A Beginning

Hare, John Innes Clark: The Law of Contracts. ISBN 1584773111, 2003

Hare, J[ohn] I[nnes] Clark. The Law of Contracts. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1887. xxxiv, 679 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773115; ISBN-10: 1584773111. Hardcover. * Hare's objective was to trace the doctrine of consideration and to show its influence on contracts in common law. Beginning with Roman law, where the doctrine of consideration was unknown, he proceeds to an examination of the practical importance of the law of sales. This treatise was taken from a course of lectures given by the author in the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a trustee. Hare [1816-1905] edited a number of selections and reports of cases and "...was one of the half-dozen greatest judges that Pennsylvania has produced. He ascended the bench just after equity was introduced, as a general system, into Pennsylvania, and his contribution to its establishment was of great importance." Dictionary of American Biography IV:262.

Details

Alfred, King of Wessex. Milton H. Turk (editor): The Legal Code of Aelfred the Great. 2004

Alfred, King of Wessex. The Legal Code of Aelfred the Great. Edited With an Introduction by Milton Haight Turk. Boston: Published by Ginn and Company, 1893. viii, 147 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773924; ISBN-10: 1584773928. Hardcover. New. * A legendary figure in Medieval history, Aelfred [871-899] expelled the Vikings from England and founded the first significant centralized kingdom in present-day England and Wales. A learned monarch, he was well-versed in Christian theology and Classical thought. His legal code attempted to teach his subjects about their duty, the king's authority and the collective destiny of Wessex. Indeed, the preface contains a history of law beginning with the Ten Commandments, which suggests that he believed his subjects were a new people of God. Not a code or handbook in the conventional sense, it aimed to promote the king as a lawgiver on Roman and biblical models. This edition contains the complete text of the code with full scholarly apparatus and an extensive introduction that discusses manuscripts of the code, philological issues and the code's legal and literary qualities.

Details

Coke, Sir Edward: The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, in English in Thirteen Parts Complete. 1793

Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. George Wilson, Editor and Translator. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. in English, In Thirteen Parts Complete; With References to All the Ancient and Modern Books of the Law; Exactly Translated and Compared with the First and Last Edition in French, and Printed Page for Page With the Same. To Which Are Now Added the Respective Pleadings, In English. The Whole Newly Revised and Carefully Corrected and Translated with Many Additional Notes and References. Dublin: Printed for J. Moore, 1793. Seven volumes. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, volume numbers and lettering pieces to spines, lettering piece of Volume 3 is a recent period-style replacement. Light rubbing to boards and extremities with minor wear, corners bumped and somewhat worn, chip to lettering piece of Volume 7, most of the joints starting at ends, some hinges cracked. Some toning, occasional light foxing. Early owner signatures (of Charles Marsh) to title pages and a few other places, interior otherwise clean. A handsome set. * Reprint of the London edition, 1776-77. Each volume has general title-page, and each part has special title-page. Prefaces in Latin and English in parallel columns. First published at the beginning of the seventeenth century, Coke's Reports are not reports in the conventional sense but highly detailed anthologies of precedents organized according to the cases they consider. In each instance Coke assembled a large body of cases, outlined their arguments, and explained the reasons for the judgment, using it as a basis for a statement of general principles. Taken together, the Reports form the most extensive and detailed treatment of common law pleading that had yet appeared. A work of immense authority, it was often cited as The Reports, there being no need to mention the author's name. His accounts, especially of pleadings, were applauded for both their clarity and usefulness as stylistic models for students. And his selection of cases, cited frequently in subsequent years, has served as the starting point for numerous decisions. The first edition in English, which did not include pleadings, was published in 1658. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:29

Details

The Sunday Times insight team [Hrsg]; Ulster. A Penguin Special. London, Penguin 1972.
A persepctive of nothern Ireland at the beginning of its troubles.

Broschiert, kl.8°, 320 S.; -Rücken geblichen, gutes Exemplar.

Details