Search Results: Authors starting with L from The Lawbook Exchange Ltd

1987. Laband, David N. Heinbuch, Deborah Hendry. Blue Laws: The History, Economics, and Politics of Sunday-Closing Laws. Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, 1987. vi, 232 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $65.

1972. United States Congress. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Subcommittee on Labor. Legislative History of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. (H.R. 1746, P.L. 92-261) Amending Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1972. xxii, 2067 pp. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear, hinges cracked but secure, internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to preliminaries. $50. * President Johnson's Executive Order 11246 enshrined the principle of nondiscrimination in federal employment and introduced the phrase "affirmative action" to the national debate on minority rights. This was followed by the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Congress, which drew upon Johnson's order and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to established timetables and goals for the expansion of minority representation in federal employment and contracting.

1932. American Journal of Police Science. Vols. 1-3 (1930-1932). Chicago, Ill.: Printed for the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, by Northwestern University Press, 1930-1932. Bimonthly, 12 issues. 3 volumes, in 2 books. Illustrations. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1930)-v. 3, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 1932). Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location labels at foot of spines, else very good. $450. * Absorbed by the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951) (1932).

2007. ISBN-13: 9781584777458; ISBN-10: 1584777451. Ladd, William. An Essay on a Congress of Nations for the Adjustment of International Disputes Without Resort to Arms. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1840 with an Introduction by James Brown Scott. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1916. xlviii, 162 pp. With a new introduction by Mark Weston Janis, William F. Starr Professor of Law at University of Connecticut School of Law. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777458. ISBN-10: 1584777451. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * First published in 1840, this was the first important statement on the preservation of peace through international mediation published in the United States. Anticipating the creation of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the League of Nations by a good 75 years, Ladd proposed an international "congress with legislative powers" that worked with a court that enforced its laws and settled international disputes. It became a… Read More

2015. Mooney, James E. (editor). Mooney, James E. (editor). The Definitive Blackstone Bibliography Laeuchli, Ann Jordan. Cohen, Morris L., Foreword. Mooney, James E., Editor. A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone. Getzville, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 2015. xvii, 537 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. $175. * In 1938 Yale University Press published Catherine Spicer Eller's catalog of the Yale Law Library's William Blackstone Collection. This new catalog, built on Eller's work, covers both additions to that collection and other works by and about Blackstone printed in the Roman alphabet held by other libraries, American and foreign. The 672 entries in this catalogue are more than double the number in Eller. The entries include more detail. Laeuchli also adds two new categories to Eller's original nine-category arrangement. One on catalogs, commemorations, exhibitions and prospectuses and one on microtexts and electronic resources, three appendixes (a full description of Entry No. 1, the first… Read More

1965. LaFave, Wayne R. Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. xxxiv, 540 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $20.

1982. Laine, Michael. Bibliography of Works on John Stuart Mill. Toronto: Unviersity of Toronto Press, 1982. viii, 173 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $20.

1993. Laiou, Angeliki E. Consent and Coercion to Sex and Marriage in Ancient and Medieval Societies. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks in Research Library and Collection, [1993]. ix, 298 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20.

1870. Authoritative Study of Peru's 1852 Code of Civil Procedure Lama, Miguel Antonio de la, Editor. Codigo de Enjuiciamientos en Materia Civil con Notas y Concordancias. Lima: Imprenta del Estado, 1870. 476 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Printed wrappers bound into recent cloth, printed paper title label to spine, endpapers renewed. Light browning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page. $500. * First edition. Lama was an authority of Peruvian law. This annotated text of the 1852 civil code was standard work. Clagett, A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Peru 30.

1893. 1893 Edition of Peru's Civil Code with Important Annotations Lama, Miguel Antonio de la [b. 1839], Editor and Annotator. Codigo Civil del Peru, Con Citas, Notas, Concordancias y un Apendice de Leyes, Decretos, Resoluciones, Ordenes, Reglamentos, Instrucciones, Circulares y Ejecutorias Hasta el 31 de Diciembre de 1892. Lima: Editado por la Imprenta Gil, 1893. 560, [2] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt ornaments to spine, marbled edges. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, rear hinge starting, crack in text block between title page and following leaf. Light toning to text. Lama's inkstamp to verso of title page, interior otherwise clean. $750. * Established in 1852, Peru's civil code draws on the Code Napoleon and Castilian law that existed during the nation's colonial period. Lama was a leading Peruvian jurist. His highly regarded notes in Codigo Civil include the latest legislation, digested court decisions, treaty… Read More

1975. Lamb, Charles M. Land Use Politics and Law in the 1970s. Washington: Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology, George Washington University, 1975. ii, 85 pp. Softbound, lightly worn. $20.

