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1684. A Blend of Martindale-Hubbell and Burke's Peerage H.P., Gent. [Henry Philipps]. The Grandeur of the Law, or, An Exact Collection of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom: Whose Honors and Estates Have by Some of Their Ancestors Been Acquired or Considerably Augmented by the Practice of the Law or Offices and Dignities Relating Thereunto: the Name of Such Ancestor, Together with the Time in Which he Flourished, the Society in Which he was a Member, and to What Degree in the Law he Arrived, Being Perticularly Expressed. London: Printed for Arthur Jones, 1684. [viii], 276, [12] pp. Last leaf blank. Copperplate portrait frontispiece (of Francis, Lord Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, to whom the work is dedicated). Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and later lettering piece and label at foot reading "Lon: 1684." Some rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to joints and spine ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn, front… Read More

1948. Haar, Barend ter. Adat Law in Indonesia. New York: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1948. xiv, 255 pp. Hardcover, lightly worn, owner name to top-edge of text block. $35.

1779. Murdered by a Jealous (and Insane?) Ex-Lover [Hackman, James (1752-1779)]. The Case and Memoirs of the Late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, And of His Acquaintance with the Late Miss Martha Reay: With a Commentary on His Conviction, Distinguishing Between His Crime in Particular, And That of Others Who have been Condemned for Murder. And Also, Some Thoughts on Lunacy and Suicide. Dedicated to Lord S-. To Which is Added, A Letter to Lord S- and Miss Reay. With an Appendix, On the Ill Effects of Public Offices of Justices of the Peace. London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1779. vii, [1], 16, [2], 17-34, [2], viii pp. With a frontispiece portrait of James Hackman, rebound before half-title. Octavo (8" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent marbled boards, edges speckled red. Light toning to interior, faint offsetting to last three leaves, small hole to half-title not affecting text, partial early ownership signature dated 1779 to its upper right corner. $450. * Fourth edition. Ray (or Reay) was a singer… Read More

1996. Hadley, James. Introduction to Roman Law in Twelve Academical Lectures. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. Reprinted Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 1996. ISBN 0837722489. v, 332 pp. Cloth. New. $52.

1894. Hagan, William E. A Treatise on Disputed Handwriting and the Determination of Genuine from Forged Signatures. The Character and Composition of Inks and their Determination by Chemical Tests. New York: Banks & Brothers, 1894. 289 pp. Publisher's tan buckram hardcover, with chipped red and green gilt spine labels. Ex-private library with blindstamps on front free endpaper and title page. Internally clean and bright. Very good. $50. * First edition. Interesting early treatise on forged handwriting by the foremost contemporary expert. In separate chapters, at the end of the volume, Hagan discusses the following cases: the Morley Letter, the Davis Will Case, the Lewis Will Case, the Gordon Will case and the Theodore Hunter Will case. HLC I:843.

1985. Striking Portrait of Darrow Hagel, Mike. Clarence Darrow Lithographic print on acid-free paper. Hand-signed and individually numbered in an edition of 1250. 18" x 24" (14" x 18-1/4" image size). Comes with a certificate of authenticity. $50.

1826. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1826. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1826. The Case that Established the Concept of Partial Insanity in English Law Nicholl, Sir John [1759-1838]. Haggard, John [1794-1856], Editor. A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clark and Clark, Delivered by the Honourable Sir John Nicholl, In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Eastern Term, 1826. Edited, By Permission, From the Judge's Notes. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1826. [ii], 99 pp. Octavo (9" x 5- 1/2"). Original published boards with recent rebacking, printed paper title label to spine, untrimmed edges, front hinge mended. Light soiling and a few minor stains to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges with wear to corners, faint bookplate residue and brief early owner annotation to front pastedown. Light toning to text, occasional early brief annotations in pencil. $750. * Only edition. Dew v. Clark and Clark established the concept of insane delusion, a testator's false conception of reality that may invalidate… Read More

1986. Vaughan, David (editor). Vaughan, David (editor). Vaughan, David and Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone [editors]. Law of the European Communities. London: Butterworths, 1986. 2 volumes. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Very good. $100. * Contents include: Volume 1: The Communities; The Court of Justice; community law in national courts; external relations; monetary and economic policy; industrial policy and internal market; regional policy; environmental and consumers; coal and steel; energy other than coal; undertakings; Volume 2: customs and free movement of goods; agriculture; fisheries; freedom of movement; right of establishment and freedom to provide services; free movement of capital; transport; competition; taxation; and social policy.

