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2018392412018. ISBN-13: 9781584774174; ISBN-10: 1584774177. Montefiore Joshua. A Commercial Dictionary: Containing the Present State of the Mercantile Law Practice and Custom. With Very Considerable Additions Relative to the Laws Usages and Practice of the United States. Originally published: Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys 1804. 3 vols. li 52-562; 481; 479 pp. Reprinted 2004 2018 ISBN-13: 9781584774174. ISBN-10: 1584774177. Hardcover. New. $129.95 Reprint of the rare first American edition 1804 based on the 1803 London edition with much new American material added. It is a very important economic and legal source originally intended for merchants offering a wealth of information about contemporary commercial and maritime law international business practices and fascinating descriptions of commercial ports and their primary imports and exports. Montefiore also discusses the present state of banks and insurance companies in the United States the laws of copyright and letters patent the regulation of the coasting trade the funding system and state of the U.S. National debt and a very interesting memoir upon the growth manufacture and qualities of Madeira wine. With a subscriber list that includes Horace Binney Alexander James Dallas Peter S. Duponceau and William Rawle. Montefiore 1762-1843 was an English solicitor who moved to the United States after the War of 1812. He published several other works on commercial law. unknown books
185932945Burnet County Texas 1859. Single-page manuscript 23 lines plus signatures on pale blue paper 8" x 12". Light old folds a few minor spots Near Fine. <br/><br/> Burnet County in central Texas was created as a separate entity in 1852. The Committee appointed by Hon. Edward H. Vontress Judge of the 17th Judicial District included John Henry Brown Alexander Stuart Walker Thomas Proctor Hughes William C. Wiseman prominent and powerful Texans all. <br/> Brown 1820-1895 was evidently not a lawyer; a newspaper editor politician and historian he was among the earliest writers of Texas histories. Brown would chair the committee that prepared Texas's articles of secession; during the Civil War he was on Ben McCulloch's staff and fought at Palmito Ranch the last battle of the War. After the War along with other disaffected Texans he moved to Mexico for several years. <br/> Hughes 1826-1899 was born in Kentucky and settled in Texas around 1850. A member of the Texas Secession Convention he voted against secession but then joined the Confederate Army. Walker studied law with David Burnet after whom the County is named; and served in the Confederate Army and as a Confederate judge. Wiseman was Texas Reconstruction Governor A.J. Hamilton's appointee as Chief Justice of Guadalupe County.<br/> Edward H. Vontress 1825-1864 was an attorney judge state representative for Texas and Confederate officer. Born in Kentucky he moved to Texas and opened a law firm with Thomas P. Hughes. He represented Williamson and Burnet Counties in the Fifth Texas Legislature from 1853-54. When the Seventeenth Judicial District was created in 1856 he was elected its first district judge. He fought under Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston; returned to Texas and was elected Captain of Co. A Morgan's Regiment 18th Texas Cavalry; and was killed in June 1864 while on his way to deliver a message to Gen. Richard Taylor. Online Handbook of Texas.<br/> Alexander Stuart Walker 1826-1896 was born in Virginia and settled in Texas in 1852. A lawyer he was elected district judge while serving in the Confederate Army in 1862 . He was removed as judge by the U.S. military in 1865 for being an "impediment to Reconstruction. unknown books
2015267642015. ISBN-13: 9781584770404; ISBN-10: 1584770406. Calabresi Guido. A Common Law for the Age of Statutes. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1982. x 319 pp. Reprinted 2000 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770404; ISBN-10: 1584770406. Hardcover. New. $35. Calabresi complains that we are "choking on statutes" and proposes a restoration of the courts to their common law function. From a series of lectures given by Calabresi as part of The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures delivered at Harvard Law School in March 1977. "In his most recent publication A Common Law for the Age of Statutes based on the Oliver Wendell Holmes lectures he delivered at Harvard in March of 1977 Professor Calabresi has brought his ample juristic talents to bear on a foundational problem of the legal and democratic process. He has produced a monograph that in its quality timeliness and provocativeness is likely to stand alongside the seminal works of Ronald Dworkin and Grant Gilmore." -- Allan C. Hutchinson and Derek Morgan 82 Columbia Law Review 1752 1982 GUIDO CALABRESI 1932- is Sterling Emeritus Professor of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He was Dean of Yale Law School from 1985-1994 and was appointed United States Circuit Judge in 1994. He is also the author of The Costs of Accidents 1970 Tragic Choices 1978 and Ideals Beliefs Attitudes and the Law 1985. unknown books
