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- Author:
- Smith, Thomas
- Title:
- The Commonwealth of England, And the Maner and Gouernement thereof . . . With new Additions of the chiefe Courts in England, And the Offices thereof [etc.]. S.T.C. 22863. Quarto
- Publisher:
- Printed by William Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke [etc.], London, 1612.
- Description:
- The first English treatise on comparative constitutional law and politics, highly regarded by Maitland, who adjudged that the work "will be quoted and transcribed so long as men take any interest in the history of the English constitution"
- Condition:
- Contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled boards, the top margin cut close affecting the "The" of the title, some browning, else crisp; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79618
- Price:
- $ 400.00
- Category:
- political theory, Comparative Law
- Author:
- Pound, Roscoe
- Title:
- The Revival of Comparative Law. Setaro 176
- Publisher:
- Tulane University College of Law, New Orleans, 1930.
- Description:
- The rare separate printing of the substance of Dean Pound's address delivered at the annual convention of the Louisiana Bar Association in Monroe, Louisiana, April 26, 1930; three copies in OCLC
- Condition:
- Original green stapled wraps, a very good copy, reprinted from the Tulane Law Review, Volume V, Number 1 of December 1930
- Book No.:
- W-79168
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- Comparative Law
- Author:
- Title:
- Information Technology and the Law, Vol. 1, No. 1
- Publisher:
- Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1992.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Paper; sample copy sticker on front wrap
- Book No.:
- W-45938
- Price:
- $ 10.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Comparative Law, computers & law
- Author:
- Chambers, William
- Title:
- An Address on the Assimilation of the Laws of England and Scotland [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Imprinted by John Greig & Son, Old Physic Gardens, Edinburgh, 1862.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Modern wraps, crimson morocco label, serviceable; 24 pages
- Book No.:
- W-57843
- Price:
- $ 125.00
- Category:
- SCOTLAND, Comparative Law
- Author:
- De Lolme, Jean Louis
- Title:
- The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of the English Government: In Which It Is Compared, Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the other Monarchies of Europe [etc.]. Cohen 2754 [mis-citing the Evans number, which is Evans 24263]
- Publisher:
- Printed by Hodge & Campbell, and Sold at Their . . . Book-Stores, New-York, 1792.
- Description:
- Only American edition of a classic treatment of the English constitution and of comparative constitutional law, said to have prompted Bentham's remark that "Our Author [Blackstone] has copied: but Mr. de L'olme has thought"
- Condition:
- Contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed, joints cracking, yet an appealing copy
- Book No.:
- W-64240
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- ENGLAND, Comparative Law
- Author:
- Smith, Thomas
- Title:
- De Republica Anglorum. The maner of Governement or policie of the Realme of England, compiled by . . . Thomas Smyth Knight, Doctor of both the lawes, and one of the principal Secretaries vnto . . . King Edward . . . and Queene Elizabeth. S.T.C. 22858
- Publisher:
- Printed by Henrie Midleton for Gregorie Seton, anno Domini 1584, London, 1584.
- Description:
- Second edition of the first English treatise on comparative constitutional law, highly regarded by Maitland, who adjudged that the work "will be quoted and transcribed so long as men take any interest in the history of the English constitution"
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 morocco, a trifle browned with a trace of marginal staining, headlines occasionally just shaved, with the Ehrman bookplate; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79418
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- English constitutional law, Comparative Law
- Author:
- Fortescue, John
- Title:
- The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy; As it more particularly regards the English Constitution . . . Faithfully Transcribed from the MS. Copy in the Bodleian Library . . . Published with some Remarks by John Fortescue-Aland [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Bowyer in White-Fryars, for E. Parker [etc.], London, 1714.
- Description:
- First edition of "the earliest constitutional treatise written in the English language", one of Fortescue's major works, written by him in the 1470's, its modern edition (by Charles Plummer) published under the title 'The Governance of England'
- Condition:
- Contemporary speckled, panelled, Cambridge style calf, the joints cracked and repaired, new endpapers, else clean and usable; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79331
- Price:
- $ 1100.00
- Category:
- 15TH CENTURY, Comparative Law, English constitutional law, Parliament, political theory
- Author:
- Banks, T.C. and Ephraim Lockhart
- Title:
- A Disquisition on the Right of Jurisdiction in Peerage Successions, Particularly the Peerage of Scotland; Contained in Letters to the Right Honourable the Lord K-------: With an Appendix. Second Edition [etc.]
- Publisher:
- James Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, London, 1830.
