The Legal Classics Library (13 results)

The Legal Classics Library, 2008. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2008. Spence, Gerry. The Smoking Gun. Day by Day Through a Shocking Murder Trial with Gerry Spence. A True Story. New York: A Lisa Drew Book, Scribner, [2003]. 435 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2008. With a Special Introduction by Alan Dershowitz. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $15. * Recounts the dramatic events surrounding the trial of Sandy Jones and her teenage son, who were accused of murdering a real-estate developer, describing the trial's three-year process of explosive courtroom scenes, class conflicts, and crushing state power.

The Legal Classics Library, 2005. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2005. Washburn, Emory [1800-1877]. A Manual of Criminal Law, Including the Mode of Procedure by Which It Is Enforced. Especially Designed for the Use of Students. Chicago: Callaghan and Company, 1878. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2005. xxxiii, 278 pp. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. [with] tipped in pamphlet: Notes From the Editors, Robert M. Spector. Gryphon Editions, 2005, 19 pp. $25. * "This well-known book, a true classic by a highly regarded author, opens a window on the practice of criminal law in the United States in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

The Legal Classics Library, 2014. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2014. Albert James A. Jim Bakker. Miscarriage of Justice. Chicago: Open Court, [1998]. xiv, 532 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2014 with New Introduction by Alan M. Desshowitz. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $25. * Anyone who has followed the roller coaster-like saga of PTL will want to read this absorbing inside story. Albert, a law professor and trial attorney, has investigated the Bakker/PTL story extensively and crafts a balanced story, guiding his readers through Bakker's rise from obscurity to his heyday hosting "The PTL Club". Albert contends that although Bakker's stewardship of PTL was surely careless, serious doubt remains whether or not he ever intended to defraud contributors. (Publisher's description).

The Legal Classics Library, 2014. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2014. Donahue, Katherine C. Slave of Allah. Zacarias Moussaoui vs. the USA. London: Pluto Press, [2007]. x, 211 pp. New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2014. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $25. * In 2006 Zacarias Moussaoui became the first person to stand trial in the US for the events of September 11 2001. This timely book provides a close insight into the Moussaoui case from an anthropological perspective. Katherine C. Donahue was present at the trial. Based on first-hand evidence, this book provides a unique picture of an al-Qaeda convert in the process of forming his identity just when he is calling the death sentence upon himself. It is the story of an extra-national opposition to western democracy, seen through the experience of a man who calls himself a 'slave of Allah'. The book begins with his arrest and moves to the courtroom, telling the tale of Moussaoui's struggle with his defense lawyers, and raising questions about his ability to be 'represented' -- his national and personal identity. Donahue explores his background in France as the son of Moroccan immigrants, and follows him to London, Afghanistan and Malaysia as he joins the growing fraternity of an Islam without borders. He acquires an extra-national identity in which his loyalty is no longer constituted by his national identity -- but by his allegiance to fundamentalist Islam. (Publisher's description).

The Legal Classics Library, 2000. with Notes. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2000. with Notes. Townley, James. The Reasons of the Laws of Moses from the "More Nevochim" of Maimonides. With Notes, Dissertations, and a Life of the Author. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. xi, 451 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2000. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. [with] tipped in pamphlet: Notes From the Editors. Gryphon Editions, 2000, 19 pp. $30. * "The laws and institutions of Moses constitute the earliest and most original system of ecclesiastical and civil jurisprudence and polity, with which the world has ever been favoured." (From the Preface). Maimonides' classic work of religious philosophy, the "More Nevochim" or Guide for the Perplexed contains an important section, The Reasons of The Laws of Moses, which was never fully translated into English until Townsley's translation, based on early Hebrew and Latin editions, which was originally published in 1829. Townsley's scholarly translation is supplemented by nine dissertations on the work, extensive notes and an index, and a biography of Maimonides [1135-1204], the medieval Jewish philosopher and jurist whose writings on Jewish law are highly regarded. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 797.