197638070Washington D.C.: Office of Technology Transfer National Institute of Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice 1976. First Edition. Oblong octavo 14.75x23cm.; publisher's white photo-illustrated staplebound card wrappers; 12pp.; photographic illus. Fine condition. Office of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice 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
2011583342011. ISBN-13: 9781616191733; ISBN-10: 1616191732. Aiken Peter Freeland. A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United States of America. In Six Lectures. Originally published: London: Longman and Co. 1842. viii 192 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191733; ISBN-10: 1616191732. Paperback. New. $17.50 In six lectures Aiken compares the constitutions of Great Britain and the United States and also examines their similarities and differences in terms of government The House of Commons and the House of Representatives the Senate and the House of Lords religion slavery elections the judiciary and other topics. "The author's design was to compare our limited monarchy with the greatest modern republic not in order to disparage either but to elucidate both to a popular audience of his countrymen . The subject has an intrinsic claim to attention. It embraces a variety of topics both entertaining and important and historical truths of immense practical value concerning which the people are deeply interested and too often misled." --Preface viii CONTENTS: Lecture One: Introductory Lecture Two: Provincial Institutions. Outline of American Constitution. Lecture Three: Elective Franchise. Legislative Assemblies. Lecture Four: The Executive Power. Lecture Five: Law-Religion. Lecture Six: Social Influence of Political Institutions. Peter Freeland Aiken 1799-1877 was a Scottish advocate for some time and later moved to Bristol England. He was the author of The People's Charter and Old England For Ever 1839 and War: Religiously Morally and Historically Considered 1850. unknown books
54084ISBN-13: 9781584779476; ISBN-10: 1584779470. Aiken Peter Freeland. A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United States of America. In Six Lectures. Originally published: London: Longman and Co. 1842. viii 192 pp. Reprinted 2009 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779476; ISBN-10: 1584779470. Hardcover. New. $24.95 In six lectures Aiken compares the constitutions of Great Britain and the United States and also examines their similarities and differences in terms of government The House of Commons and the House of Representatives the Senate and the House of Lords religion slavery elections the judiciary and other topics. "The author's design was to compare our limited monarchy with the greatest modern republic not in order to disparage either but to elucidate both to a popular audience of his countrymen . The subject has an intrinsic claim to attention. It embraces a variety of topics both entertaining and important and historical truths of immense practical value concerning which the people are deeply interested and too often misled." --Preface viii CONTENTS: Lecture One: Introductory Lecture Two: Provincial Institutions. Outline of American Constitution. Lecture Three: Elective Franchise. Legislative Assemblies. Lecture Four: The Executive Power. Lecture Five: Law-Religion. Lecture Six: Social Influence of Political Institutions. Peter Freeland Aiken 1799-1877 was a Scottish advocate for some time and later moved to Bristol England. He was the author of The People's Charter and Old England For Ever 1839 and War: Religiously Morally and Historically Considered 1850. unknown books
2006430702006. ISBN-13: 9781584776802; ISBN-10: 1584776803. Williams Thomas Walter. A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary; Elucidating the Terms and General Principles of Law and Equity. London: Gale and Fenner 1816. Unpaginated 1022 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a new introduction by Bryan A. Garner President Law Prose Inc. ISBN-13: 9781584776802; ISBN-10: 1584776803. Hardcover. New. $95. Reprint of the only edition of an uncommon dictionary. One of several English dictionaries published in the early nineteenth century Williams' dictionary is notable for its physical size and broad scope. Williams noted that his aim was to include more words and shorter definitions by omitting the extraneous detail that distinguished the work of his predecessors and presumably his competitors. Williams 1763-1833 was a barrister of the Inner Temple and was called to the bar but he didn't have success as a pleader. He was known instead for his writings. In addition to his dictionary he wrote manuals justices of the peace compiled abridgments and digests and edited an edition of William Sheppard's The Precedent of Precedents. 1. unknown books
