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Author:      Daube, David
Title:       Appeasement or Resistance, And Other Essays on New Testament
             Judaism
Publisher:   University of California Press, Berkeley, 1987.
Description: Four of Professor Daube's always scintillating essays, the last of
             which (the title's essay) may be viewed as complementing his
             'Collaboration with Tyranny'; with a second essay on 'Temple Tax',
             and another on the 'Old Testament in the New'
Condition:   A very good copy, in a somewhat worn dustjacket
Book No.:    W-66607                Price: $      85.00
Category:    ancient law, jewish 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

Author:      Jones, William
Title:       The Speeches of Isaeus in Causes Concerning the Law of Succession
             to Property at Athens, with a Prefatory Discourse, Notes Critical
             and Historical, and a Commentary
Publisher:   Printed by J. Nichols, For E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry,
             London, 1779.
Description: Only edition of Jones' first treatise on law, praised by Burke and
             Gibbon and establishing his reputation as a legal scholar,
             providing the first English translation of Isaeus, "the first
             master of strict forensic argument"
Condition:   Modern 1/4 calf, some foxing and embrowning, a good copy; with
             eleven plates, one folding
Book No.:    W-58960                Price: $     850.00
Category:    Wills, GREECE, ancient law

Author:      Johns, C.H.W.
Title:       Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
Publisher:   The Legal Classics Library, Birmingham, 1987.
Description: One of Johns' most substantial works, written while he was
             lecturer in Assyriology at Queens' College, Cambridge, with his
             extensive commentary accompanying his English translation
Condition:   The facsimile reissue of the original 1904 edition; modern leather
Book No.:    W-67413                Price: $      85.00
Category:    ancient law

Author:      Sherlock, Thomas
Title:       Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church. In Four Volumes
Publisher:   Printed by Martin & Wotherspoon, Edinburgh, 1770.
Description: Lord Kenyon's copy, with his ownership signature ("LL[oyd] Kenyon
             27 Apr 1771 / 4 vols pd 12s") on the first blank, and a slip
             entirely in his hand laid in recording the cases entered and tried
             on the Oxford Circuit in the Lent assizes that year
Condition:   Contemporary calf, joints cracking, neat underlining; a pretty set
Book No.:    W-69170                Price: $     850.00
Category:    Religion, trials, ancient law

Author:      Maine, Henry Sumner
Title:       Ancient Law, Its Connection With the Early History of Society, and
             Its Relation to Modern Ideas
Publisher:   John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1861.
Description: First edition of Maine's magnum opus, a work recently described as
             "[n]ext only to Blackstone . . . the most durable work of
             jurisprudence in the English language", influential upon Holmes,
             who confessed to Laski it "fed [my] philosophical passion"
Condition:   Contemporary calf, rebacked, much of the original extra-gilt spine
             laid down, a fresh copy; with the armorial bookplate of Archibald
             Campbell Swinton
Book No.:    W-74793                Price: $    1100.00
Category:    ancient law

Author:      Maine, Henry Sumner
Title:       Ancient Law, Its Connection With the Early History of Society, and
             Its Relation to Modern Ideas
Publisher:   John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1861.
Description: First edition of Maine's magnum opus, a work recently described as
             "[n]ext only to Blackstone . . . the most durable work of
             jurisprudence in the English language", influential upon Holmes,
             who confessed to Laski it "fed [my] philosophical passion"
Condition:   Original 3/4 morocco over boards, quite rubbed, ?ex-library,
             browning and occasional notations and markings; a usable copy only
Book No.:    W-73410                Price: $     450.00
Category:    ancient law

Author:      Fielding, Henry
Title:       An Enquiry Into the Causes of the late Increase of Robers, ec.
             With Some Proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil
Publisher:   Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Katharine-Street [etc.],
             London, 1751.
Description:
Condition:
Book No.:    W-18199                Price: $    1250.00
Category:    19TH CENTURY, Acts, ancient law, Bench and Bar, biography, criminal law, education, legal ephemera, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, law and prostitution, roman law, Supreme Court, trials, women's law

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