The Legal Classics Library, 2021. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2021. Peabody, Andrew P. Plutarch on the Delay of the Divine Justice. Translated with an introduction and Notes. Boston: Little, Brown, 1885. xxx, 78 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2021. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $45. * In his essay, On the Delay of the Divine Justice, the ancient historian Plutarch answers objections that God, by failing to swiftly punish the guilty, is not just. Plutarch answers that man must not be too confident of his ability to pass judgment on things divine or assume to know God's purposes for each man. God, by the delay of punishment, gives man the example of forebearance. He may seek the reformation of the guilty, and to the services which, when reformed, they may render to their country. He argues that the wicked often have their punishment postponed until after they have rendered some important action in which they are essential agents. He gives many examples of men who were not virtuous when young but became righteous as they aged. Plutarch further argues that punishment is delayed only in appearance, but commences when the guilt is incurred. It seems slow because it can be long. He asserts the immortality of the soul. Punishments in a future state are out of sight. (Publisher's description).

The Legal Classics Library, 2012. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2012. Dimsdale, Thomas Josiah. The Vigilantes of Montana. Or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains. Being a Correct and Impartial Narrative of the Chase, Trial, Capture, and Execution of Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band, Together with the Accounts of the Lives and Crimes of Many of the Robbers and Desperados, the Whole Being Interspersed with Sketches of Life in the Mining Camps of the Far West. Helena: State Publishing, [1915]. 290 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2012. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $45. * A defense of the actions of the vigilantes who wrestled control of Virginia City and Bannack from a gang of notorious "road agents" who terrorized the country, robbed stagecoaches and lone travelers, and committed countless murders. The gang was led by Henry Plummer who got himself elected sheriff of Virginia City District and Bannack. A group of citizens secretly organized a Vigilance Committee that enlisted the most law-abiding men in the area. The committee quietly went to work and, after a confession by one of the desperadoes, learned that Plummer was leader of the gang. What followed was the carriage of vigilante justice. (Publisher's description).

The Legal Classics Library, 2020 (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2020. Milton, John. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. New York: Henry Holt, 1911. liii, 185 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2020. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $50.

The Legal Classics Library, 2018. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Lincoln, Abraham. Douglas, Stephen A. Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois including the Preceding Speeches of each at Chicago, Springfield, etc. Also, the Two Great Speeches of Abraham Lincoln in Ohio in 1859, and a Complete Index to the Whole. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1902. vi, 415 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $60. * "It was indeed the whole American people that listened to those debates," remembered Carl Schurz, future Senator and Minister to Spain. He recounted how the "spectacle reminded him of.ancient times. of two armies.standing still to see their two principal champions fight out the contested cause between the lines in single combat." It was observed that "no more striking contrast could have been imagined than that between those two men as they appeared upon the platform", while those that gathered listened with "all the devoted attention that many later Americans would reserve for athletic contests." These nine debates, taking place during the late summer and early fall of 1858, would mark a reversal in fortunes, both for the men on the platform, and for the destiny of millions. While Senator Douglas would keep his office, the debates-and the thoughts and ideas manifested through them-would travel far and wide. The Lincoln-Douglas debates would go onto shape public opinion concerning whether America, as a nation, truly believed in a "common right of humanity", or, whether we, the People, believed in the same principles that held lofty "the divine right of kings". (Publisher's description).

The Legal Classics Library, 2018. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Ablow, Keith. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony. A Psychological Portrait. New York: St. Martin's Press, [2011]. viii, 236 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Signed by the author on half-title. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $60. * The trial of twenty-five year old Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter Caylee was the most sensational case in America since O.J. Simpson's-with a verdict every bit as stunning. After being acquitted in July 2011, Ms. Anthony instantly became one of the most infamous women in the world. Dr. Keith Ablow distills tens of thousands of pages of documents he has obtained, his behind-the-camera, one-on one interviews, and his decades of experience in the world of forensic psychiatry to make sense of a woman whose defense attorney described as an innocent victim of childhood sexual abuse, but the state insisted was a cold-blooded murderer. (Publisher's description).

The Legal Classics Library, 2021. (illustrator). The Legal Classics Library, 2021. Paley, William. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, [2002]. ix, 481 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2021. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $65. * This classic work was first published in 1785, and was originally based on his Cambridge lectures of 1766-1776. It was designed for instructional purposes and was almost immediately adopted as a required text for all undergraduates at Cambridge. It was one of the most popular books in England and America in the early nineteenth century and its significance lies in the fact that it marks an important point at which eighteenth-century "whiggism" began to be transformed into nineteenth-century "liberalism." But the popularity of the book also reflected the fact that Paley expressed some of the leading scientific, theological, and ethical ideas of his time and place.