2004387732004. ISBN-13: 9781584774334; ISBN-10: 1584774339. Potts Thomas. A Compendious Law Dictionary Containing Both an Explanation of the Terms and the Law Itself. Intended for the Use of the Country Gentleman the Merchant and the Professional Man. London: Printed for T. Ostell 1803. iv 620 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774334; ISBN-10: 1584774339. Hardcover. New. $49.95 As the subtitle indicates Potts' dictionary was intended for the prominent laymen engaged in business and agriculture. He pays special attention to commercial legislation regarding bankruptcy insurance and bills of exchange as well as to the nature of tenures and tithes. In addition to definitions Potts 1778-1842 discusses a variety of issues ranging from current regulations regarding dog muzzles to the legal rights and responsibilities of children. unknown books
2000277272000. ISBN-13: 9781886363885; ISBN-10: 1886363889. Browne Arthur. A Compendious View of the Civil Law and of the Law of the Admiralty: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Read in the University of Dublin. Originally published: New York: Halstead and Voorhies 1840. Two volumes. xvi 536; xi 567 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363885. ISBN-10: 1886363889. Hardcover. New. $175. In this two volume work Browne 1756-1805 follows the order of treatment employed in Blackstone's Commentaries to examine the relationship between admiralty and civil law. Marvin describes it as ".deservedly popular both on account of the learning solidity and accuracy of his research and because it is the best book in the language showing the connexion between the Common and the Civil Law. It is often cited and always with respect." Marvin Legal Bibliography 155. Browne was Regius Professor of Civil and Canon Laws at the University of Dublin. See Cohen BEAL 5382. unknown books
2008471112008. ISBN-13: 9781584777564; ISBN-10: 1584777567. A Handy Analytical Summary of the Institutes Campbell Gordon. A Compendium of Roman Law Founded on the Institutes of Justinian Together With Examination Questions Set in the University and Bar Examinations With Solutions and Definitions of Leading Terms in the Words of the Principal Authorities. Originally published: London: Stevens & Haynes 1878. x 271 1 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777564; ISBN-10: 1584777567. Hardcover. New. $25.95 Reprint of the first edition. This is an analytical summary of the Institutes the textbook on Roman law from the Corpus Juris Civilis. It is organized as a detailed outline enriched with quotations from the Institutes and commentaries by Austin Maine and others. A well-executed summary it is also a handy reference for the non-specialist scholar. unknown books
2011571672011. ISBN-13: 9781616190798; ISBN-10: 1616190795. "The Work is at this Time a Desideratum" Rockwell John A. A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law in Relation to Mines and Titles to Real Estate in Force in California Texas and New Mexico; and in the Territories Acquired Under the Louisiana and Florida Treaties When Annexed to the United States. Volume I ALL PUBLISHED. Originally published: New York: John S. Voorhies 1851. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New Introduction by Peter Reich Professor of Law and Sumner Scholar; Director Whittier Mexico City Program Whittier Law School. xvi new introduction v-xvi xix 663 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616190798. ISBN-10: 1616190795. Paperback. New. $34.95 From the series Foundations of Spanish Mexican and Civil Law Warren M. Billings series editor. Reprint of the sole edition. Rockwell's Compilation addressed the needs of miners and other individuals who needed to reconcile Mexican land titles with the new U.S. laws that went into effect in the territory acquired by the United States in the recently concluded Mexican-American War 1846-48. An impressive achievement and a notable contribution to comparative law it discusses Mexican mining and real estate laws and their Spanish colonial antecedents and offers comparisons to the common law of mines and mining. Also included are treaties and other general documents such as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Mexican colonization laws from 1823 to 1846 and a vocabulary of Spanish words. Recognized as an authority at the time of its publication it remained a standard work for decades and is even cited today. " work is at this time a desideratum. Nothing could be more timely than a translation of the Mexican laws relating to mines and real estate. Our large acquisition of territory and the rich mines found in it will render this book indispensable not only to every intelligent man migrating to this country but to every lawyer who desires to be informed on so interesting a subject." --Millard Fillmore. unknown books
