay guide for women is probably the first ever published in the United States. It is infused with the spirit of early feminism. As Mansfield 1801-1880 states in the preface: "Rights and the knowledge of rights are no longer hidden from the masses of men; and why should they be from women" 6. The book has four parts. The first is a general history of woman's legal status from biblical times to the 1840s. The second is an account of the American woman's civil rights. The third reviews the laws of property common to both genders. The final section reviews the rights liabilities and duties of women in domestic relations. Mansfield was a Connecticut lawyer who later moved to Cincinnati where he became professor of constitutional law and history at Cincinnati College. unknown books
2018439952018. ISBN-13: 9781584777311. ISBN-10: 1584777311. An Important Statement of Hindu Law Manu Lawgiver. Jones Sir William translator and editor. Sheppard Steve New Introduction. Institutes of Hindu Law: Or the Ordinances of Manu According to the Gloss of Culluca. Comprising the Indian System of Duties Religious and Civil. Verbally translated from the original Sanscrit. With a Preface By Sir William Jones. Sir William Jones translator and Preface. Calcutta: Printed by the order of the Government. London: reprinted for J. Sewell . and J. Debrett 1796. v-xxiv new Contents Introduction and Further Reading xvi 366 pp. With a New Introduction by Steve Sheppard William Enfield Professor of Law University of Arkansas School of Law. Reprinted 2007 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777311. ISBN-10: 1584777311. Hardcover. New. $34.95 The Manusmriti or Laws of Manu is an important statement of Hindu law. Attributed to Manu the progenitor of humanity in Hindu theology it was compiled in its final form around 200 BCE. It is a collection of laws governing individuals communities and nations and is an important and somewhat controversial source of information about the caste system and the status of women. This work achieved its international prominence through Jones 1746-1794 the able judge of the High Court of Calcutta and brilliant linguist who produced the first complete English translation. Jones was attracted to this work because of its structural similarities to the Institutes of Justinian. Intending to establish Manu as the "Justinian of India" he intended to follow this translation with translations of other texts that resembled other parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis. He did not live long enough to complete his great project. unknown books
2007450812007. ISBN-13: 9781584777366; ISBN-10: 1584777362. A Valuable Resource for Students of Church-State Relations Moehlman Conrad Henry. The American Constitutions and Religion: Religious References in the Charters of the Thirteen Colonies and the Constitutions of the Forty-Eight States. A Source-Book on Church and State in the United States. Berne Indiana: Published by the Author 1938. 142 pp. Reprinted 20072020 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777366; ISBN-10: 1584777362. Hardcover. New. $34.95 A valuable resource for students of church-state relations in the United States this painstakingly assembled anthology lists every passage with a religious reference in the charters of the thirteen colonies and the constitutions of forty-eight states. Moehlman also includes a useful introduction that provides an overview of church-state relations from the colonial period to the 1930s. The book is divided into six sections: Religious References in the Charters and Constitutions of the Thirteen Colonies and Original States A.D. 1584-1776 Religious References in State Documents of the Revolutionary Period A.D. 1776-1791 Religious References in State Constitutions A.D. 1791-1837 Religious References in State Constitutions A.D. 1837-1876 Religious References in State Constitutions A.D. 1876-1930 Since the United States Supreme Court Decision in the Louisiana Text-Book Case A.D. 1930. Conrad Henry Moehlman 1879-1961 was a professor of church history at Colgate Rochester Divinity School from 1907 to 1944. After retiring from Colgate Rochester he taught at the University of Rochester the University of Southern California and Oberlin College. A prolific author he published several books on church history biblical interpretation and the social role of religion. He believed strongly in the separation of church and state. unknown books
