Reprint of the rare first edition of the classic American law dictionary, now in its eleventh edition. Originally published: St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1891. x, 1253 pp. Contains definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern (including the principal terms of international, constitutional, and commercial law). There is also a collection of legal maxims, as well as a bibliography of the principal law dictionaries in English and other languages to 1891.

Black's Law Dictionary, 1st Edition

Black, Henry C.

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Men and Books Famous in the Law

Originally published: Rochester, New York: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing, 1921. 259 pp. A classic account of law books and their authors. Within the pages of this volume will be found the stories of great legal writers, and more-- especially the story of their legal writings, the inception, production, and vicissitudes of works which have become classics of legal literature. Covers the lives and publications of Littleton, Coke, Blackstone, Cowell, Kent, Wheaton and Livingston.

Hicks, Frederick C.

Legal Theory & Systems

McNamara, M. Frances. Ragbag of Legal Quotations. Albany: Matthew Bender & Company, 1960. xi, 334 pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 92-074141. ISBN 0-9630106-3-8. Cloth. $50.   One of the best collections of legal quotations ever. McNamara's attractive and well-indexed volume provides over 2,000 quotations arranged under nearly 300 subject headings, which are further indexed by author and by words and phrases. Explanatory notes clarify the meaning of some well-known, but misunderstood quotations.

Ragbag of Legal Quotations

McNamara, M. Frances

Jackson, E. Hilton. Latin for Lawyers. Containing I: A Course in Latin, with Legal Maxims and Phrases As a Basis of Instruction. II. A Collection of Over One Thousand Latin Maxims, with English Translations, Explanatory Notes, and Cross-References. III. A Vocabulary of Latin Words. London: Sweet &amp; Maxwell, 1915. viii, 300 pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 92-074408. ISBN-13: 978-0-9630106-4-3. ISBN-10: 0-9630106-4-6. Hardcover.
* The perfect book for that considerable number of law students and lawyers with little or no knowledge of Latin. For those already proficient in Latin, the interest in this volume will lie in the large collection of legal maxims and phrases. The annotations are commendable for their brevity and unpretentious simplicity.

Latin for Lawyers. Containing I: A Course in Latin, with Legal Maxims and Phrases As a Basis of Instruction. II. A Collection of Over One Thousand ... III. A Vocabulary of Latin Words.

Jackson E. Hilton

Legal Education

Reprint of the first edition of the first American law dictionary. Originally published: Philadelphia: T. &amp; J.W. Johnson, 1839. 2 Vols. 559; 628 pp. Long recognized as a leading authority, all other American law dictionaries are inevitably compared with this one. A concise encyclopedia of Anglo-American law, its outstanding feature is its emphasis on the American elements in the law. The original volumes are quite rare.

A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States and the Serveral States of the American Union 2 volume set

History

BOUVIER, JOHN

Americas

Forsyth, William. History of Trial by Jury [Second edition]. Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn, [1875]. x, 388 pp. Reprinted 1994 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Hardcover. New. First published in England in 1852, Forsyth's Trial by Jury is the first full-scale historical account of the rise and growth of the jury system in England. The American edition adds a number of notes, as well as making several corrections to American references.

History of Trial by Jury

Morgan, Appleton

Forsyth, William

Europe

Beginning with Coke and Selden, Holdsworth surveys the work of the great practitioners of Anglo-American legal history.Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. 175 pp. "In this reprint of lectures delivered by the learned author in the United States of America, the course of the literature of Anglo-American legal history is portrayed in an illuminating fashion. Pursuing a chronological sequence, the lectures survey the effect of the historical tradition of the common lawyers before legal history began to be written, in which class the learned author puts the work of Coke, passing on to the more historical work of the later authors of whom the first appears to be Selden, while the last include the names of several living writers, both English and American. (...) [N]o one interested in the growth of Anglo-American law can fail to read with pleasure and profit this stimulating treatment of the development of legal history." --Law Quarterly Review 44: 392.WILLIAM S. HOLDSWORTH [1871-1944] was a professor at the University of Cambridge from 1903-1908 and Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford from 1922-1944. He is well-known for his monumental A History of English Law (1903-1966) and other works, such as Charles Dickens as a Legal Historian (1929) and Some Makers of English Law (1938).

The Historians of Anglo-American Law

Holdsworth, William S.

The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909: Compiled from Original Sources and Illustrated by Photo-Intaglio Reproductions of Important Maps, Plans, Views, and Documents in Public and Private

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes

Originally pubslished: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., Inc., 1929. An entertaining evaluation of Shakespeare's plays that classifies legal allusions found in the plays, clearly outlines Shakespeare's relation to the Inns of Court and of Chancery, and the references he makes to celebrated trials, famous Judges and advocates.

Shakespeare and the Law

Literature & Fiction

Barton, Dunbar Plunket

Dramas & Plays

The first casebook, Harvard Law School, 1871. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown &amp; Co., 1871. xvi, 1022 pp. The landmark work that introduced the revolutionary idea of the case system to legal education, which Langdell instituted in his position as Dean at Harvard law School. A response to the European educational practice of the expository textbook as the basis of study, Langdell invented herein the use of original authorities to teach legal principles in his classes at Harvard. He posted lists of leading cases on the bulletin boards or announced them in class beforehand. The students prepared for class by going to the library, taking down the reports, and studying them. The process was both injurious to the library collection and inconvenient for the students. It was very soon apparent to Langdell that having done away with the traditional textbook, the law library was not a satisfactory alternative. No library had, or could afford, the number of duplicate volumes of the court reports that were required so that all students could have easy and equal access to the cases. Langdell s solution was the casebook. This innovation in legal education publishing led to the proliferation of casebooks that continue today.

A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts with References and Citations

Langdell, C. C.

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