2011548972011. ISBN-13: 9781584779803; ISBN-10: 1584779802. "The Work is at this Time a Desideratum" Rockwell John A. A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law in Relation to Mines and Titles to Real Estate in Force in California Texas and New Mexico; and in the Territories Acquired Under the Louisiana and Florida Treaties When Annexed to the United States. Volume I ALL PUBLISHED. Originally published: New York: John S. Voorhies 1851. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New Introduction by Peter L. Reich Professor of Law and Sumner Scholar; Director Whittier Mexico City Program Whittier Law School. xvi new introduction v-xvi xix 663 pp. ISBN-13: 9781584779803. ISBN-10: 1584779802. Hardcover. New. $44.95 From the series Foundations of Spanish Mexican and Civil Law Warren M. Billings series editor. Reprint of the sole edition. Rockwell's Compilation addressed the needs of miners and other individuals who needed to reconcile Mexican land titles with the new U.S. laws that went into effect in the territory acquired by the United States in the recently concluded Mexican-American War 1846-1848. An impressive achievement and a notable contribution to comparative law it discusses Mexican mining and real estate laws and their Spanish colonial antecedents and offers comparisons to the common law of mines and mining. Also included are treaties and other general documents such as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Mexican colonization laws from 1823 to 1846 and a vocabulary of Spanish words. Recognized as an authority at the time of its publication it remained a standard work for decades and is even cited today. "A glance at the table of contents leaves no doubt that the work is at this time a desideratum. Nothing could be more timely than a translation of the Mexican laws relating to mines and real estate. Our large acquisition of territory and the rich mines found in it will render this book indispensable not only to every intelligent man migrating to this country but to every lawyer who desires to be informed on so interesting a subject." --Millard Fillmore. unknown books
1995162541995. ISBN-13: 9781886363113; ISBN-10: 1886363110. Maxwell W. Harold and C.R. Brown. A Complete List of British and Colonial Law Reports and Legal Periodicals. Arranged in Alphabetical and in Chronological Order with Bibliographical Notes. With: Check List of Canadian and Newfoundland Statutes.Third Edition. Toronto: The Carswell Company Limited 1937. viii 141 49 pp. Reprinted 1995 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363113. ISBN-10: 1886363110. Hardcover. New. $45. This comprehensive guide includes every known edition of every British or Colonial law report except American reprints. This edition also includes a list of the various territories in the British Empire which had issued printed legislation. Librarians and scholars will find this a particularly useful checklist with notes that supplement Soule's earlier Lawyer's Reference Manual. unknown books
2010575562010. ISBN-13: 9781616191245 ISBN-10: 1616191244. A Standard History of the Common Law Plucknett Theodore F.T. A Concise History of the Common Law. Fifth Edition. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1956. xxvi 746 56 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191245 ISBN-10: 1616191244. Paperback. New. $34.95 Reprint of the fifth final and best edition. "Professor Plucknett has such a solid reputation on both sides of the Atlantic that one expects from his pen only what is scholarly and accurate.Nor is the expectation likely to be disappointed in this book. Plucknett's book is not.a mere epitome of what is to be found elsewhere. He has explored on his own account many regions of legal history and even where the ground has been already quartered he has fresh methods of mapping it. The title which he has chosen is in view of the contents of the volume rather a narrow one. It might equally well have been A Concise History of English Law.In conjunction with Readings on the History and System of the Common Law by Dean Pound.this book will give an excellent grounding to the student of English legal history." Percy H. Winfield. Harv. L. Rev. 43:339-340. unknown books
2010319832010. ISBN-13: 9781584771371; ISBN-10: 1584771372. Plucknett Theodore F.T. A Concise History of the Common Law. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1956. xxvi 746 56 pp. Reprinted 2001 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771371; ISBN-10: 1584771372. Hardcover. New. $44.95 Reprint of the fifth final and best edition. "Professor Plucknett has such a solid reputation on both sides of the Atlantic that one expects from his pen only what is scholarly and accurate.Nor is the expectation likely to be disappointed in this book. Plucknett's book is not.a mere epitome of what is to be found elsewhere. He has explored on his own account many regions of legal history and even where the ground has been already quartered he has fresh methods of mapping it. The title which he has chosen is in view of the contents of the volume rather a narrow one. It might equally well have been A Concise History of English Law.In conjunction with Readings on the History and System of the Common Law by Dean Pound.this book will give an excellent grounding to the student of English legal history.": Percy H. Winfield Harvard Law Review 43 1929-30: 339-340. unknown books
