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A Parallel or Confrence of the Civil Law, the Canon Law, and the Common Law. London, the Company of Sationers, 1618 [with] The Second part of the Parallele [and] the Padectes of the Law of Nations by FULBECKE, William - 1602

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A Parallel or Confrence of the Civil Law, the Canon Law, and the Common Law. London, the Company of Sationers, 1618 [with] The Second part of the Parallele [and] the Padectes of the Law of Nations

by FULBECKE, William

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London: Thomas Wright, 1602. FIRST EDITIONS of the second and third titles, second of the first. 4to ff (xii) 104 (viii), (viii) 74 (viii), (iv) 90. Three works in one, separate t.p. to each. Roman letter, woodcut initials and ornaments, contemporary ms statutory references at head of 1st t.p., fly with early case mark (that and next blank loose), Earl's C19 armorial bookplate on pastedown. A few margins slightly dusty in places; good, crisp, clean copies in contemporary calf, ruled and panelled in blind, minor repair to joints at foot of spine. Fulbecke (1560-1616), dramatist, lawyer, legal writer and historian was educated at Oxford and then Grays Inn where he practised. His legal writings have long been highly regarded but he has been attracting renewed interest as the author of Shakespeare sourcebooks. It is likely that Fulbecke and Shakespeare were acquainted through one of the Inns of Court plays, masques or revels, in which it is believed both were involved and there is evidence that Shakespeare was acquainted with at least two of Fulbecke's works; an acquaintance discernible particularly in King Lear. That apart, Fulbecke was one of the first pioneers in the field of comparative and international law, especially the first English writer to deal with them in English. Most previous works on those topics, from wherever, had been written in Latin, indeed even on the common law which until Fulbecke's influential comparative work had remained sturdily impervious to the influence of other legal systems. But the most significant text here is the 'Pandectes', the earliest substantive original contribution in English to the law of nations, now more commonly known as 'public international law'. ""What Fulbecke appeared to be doing in his introduction of these controversial issues was suggesting a need for compromise. No doubt he realized the issue of authority was a critical problem that would probably escalate further upon the death of the Queen. His arguments were an idealistic attempt to please the various groups concerned. He took political ideas from men of such opposing views as Sir John Fortescue and Jean Bodin and developed them into a theory of authority. He attempted to check the power of the monarch further, not by emphasising parliament's role, but rather by giving the common law an independent status and associated it with the law of reason. Finally he resolved the debate over the origins of the common law by offering a moderate opinion. Overwhelmingly, the mood of compromise created in the introduction was carried over into the dialogues"". Terrill ""The Application of the Comparative Method by English Civilians"", Journal of Legal History 1981 II p 177. STC 11416, 11415(a) (issue with errata) and 11414 (issue without errata). Lowndes II 845.
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A Book of Christian Ethicks, London, 1587 [The English Experience: Its Record in Early Printed Books Published in Facsimile, no. 737]

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The Pandectes of the Law of Nations :  London, 1602

The Pandectes of the Law of Nations : London, 1602

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Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 9022109283 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of the 1602 edition imprinted by T. Wight, London. "S.T.C. no. 11414." Significant late Tudor treatise on international law. ; The English Experience: Its Record in Early Printed Books Published in Facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 928; 90 pages .
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Direction or Preparative to the Study of the Law

by William Fulbecke

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1829. London, 1829. Second edition, Revised. London, 1829. Second edition, Revised. Advice for Law Students Fulbeck(e), William [1560-1603]. Stirling, T.H., Editor. A Direction or Preparative to the Study of the Law: Wherein is Shewed, What Things Ought to be Observed and Used of Them That Are Addicted to the Study of the Law, And What, on the Contrary Part, Ought to be Eschewed and Avoided. London: Printed for J. and W.T. Clarke, 1829. [viii], 252 pp. Two folding tables. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/4") Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, speckled edges, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in places. An appealing copy. $950. * Second edition. Fulbeck was a bencher at Gray's Inn. First published in 1600, his Direction or Preparative was intended as a vade mecum for aspiring law students. The first book of its kind, it offers a mix of practical information and advice on personal conduct. (For example, he advises students not to study at… Read More
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Two volumes sold together, at one price:    First Volume: A PARALLELE OR CONFERENCE OF THE Civil...
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Two volumes by William Fulbecke, sold together, at one price:

First Volume: "A PARALLELE OR CONFERENCE OF THE Civil Law, the Canon Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England." "Wherein the agreement and disagreement of these three Lawes, and the causes and reasons of the said agreement and disagreement, are opened and discussed. Digested in sundry Dialogues by William Fulbecke. At the end of these Dialogues is annexed a Table of the Sections or Di(sc)uitions of the principall points, matters, and questions which are handled in every Dialogue." "At London, "Printed for the Company of Stationeers," 1618 (Second Edition - First was 1601)



Second Volume: "THE SECOND PART OF THE Parallele, Or CONFERENCE OF the Civill Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England," "WHEREIN THE AGREEment and disagreement of these three Lawes touching divers matters not before conferred, is at large debated and discussed. Whereunto is annexed a Table contayning the princpall Questions, matters, and pointes of… Read More
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An Historicall Collection of the continuall Factions, Tumults, and Massacres of the Romans and...
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4to, pp. [16], '20' [i.e.
209], [7], with the initial and medial blanks *1 and A4 (often wanting); early inscription to title-page sometime obscured, title-page slightly toned; withal, a fine crisp copy in contemporary limp vellum, spine lettered in manuscript, original ties (lower tie partly lacking); contemporary annotation to a rear endpaper concerning 'the divers and disagring (sic) opinions of histographers'.
First edition. Fulbecke's Historicall Collection
'was a narrative history of the last years of the Roman republic and it is significant as one of the very few attempts by a Renaissance Englishman to write such a work … An interesting attempt to weave together such often-contradictory sources as Sallust, Dio Cassius, and Lucius Florus, the work features an extended consideration of the rebellion of the turbulent nobleman Catiline' (ODNB).
This section was undoubtedly included as a reference to the Earl of Essex, for whom contemporary comparisons to Catiline are practically a… Read More
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