2002. ISBN-13: 9781584771975; ISBN-10: 1584771976. Haines, Charles Grove. Sherwood, Foster. The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1835-1864. Originally published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957. x, 533 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771975; ISBN-10: 1584771976. Hardcover. New. $55. * Haines died while writing this book, a continuation of The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1789-1835. It was completed by Sherwood, Haines's colleague at UCLA. This volume follows the Marshall years with a history of the Taney era, and examines the political and economic issues as well as the prominent legal issues of the era such as states rights and slavery that shaped the Court's decisions.

2002. ISBN-13: 9781584772071; ISBN-10: 1584772077. Haines, Charles Grove. The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Politics 1789-1835. Originally published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944. xiii, 679 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772071; ISBN-10: 1584772077. Hardcover. New. $55. * Haines' colorful history of the Supreme Court surrounding the John Marshall years gives particular attention to the "local, particularist and democratic" principles (Introduction, p.4) that Haines, an ardent Jeffersonian, believed were neglected in favor of a conservative and nationalistic viewpoint found in earlier histories of the Court. He shows that the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall established the doctrine of judicial review as part of a Federalist effort to strengthen the central government, and goes on to discuss attacks upon the Court and the decline of authority and prestige of the Court. In his description of the Court's major… Read More

2001. ISBN-13: 9781584770800; ISBN-10: 1584770805. Haines, Charles Grove. The Conflict over Judicial Powers in the United States to 1870. New York: Columbia University Press, 1909. 180 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770800; ISBN-10: 1584770805. Hardcover. $22.95 * From the Columbia University series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Volume XXXV, Number 1, Whole Number 92. Haines shows the gradual development of the increasing power and authority of the judiciary through this study of the conflicting opinions over the right of the judiciary to nullify legislative acts. Includes discussion of resistance from the states, attitudes about the slavery controversy, and the effects of Jacksonian democracy on the power of the judiciary.

1677. Anticipated the Workhouse Movement [Haines, Richard (1633-1685)]. Proposals for Building in Every County a Working-Alms-House or Hospital; As the Best Expedient to Perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linnen-Cloth. London: Printed by W.G. for R. Harford, 1677. [ii], 12; 16 pp. 2 parts in 1 with separate pagination and register. Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt rules to calf edges, gilt fillets, title and date to spine. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, brief recent pencil annotations to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, very light edgewear to a few leaves, small early inkstain to leaf B1 (pp. 9-10) of the "Postscript" without loss to legibility. $1,750. * Only edition. Haines was a farmer and pamphleteer with a keen interest in industrial and economic reform. His proposal here to build workhouses to facilitate manufacturing of goods by the poor, providing relief through… Read More

1892. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price, 1892. Complete set. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price, 1892. Complete set. Nineteenth-Century Haitian Codes [Haiti]. Pradine, Linstant [d. 1884], Editor. Les Codes Haitiens Annotes, Contenant 1, La Conference des Articles Entre Eux, 2, Sous Chaque Article, Les Titres des Lois et Actes Tant Anciens que Nouveaux qui les Expliquent, Les Completent, les Modifient, Les Arrets du Tribunal de Cassation, 3, Une Table Generale et une Table Analytique et Alphabetique des Matieres. Port-Au-Price: Chez A. L. de Pradine [1892]. Two volumes. cvi, 484; lxiv, 279 pp. Complete set. Octavo (9" x 6"). Recent cloth, printed title labels to spines. Light toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to title pages. An attractive set. $450. * Later edition. Pradine's were the standard annotated editions of the nineteenth century. Volume I: Code Civile [and] Constitution de la Republique de Haiti; Volume II: Code de Procedure Civile, Code de Commerce. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America, 11 in… Read More

1641. Passing Bills in Parliament [Hakewill, William (1574-1655)]. The Order and Course of Passing Bills in Parliament. Divided into 8. Sections, Viz. 1. By Whom Bills are Drawne and Presented o the Parliament. 2. Orders to bee Observed in Preferring Bills to bee Read. 3. Touching the First Reading. 4. Touching the Second Reading. 5. Touching the Third Reading. 6. Touching Provisoes and Additions, Amendments and Amendments of Amendments. 7. Touching the Sending Bills into the Upper House. 8. Touching the Royal Assent. London: Printed for I. Benson, 1641. [iv], 41, 46-47, [1] pp. Text complete despite pagination. First leaf blank. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning, gradually diminishing faint dampstain to lower right corner of text block, occasional light foxing and soiling, very light edgewear to several leaves, ink library stamp and tiny early initials ("ID"?) to title page. $650. * Only edition. Hakeweill, MP for Bossiney in Cornwall, was a bencher of Lincoln's… Read More

1939. Hale, Fiona Cook, Editor. Who's Who Among Women Lawyers. Boston: Fiona Hale Cook, Sixty State Street, 1939. 117, [3] pp. With two pages of advertisements. Main text in parallel columns. Original cloth, black-stamped titles to front board and spine. Light rubbing to exterior, foxing to endleaves, faint check marks in pencil to a few entries. $85. * A fascinating record. Each entry describes family and geographical background, education, place of residence, location of practice, professional activities, membership in organizations and, with few exceptions, political and religious affiliation. A table at the rear of the text lists the geographical distribution of these lawyers, which ranges from one in Hawaii to 137 in New York.