2019689462019. ISBN-13: 9781616195922. ISBN-10: 1616195924. Vile John R. A Constellation of Great Men: Exploring the Character Sketches by Dr. Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. xix 261 pp. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2019. ISBN-13: 9781616195922. ISBN-10: 1616195924. Hardcover. New. $75. One of the most gifted of America's founding fathers Dr. Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania not only signed the Declaration of Independence but also utilized his keen powers of observation to describe most of his fellow delegates to the Second Continental Congress. His character sketches thus complement later descriptions that William Pierce of Georgia drafted of delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In addition to describing Rush's own optimistic hopes for the new republic which were later tempered by his concerns over the early direction of American politics this volume utilizes Rush's letters and other writing to examine his relationship with other key participants especially John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and discusses his own proposals for education and prison reform. John R. Vile Ph.D. UVA is Dean of the Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author of The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture 2019 The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding 2016 The Wisest Council in the World: Restoring the Character Sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 2015 and numerous books on the U.S. Constitution. unknown books
2015468022015. ISBN-13: 9781584778141; ISBN-10: 1584778148. A Sophisticated Defense of State Supremacy Stephens Alexander Hamilton. A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States; Its Causes Character Conduct and Results. Originally published: Philadelphia; National Publishing Co. 1868-1870. 2 Volumes. viii 654; xii 827 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted Clark New Jersey 2015. The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778141. ISBN-10: 1584778148. Hardcover. New. $95. A Georgian Alexander Hamilton Stephens 1812-1883 was Vice President of the Confederate States of America. He was a U.S. congressman from Georgia before the war and its governor from 1882 until his death in 1883. A Constitutional View is a sophisticated and well-argued defense of the doctrine of state sovereignty and the right of states to secede. The book "was a sensation in its day evoking attacks by Northern and Southern champions of causes upon which it impinged.": Dictionary of American Biography IX:574. unknown books
2000267682000. ISBN-13: 9781584770206; ISBN-10: 1584770201. Duer William Alexander. A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States; Delivered Annually in Columbia College New York. The Second Edition Revised Enlarged and Adapted to Professional as well as General Use. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1856. xxiv 545 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770206; ISBN-10: 1584770201. Hardcover. New. $95. Duer 1780-1858 a judge of the New York Supreme Court who served as president of Columbia College from 1829 until his retirement in 1842 presented this course of lectures to seniors at Columbia after his retirement. Originally written as The Outlines of the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States and proposed as a textbook to prominent universities the work gained the attention of James Madison and John Marshall among others. The work was published under the title Lectures on Constitutional Jurisprudence in 1843 and revised in 1856 this the final authorial edition. "Herein Duer still finds ultimate sovereignty in the people. His statement is that if the people of the United States had never before acquired a common character they assumed it when they ratified the Constitution in conventions." See Bauer Commentaries on the Constitution 227 Dictionary of American Biography III:488. unknown books
2005399862005. ISBN-13: 9781584774600; ISBN-10: 1584774606. Salmon Thomas. A Critical Essay Concerning Marriage. Shewing I. The Preference of Marriage to a Single Life. II. The Arguments For and Against a Plurality of Wives and Concubines. III. The Authority of Parents and Governors in Regulating or Restraining Marriages. IV. The Power of Husbands and the Privileges of Wives. V. The Nature of Divorce and in What Cases it is Allowable. VI. The Reasons of Prohibiting Marriage Within Certain Degrees. VII The Manner of Contracting Espousals and What Engagements and Promises of Marriage are Binding. VIII. The Penalties Incurred by Forcible and Clandestine Marriages and the consequences Attending Marriages Solemnized by Dissenters. To Which is Added an Historical Account of the Marriage Rites and Ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans and Our Saxon Ancestors and of Most Nations of the World at this Day. London: Printed for Charles Rivington 1724. xx 310 5 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774600; ISBN-10: 1584774606. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Reprint of the first edition. Salmon 1679-1767 was a prolific writer on legal historical and geographical subjects. He claimed that he went to sea and explored the world for many years. These travels may have furnished the information used in the book's section on marriage rites which discusses the practices of Denmark Livonia Lapland Germany Greece Armenia Turkey Persia India Ceylon Siam China Japan Morocco Guinea Ethiopia Chili Peru Brazil Paraguay America Mexico Canada Russia and Sweden. Whether he actually visited these places or not Salmon's book remains a fascinating document of English social values anthropological views and legal philosophy in the immediate decades after the Civil War and Restoration. This book was published anonymously in 1724. The second edition which states the author's name was published later that year. unknown books
