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Reprint of first edition (1896). "The following pages contain a condensed statement and exposition of the accepted canons and rules for the construction and interpretation of the written laws,...

Reprint of first edition (1896). "The following pages contain a condensed statement and exposition of the accepted canons and rules for the construction and interpretation of the written laws,...

AN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF EUROPEAN CIVIL LAW. Origianlly published: Grahamstown, Cape Colony: African Book Co., 1908. iv (new introduction), xv, 791 pp. With a New Introduction by Michael Hoeflich, John...

History of Trial by Jury. (Second edition). Originally published: Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn, [1875]. x, 388 pp. Reprinted 1996, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Paperback. New. First...

English Law and the American Colonies. The British government was certain that its American colonies would be governed by English law, but was uncertain about the nature of its legal institutions...

An important statistical study of the dynamics of jury selection and deliberation that offers a realistic jury simulation model, a statistical analysis of the personal characteristics of jurors and a...

Influenced the Founders and Later Legal Authorities Including Pound, Story and Reid Originally published: Baltimore: Published by William and Joseph Neal, 1832. x, 596 pp. First published in England...

Foundations of the Laws of War Series. The Foundation of the Modern International Law of War. Known officially as General Orders No. 100, Lieber's code (1863) was the first of its kind. It served as...

The Purchase of all of Louisiana in 1803 brought the new American nation into contact with the French Creole population of the Lower Mississippi Basin. The Spanish called it Baja Luisiana. While the...

A valuable compilation drawn from the Muehlhaeuser Reichsrechtsbuch, the Sachsenspiegel, the Dresden Collection of Jury-Court Decisions, the Remissorium Regulae Juris "Ad Decis" and other source...

The MADISON PAPERS James Madison appreciated the significance of the Federal Convention and took great care to compile an accurate report of its proceedings, which were held behind closed doors. His...

A Classic Study of Early Constitutional Law. First published in 1914, this is one of the most important studies of early constitutional law. Kern observes that discussions of the state in the ninth,...

A Useful Compendium of Legal Maxims and Phrases Originally published: London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1915. viii, 300 pp. The perfect book for that considerable number of law students and lawyers with...

Includes a new introduction by the editor, John Norton Moore. The essays collected in this volume are contributions to a comprehensive legal theory for the regulation of civil war and intervention...

The eminent legal scholar James Willard Hurst's sociological analysis of the relation between law and private business in relation to society at large Hurst argues that law and business support the...

"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience." --OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. "Max Radin is the rare and finished product of our American legal system. He is skilled in the semantics...

The Origin and Development of Islamic Law. A committee from The Middle East Institute, led by George Camp Keiser, Chairman of the Board of Governors, enlisted outstanding authorities on Middle East...

A Collection of Cardozo's Important Opinions. Edited by A. L. Sainer, with a foreword by Hon. Robert F. Wagner. Originally published: New York: Ad Press Ltd., [1938]. Frontispiece. xv, 441 pp. A...

Important Scarce Compilation of Mexican Laws Relating to Texas Translated and Published in 1839 Reprint of the only edition. With an introduction by Joseph W. McKnight describing its compilation,...

Reprint of the rare 1843 edition. Tucker proposes a vigorous defense of states-rights principles in the manner of John Taylor of Caroline. A notably sophisticated argument, it balances detailed...

A PIONEERING, AND FASCINATING, COMPARATIVE STUDY In these six lectures Cherry compares ancient Irish, Hebrew, Mohammedan, Roman and English penal law systems. It was described as "a sound and careful...

Hardcover, xvi, 211 pp. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1915. Papal Bulls and other documents produced by the Cancellaria Apostolica comprise one of the most important...

An Important Early Contribution to the Field of Political Science This work received high praise from Chancellor Kent, Henry Clay, Rufus Choate, Joseph Story and others. At the time of publication,...

Important Study of the Legal Realism Movement The history of the concept of legal realism as it evolved at Yale University Law School is in fact a history of the development of legal education in...

Last and best edition of the first English law dictionary. Corrected and greatly enlarged, English and Law French in parallel columns. First published in 1527, this pioneering dictionary was...

THE ROMAN LAW DEALING WITH DAMAGES, LIABILITY AND GIFTS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE The Lex Aquilia deals with unlawful and accidental damages and gives a civil remedy for damage to property. It is...

THE ROMAN LAW DEALING WITH DAMAGES, LIABILITY AND GIFTS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE The Lex Aquilia deals with unlawful and accidental damages and gives a civil remedy for damage to property. It is...

"The ornament of the Common Law." Lyttleton, His Treatise of Tenures, in French and English. A New Edition, Printed From the Most Ancient Copies, And Collated With the Various Readings of the...

A Collection of Essays by a Leading Scholar of Early American Legal History Magistrates and Pioneers collects eighteen essays by the historian Warren M. Billings. They address the main areas of his...

Considered a primary factor in the undermining of the Whig history of Magna Carta, McKechnie's landmark study provides a translation and detailed analysis of this fundamental text. xvii,530 pp...