2003. Lambard[e], William. Eirenarcha: Or, of the Office of the Justices of Peace in Two Bookes, Gathered 1579 and Now Revised and Firste Published in the 24. Yeare of the Peaceable Reigne of our Gratious Queene Elizabeth. London: Newbery, 1581.[viii], 511, [xv] pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772460; ISBN-10: 1584772468. Hardcover. Slightly bumped. $50. * Reprint of the first edition. This treatise is esteemed for its comprehensive and systematic account of the organization of local government under the justices of the peace at the end of the sixteenth century. It was the standard authority for several decades and often reprinted. Like many books of its kind, Eirenarcha offers a unique perspective on the society that produced it. This is evident in the descriptions of detailed indictments for such offenses as killing a man through witchcraft, raping a child or maid (the age of distinction was ten), hearing a Catholic Mass, practicing usury and operating a bowling… Read More

2003. ISBN-13: 9781584772460; ISBN-10: 1584772468. Lambard[e], William. Eirenarcha: Or, of the Office of the Justices of Peace in Two Bookes, Gathered 1579 and Now Revised and Firste Published in the 24. Yeare of the Peaceable Reigne of our Gratious Queene Elizabeth. Originally published: London: Newbery, 1581.[viii], 511, [xv] pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772460; ISBN-10: 1584772468. Hardcover. New. $95. * Reprint of the first edition. This treatise is esteemed for its comprehensive and systematic account of the organization of local government under the justices of the peace at the end of the sixteenth century. It was the standard authority for several decades and often reprinted. Like many books of its kind, Eirenarcha offers a unique perspective on the society that produced it. This is evident in the descriptions of detailed indictments for such offenses as killing a man through witchcraft, raping a child or maid (the age of distinction was ten), hearing a… Read More

1582. London: Newbery, And H. Bynnean. 1582. Second ed.. London: Newbery, And H. Bynnean. 1582. Second ed. An Interesting Perspective on Elizabethan England Lambard(e), William [1536-1601]. Eirenarcha: Or of the Office of the Iustices of Peace, In Two Bookes: Gathered 1579. And Now Revised, And First Published, In the 24. Yeere of the Peaceable Reigne of Our Gratious Queene Elizabeth. London: Imprinted by Ra. Newbery, And H. Bynnean, 1582. [vii], 511, [15] pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Recent period-style paneled calf, blind fleurons to inside panels, raised bands and blind ornaments to spine, early hand-lettered title to fore-edge of text block. Title printed within woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials, woodcut arms of dedicatee, Sir Robert Bromley, facing dedication leaf, large woodcut device to verso of final leaf. Light toning to text, some edgewear to endleaves and title page. Brief early annotation to front endleaf, interior otherwise clean. An… Read More

1607. An Interesting Perspective on Early-Modern England Lambard(e), William [1536-1601]. Eirenarcha, Or of the Office of the Iustices of Peace, In Foure Bookes. Revised, Corrected, And Enlarged, In the Fourth Yeare of the Peaceable Raigne of Our Most Gracious King Iames. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1607. [ii], 621, [82] pp. [Bound with] Lambard(e), William. The Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, And Such Other Lowe and Lay Ministers of the Peace. Whereunto be Adioyned, The Severall Offices of Church Ministers and Churchwardens, And Overseers for the Poore, Surveighours of the Highwaies, And Distributors of the Provision Against Noysome Fowle and Vermine. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1606. 80 pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4"). Eighteenth-century calf, blind rules and corner fleurons to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and somewhat worn, shallow… Read More

1599. ESTC S102273 & S4730;Beale T393,T386;. ESTC S102273 & S4730;Beale T393,T386;. A Legal Perspective on Elizabethan England Lambard(e), William [1536-1601]. Eirenarcha, Or, Of the Office of the Iustices of Peace: In Foure Bookes. First Gathered 1579. Published 1581. And Now Fourthly Revised, Corrected, And Enlarged in this Fortie and One Yeare of the Peaceable Raigne of Our Most Gracious Queene Elizabeth. London: Printed by Thomas Wight, And Bonham Norton, 1599. [ii], 606 (i.e. 614), [86] pp. [Bound with] Lambard(e), William The Dueties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, And Such Other Lowe and Lay Ministers of the Peace Whereunto be Adjoyned, The Severall Offices of Church Ministers and Churchwardens, And Overseers for the Poore, Surveighours of the Highwaies, And Distributors of the Provision Against Noysome Fowle and Vermine. London: Printed by Thomas Wight, And Bonham Norton, 1599. 80 pp. Octavo (6" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary vellum with yapp edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities,… Read More

1962. Lambarde, William. Read, Conyers, Editor. William Lambarde and Local Government: His "Ephemeris" and Twenty-Nine Charges to Juries and Commissions. Ithaca: Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library by Cornell University Press, [1962]. xl, 189 pp. Cloth in lightly worn and soile dust jacket. $20.

1640. Rare undated edition. Rare undated edition. Lambarde's Valuable Guide to Gavelkind and Other Legal Customs Lambarde, William [1536-1601]. A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, And Customes of that Shire. Written in the Yeere 1570. By William Lambarde of Lincolns Inne Gent. London: Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, for D. Pakeman, [n.d., between 1634 and 1656?]. [xvi], 656, [24], 70 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary or near-contemporary calf, blind rules and corner fleurons to boards, rebacked in speckled calf with raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, blind rules to board edges, hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few scuffs, nicks and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, slightly heavier to joints, corners bumped and negligibly worn, early hand-lettered "26" to fore-edge of text block, faint offsetting to endleaves, early ownership signature (of William de Grey) and annotation to front pastedown. Additional title page (of 1656… Read More

1875. Lambert, John. A Digest of the Statutes Relating to Urban Sanitary Authorities: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1875. xx, 270 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Small library stamp to title page, otherwise internally clean. $150. * Second edition.

1931. Lambton, Arthur. Echoes of Causes Celebres. London: Hurst & Blacklett, 1931. 17 Illustrations, 277 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt stamped spine. Cocked spine with shelf wear. $30.