- Description:
- An uncommon part of the curious career of the Inner Templar T.C. Banks, who established a Dormant Peerage Office and mixed real scholarship with the defense of flimsy and even fraudulent (as here) peerage claims; five copies in OCLC, none in England
- Condition:
- Modern patterned crimson cloth, gilt, ex-library, but a clean copy; 118 pages
- Book No.:
- W-72088
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- SCOTLAND, Peerage Law, Comparative Law, fraud
- Author:
- Bacon, Francis
- Title:
- Three Speeches of The Right Honorable, Sir Francis Bacon Knight, then his Majesties Sollicitor Generall . . . Concerning the Post-Nati, Naturalization of the Scotch in England, Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes [etc.]. Wing B337; Gibson 206
- Publisher:
- Printed by Richard Badger, for Samuel Broun [etc.], London, 1641.
- Description:
- Much of the fruits of Bacon's first major post (as Solicitor General to James I), "an important step in the development of his jurisprudence" and in forming his theory of natural law, all expressions of James' proposed union of England and Scotland
- Condition:
- Modern speckled calf, double blind ruled, gilt ruled and lettered, somewhat browned, else well preserved with excellent margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79407
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- SCOTLAND, Comparative Law, natural law, jurisprudence
- Author:
- Maine, Henry Sumner
- Title:
- Village-Communities in the East and West, Six Lectures Delivered at Oxford to which are added other Lectures, Addresses and Essays
- Publisher:
- Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1876.
- Description:
- Maine's first foray into the law of the Indian subcontinent, in which he posits fundamental differences between land-holding in the East and West; this third (and best) edition including Maine's Rede Lecture and six other essays and addresses
- Condition:
- 3/4 black morocco over boards, a bit rubbed, but quite attractive
- Book No.:
- W-12627
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- Comparative Law
- Author:
- Philipps, Fabian
- Title:
- The Pretended Perspective Glass; Or some Reasons of Many more which might be Offered, Against the pretended Registring Reformation. Wing P2013 or P2013A [the variant with the page following B4 unsigned] [see ESTC R9264 Uncontrolled note for publication date]
- Publisher:
- Printed in the Year MDCLXIX ["IX" crossed out and "XI" in ink], London, 1671.
- Description:
- Part of the centuries' long debate on land registration in England, reaching an apogee in the 17th century, written by "the sturdy loyalist and student of records" (in Holdsworth's words), with comparisons to Dutch, Scots and Spanish practice
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, crimson morocco label, gilt, light browning, without the final blank, else well preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79678
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Real Property, legal reform, Holland, space law, Comparative Law
- Author:
- Smith, Thomas
- Title:
- The Common-welth of England, and Manner and Gouernement Thereof . . . With new additions of the cheefe Courts in England, the offices thereof, and their seuerall functions, by the sayd Author: Neuer before published [etc.] S.T.C. 22859; Beale T483
- Publisher:
- Imprinted by Iohn Windet for Gregorie Seton [etc.], London, 1589.
- Description:
- First expanded edition (and the first under this title) of a work highly regarded by Maitland, who planned his own edition and adjudged it "will be quoted and transcribed so long as men take any interest in the history of the English constitution"
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 crimson morocco, gilt, a trace of worming, mainly marginal, two leaves misbound, else especially crisp and attractive; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78807
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- political theory, Comparative Law
- Author:
- Robertson, David
- Title:
- A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession, In the Different Parts of the Realm; and on the Cases, Regarding Foreign and International Succession, Which Have Been Decided in the British Courts
- Publisher:
- Thomas Clark, Law-Bookseller, Edinburgh, 1836.
- Description:
- Only edition of the work by the Middle Templar who was the first to report cases appealed from Scotland to the House of Lords, his treatise praised by David Walker as "quite importantly, dealing with problems of foreign and international succession"
- Condition:
- Modern light-blue cloth, ex-library, some browning and occasional notations; a sound copy only
- Book No.:
- W-75526
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- trusts and estates, international law, Comparative Law
- Author:
- Maine, Henry Sumner
- Title:
- Village-Communities in the East and West
- Publisher:
- John Murray, London, 1890.
- Description:
- Maine's first foray into the law of the Indian subcontinent, in which he posits fundamental differences between land-holding in the East and West; this third (and best) edition including Maine's Rede Lecture and six other essays and addresses
- Condition:
- Full prize calf, a bit rubbed, but still attractive
- Book No.:
- W-15678
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- ancient law, INDIA, Comparative Law
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