1792. The First History of the Common Law Hale, Matthew [1609-1676]. The History of the Common Law. With Notes, References, and Some Account of the Life of the Author by Charles Runnington. Dublin: Printed for James Moore, 1792. [iv], xl, [4], 305; [13], 114, [8] pp. Includes An Analysis of the Civil Part of the Law with divisional title page and separate pagination but continuous register. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent buckram, gilt fillets, title and library name to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling and negligible light rubbing to extremities, library bookplate and small shelf label to front pastedown. Light toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, small faint stains to a few leaves, early owner signature of John Welchman Whateley to title page, which has a small ink library stamp along with a few other leaves. $250. * Fourth edition. Includes An Analysis of the Civil Part of the Law. First published in 1713, Hale's History of the Common Law was the first book on the subject. "Hale's… Read More

1935. Holmes and His Wife at Table Hale, Richard Walden [1871-1943]. [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. Some Table Talk of Mr. Justice Holmes and "The Mrs." [Boston: Addison C. Getchell & Son], 1935. 17 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers, light rubbing to extremities, small tear at top staple, moderate toning, internally clean. Item housed in custom 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" cloth folder. $350. * Only edition. Compiled by Hale after Holmes's death and sent out as "Christmas greetings," this charming series of anecdotes and aphorisms patterned after Selden's Table Talk illuminates the social side of Holmes and his wife. Hale was a Boston lawyer, founder of the prestigious law firm Hale & Dorr, and a close friend of the Holmes family. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries (Columbia, UC-Berkeley, Yale, U.S. Supreme Court, Harvard, University of Minnesota, Duke University).

1684. The Nature of True Religion Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Bacon, Francis [1561-1626]. Barrow, Isaac [1630-1677]. The Judgment of the Late Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale, Of the Nature of True Religion, The Causes of Its Corruption, And the Churches Calamity, By Mens Additions and Violences: With the Desired Cure. In Three Discourses, Written by Himself at Several Times. Humbly Dedicated to the Honourable Judges and Learned Lawyers, Who Knew and Honoured the Author, Because in Their True Sentiments of Religion, And Its Depravations, and the Cure, The Wellfare of England, Under His Majesty, As Well as Their Own, Is Eminently Concerned. By the Faithful Publisher, Richard Baxter. To Which is Annexed the Judgment of Sir Francis Bacon Lord Verulam St. Albans, And Chancellour of England: And Somewhat of Dr. Isaack Barrows on the Same Subject. London: Printed for B. Simmons at the Three Cocks near the West-End of S. Paul's Church, 1684. [xii], 64 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet.… Read More

2016. ISBN-13: 9781584772828; ISBN-10: 1584772824. Hale, Sir Matthew. Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown. Now First Published from his Lordship's Original Manuscript, and the Several References to the Records Examined by the Originals, with Large Notes. By Sollem Emlyn of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. To which is added a Table of the Principle Matters. Originally published: [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1736. 2 Volumes. [iv], xxviii, 710; [vi], 414, [415-620] pp. Reprinted 2003, 2016 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772828; ISBN-10: 1584772824. Hardcover. New. $125. * Reprint of the first edition. Widely acclaimed for its skillful, comprehensive and masterful discourse, this is the first history of English criminal law. Although Hale had planned to write this work in three books; only the first book was completed before his death. It covers the capital offenses - treasons and felonies. "This book, so far as it extends, gives a complete… Read More

1796. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1796.. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1796. "The Most Important of [Hale's] Books on the Constitutional Law" Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Hargrave, Francis [1741?-1821], Editor. The Jurisdiction of the Lords House, Or Parliament, Considered According to Antient Records. To Which is Prefixed, By the Editor, An Introductory Preface, Including a Narrative of the Same Jurisdiction from the Accession of James the First. London: Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1796. [xii], ccxxx, 208 pp. Quarto (9-1/4" x 7"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards, gilt rules to calf edges, gilt fillets and title to spine, marbled edges. Light rubbing and soiling to boards, front board separated but secured by cords, rear board detached, faint offsetting along edges of paper, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and worn. Light toning to interior, negligible light foxing and faint offsetting to title page, internally clean.… Read More