[Legal Classics Library]. A Collection of 17 titles, in 17 books. Gryphon Editions. The Legal Classics Library, 1983-2012. All volumes full calf, with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and ribbon page markers. Bookplates on front pastedowns, else fine. $350. Titles in this collection: 1. The Trial of William Joyce. London, [1946]. Reprinted 1987. 2. Selden, John. The Table-Talk of John Selden. London, 1847. Reprinted 1989. 3. Warburton, A.F. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah. On the Charge of Piracy in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. New York, 1862. Reprinted 1997. 4. Barnes, Thomas G. The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts. MA, [1648]. Reprinted 1982. 5. Dillon, John F. The Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America. Boston, 1894. Reprinted 1994. 6. Freeman, Kathleen. The Murder of Herodes. And Other Trials from the Athenian Law Courts. London, [1946]. Reprinted 1995. 7. Gray, John Chipman. The Nature and Sources of the Law. New York, 1927. Reprinted 1985. 8. Healy, Maurice. The Old Munster Circuit. A Book of Memories and Traditions. London, [1939]. Reprinted 1991. 9. Hudson, William. A Treatise of the Court of the Star Chamber. Cambridge, 1982. Reprinted 1986. 10. Jhering, Rudolph von. The Struggle for Law. Chicago, 1915. Reprinted 1991. 11. Langdell, C.C. A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts. Boston, 1871. Reprinted 1983. 12. Llewellyn, K.N. Karl Nickerson Llewellyn on Legal Realism. The Bramble Bush. New York, 1930. Reprinted 1986. 13. More, Thomas. Utopia with the Dialogue of Comfort. London, [1926]. Reprinted 1989. 14. The Queen v Louis Riel. Toronto, [1974]. Reprinted 1992. 15. Perry, Richard L. Cooper, John C. Sources of Our Liberties. Documentary Origins of Individual LIberties in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Chicago, 1978. Reprinted 1990. 16. Ray, Isaac. A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. Boston, 1838. Reprinted 1987. 17. Germain, Christopher Saint. Doctor and Student. Or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England Containing the Grounds of those Laws.

[Legal Classics Library]. A Collection of 20 titles, in 20 books. Gryphon Editions. The Legal Classics Library, 1983-2010. All volumes full calf, with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and ribbon page markers. Bookplates on front pastedowns, else fine. $350. Titles in this collection: 1. Carter, James Coolidge. Law: Its Origin Growth and Function. New York, 1907. Reprinted 1996. 2. McIlwain, Charles Howard. The High Court of Parliament and its Supremacy. New Haven, London, 1910. Reprinted 2003. 3. Adams, John. The Political Writings of John Adams. Washington, D.C., 2000. Reprinted 2010. 4. Gardner, Fred. The Unlawful Concert. An Account of the Presidio Mutiny Case. New York, 1970. Reprinted 2005. 5. Alexander, James. A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger. Printer of the New York Weekly Journal. Cambridge, 1963. Reprinted 2004. 6. Edwards, George J., Jr. The Grand Jury. An Essay. Philadelphia, 1906. Reprinted 2003. 7. Home, Henry. Kames, Lord. Historical Law-Tracts. Edinburgh, 1761. Reprinted 1988. 8. The Irving Judgement. David Irving v. Penguin Books and Professor Deborah Lipstadt. London, [2000]. Reprinted 2004. 9. Hale, Matthew. Hand, Learned. The History and Analysis of the Common Law of England. Stafford, [1713]. Reprinted 1987. 10. Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London, 1859. Reprinted 1992. 11. Herbert, A.P. Uncommon Law. London, [1935]. Reprinted 1988. 12. Barrett, Bryant. The Code Napoleon. London, 1811. Reprinted 1983. 13. Winfield, Percy H. The Chief Sources of English Legal History. Cambridge, 1925. Reprinted 2002. 14. Llewellyn, K.N. Hoebel, E. Adamson. The Cheyenne Way. Norman, 1941. Reprinted 1992. 15. Kaplan, Alice. The Collaborator. The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach. Chicago, 2000. Reprinted 2006. 16. Webster, Daniel. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster. With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin P. Whipple. Boston,