2012399002012. ISBN-13: 9781584774488; ISBN-10: 1584774487. A Justice Who Defended the New Deal Rutledge Wiley. A Declaration of Legal Faith. Originally published: Lawrence Kansas: University of Kansas Press 1947. 197 pp. Reprinted 2004 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774488; ISBN-10: 1584774487. Hardcover. New. $45. Justice Rutledge 1894-1949 was the last of Franklin Roosevelt's appointments to the Supreme Court and a staunch defender of the New Deal. In this book he states his faith in judicial and governmental activism. He elaborates these principles in the second part "The Commerce Clause: A Chapter in Democratic Living" which addresses changing judicial interpretations of the Constitutional delegation of power to regulate commerce. He concludes that the commerce clause's pre-eminence in the scheme of federation ensured the adoption of the Constitution and preserved its success ever since. unknown books
2001319592001. 3 Vols ISBN-13: 9781584771401; ISBN-10: 1584771402. Adams' Study of Constitutions and Governments that Influenced the Founders Adams John. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Originally published: Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for William Corbett 1797. 3 Vols. xxxiii 392; 4 451; 4 546 pp. Reprinted 2001 2016 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771401; ISBN-10: 1584771402. Hardcover. New. $125. Reprint of the final authorial edition published in Philadelphia during Adams' 1735-1826 presidency. His review and analysis of various constitutions and models of republics played an important role in the development of American political theory. He calls for a doctrine of the separation of powers a system of checks and balances and a legislature of two houses. The work's timely publication and thesis influenced the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Written and originally published in London in 1787 while Adams was serving at the Court of King James. With a list of subscribers that includes senators congressmen and other distinguished statesmen. unknown books
1999256201999. ISBN-13: 9781886363977; ISBN-10: 1886363978. Taylor John. A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of Thomas Jefferson. By Curtius. Washington: Samuel H. Smith 1804. 136 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363977; ISBN-10: 1886363978. Hardcover. New. $60. Reprint of the first edition. An argument in favor of the achievements of the first Jefferson administration especially regarding the Louisiana Purchase. This essay was written pseudonymously by John Taylor of Caroline 1753-1824 the ardent advocate of states' rights who was considered by some to be the father of American libertarianism. Dictionary of American Biography IX:331-333. Not in Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law. Howes U.S.iana 1650-1950 T60. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 18070 94488. unknown books
1997212311997. ISBN-13: 9781886363335; ISBN-10: 1886363331. Rapalje Stewart and Lawrence Robert L. A Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions of the Technical Terms of the Canon and Civil Laws. Also Containing a Full Collection of Latin Maxims and Citations of Upwards of Forty Thousand Reported Cases in which Words and Phrases Have Been Judicially Defined or Construed. Jersey City: Frederick C. Linn & Co. 1888. 2 volumes. xxxviii 1380 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363335. ISBN-10: 1886363331. Hardcover. New. $150. Rapalje 1843-1896 was the author of criminal law treatises and compiled digests having worked with Benjamin Vaughan Abbott to create the problematic United States Digest New Series. He was said to have learned from "the faults of his tutor" on that project. This dictionary has been cited for its correctness and usefulness. First published in 1883 this is the second and final authorial edition. unknown books
2019184932019. ISBN-13: 9781886363236; ISBN-10: 1886363234. Anderson William C. A Dictionary of Law Consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Originally published: Chicago: T.H. Flood and Company 1889. viii 1140 pp. Reprinted 1996 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363236; ISBN-10: 1886363234. Hardcover. New. $195. An authoritative legal reference work for all libraries. Published two years previously Anderson's was one of the sources of Black's Law Dictionary. It is heavily referenced citing countless cases treatises and other sources. It provides judicially framed definitions whenever possible to illustrate the application of judicial principles. Moreover many entries such as "citizen" and "law" receive extended treatment. The dictionary also includes Latin and Norman-French terms and brief biographies of prominent jurists such as Blackstone Kent and Story. unknown books
