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

2003. ISBN-13: 9781584772675; ISBN-10: 1584772670. Fairman, Charles. Mr. Justice Miller and the Supreme Court. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. [x], 456 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772675; ISBN-10: 1584772670. Hardcover. New. $55. * Samuel Freeman Miller [1816-1890] was appointed to the court by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. An active abolitionist, he was an influential force during the unsettled years of the Civil War and Reconstruction who did much to shape the court's interpretation of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. He wrote the majority opinion in the influential Slaughter-House Cases. Miller was considered a prospective presidential candidate by Republican leaders in the 1880s. He served on the Court until his death. "Mr. Fairman has written the best biography of an American judge since Beveridge's Life of John Marshall.": Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr., Harvard Law Review 53: 696-698 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of… Read More

1746. Decisions of Scotland's Supreme Civil Court, 1744-1751 Falconer, David, Lord Falconer of Halkerton [1681-1751]. The Decisions of the Court of Session. From the Month of November 1744. Edinburgh: Printed by Wal. and Tho. Ruddimans, 1746. 2 volumes in one book. [iv], 127, [5], 129-392, [22]; [iv], 335 pp. Volume I in two parts, the second part has a title page reading The Decisions of the Court of Session, Continued from 1st June 1746 with the imprint: Edinburgh: Printed by Walter and Thomas Ruddimans, 1747. The title page for Volume II reads: The Decisions of the Court of Session. From 1st November 1748. Volume II with the imprint: Edinburgh: Printed by Tho. and Wal. Ruddimans", 1753. Complete. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary calf, lettering piece and gilt-edged raised bands to spine, blind tooling to board edges. A few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, a few small chips to spine ends, corners bumped and lightly worn, boards just beginning to separate, but… Read More

1649. A Plea for Reform of the "Arbitrary" Chancery Courts Faldo, Thomas. Reformation of Proceedings at Law. By Way of Petition, Dedicated to the Honourable Committee of Parliament, For Reformation of Courts of Justice, And Proceedings at Law. [London]: Printed by Hen: Hils, 1649. [ii], 25, [1] pp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine. Light toning, negligible light foxing to a few leaves, light soiling to title page and final leaf, trimming to top-edge just catching headline of two leaves without loss to page numbers. $1,250. * Only edition. As the seventeenth century saw a wave of anxiety over the role of the Court of Chancery, the topic of chancery reform became increasingly important. Faldo, a member of Gray's Inn, describes the system as arbitrary at best and corrupt at worst and suggests that the common law could better meet the needs the court was meant to address. OCLC locates 3 copies of this title… Read More

2010. ISBN-13: 9781584777212; ISBN-10: 1584777214. Explores the Complex Relationship Between International Law and Civil War Falk, Richard A., Editor. The International Law of Civil War. Originally published: [Baltimore]: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971. xix, 452 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777212; ISBN-10: 1584777214. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * A title in the series Foundations of the Laws of War, Joseph Perkovich, General Editor. This volume explores the complex relationship between international law and civil war through six essays on the American Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, the Algerian Revolution, and conflicts in the Congo, Yemen and Vietnam. The current rash of civil wars seems to result both from the vulnerability of so many states to domestic violence and from the willingness of so many other states to promote or exploit this vulnerability for reasons of ideological solidarity, political expansion, national security, or human compassion.… Read More

1993. Faller, Lincoln B. Crime and Defoe: A New Kind of Writing. Cambridge University Press, 1993. xix, 263 pp. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. $5.

1766. Documents from the Settlement of a New Hampshire Estate [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Wallace Family]. [Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents]. Londonderry, NH, 1766, 1782-1801. 17 documents, 7 are 12" x 7-1/2" bifolia and single sheets, 1 is a 15" x 12" sheet, others range in size from 7" x 7-1/2" to 2" x 7-1/2." Moderate browning, somewhat lighter in places, foxing, some leaves have dampstaining, creases, tears along fold lines, a few small chips (with no loss to legibility), 2 items mended with cellotape on versos. $500. * The Wallaces were a prosperous family of farmers with substantial landholdings. Our archive is a collection of documents relating to the settlement of Thomas Wallace's estate in May 1790. Most of the documents are inventories and sale receipts from 1790. The remaining items are receipts for payments owed by the estate, which wasn't fully dissolved until 1801. Those written before 1790, including a lease from 1766, were probably presented… Read More

1848. London: [Spottiswoode and Shaw], 1848. London: [Spottiswoode and Shaw], 1848. Inscribed by the Author Fane, [Robert George] C[ecil] [1796-1864]. Ministry of Justice: Its Necessity as an Instrument of Law Reform. London: [Spottiswoode and Shaw], 1848. 23, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Recent stiff wrappers, printed paper title panel to front. Light toning, light foxing to a few leaves, author presentation inscription to "the Hble P.J. Locke King" to front head of half-title. $250. * Only separate edition. Fane, a bankruptcy commissioner, argues: "The necessity for a Minister of Justice becomes daily more and more evident. Law reform is universally demanded. (...) Turn where you will, you find in the law itself, in the construction of the courts which administer it, and in the construction of the Acts of Parliament which profess to mend, but only botch it, something which everybody complains of. A spirit of inquiry, a thirst for reform, is abroad." Fane's essay was originally printed in the May… Read More

1957. 1 Volume. 1957. 1 Volume. 1957. Pennsylvania Annotations to the Restatement of the Law of Judgments as Adopted and Promulagated by the American Law Institute Containing Pennsylvania Annotations. Under the Auspices of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Prepared by D.J. Farage. St. Paul, Minn.: American Law Institute Publishers, 1957. 1 Volume. 1071 pp. Ex-library with gilt lettered property stamps on lower front cover, inside front flyleaf, anf top page edge, else very good. $45.

1957. 1 Volume. 1957. 1 Volume. 1957. Pennsylvania Annotations to the Restatement of the Law of Judgments as Adopted and Promulagated by the American Law Institute Containing Pennsylvania Annotations. Under the Auspices of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Prepared by D.J. Farage. St. Paul, Minn.: American Law Institute Publishers, 1957. 1 Volume. 1071 pp. Ex-library with stamps on inside covers and property stamp on rear cover, else very good. $65.

1788. A Constitutional Argument Against Imprisonment for Debt Farley, Edward. Imprisonment for Debt Unconstitutional and Oppressive, Proved from the Fundamental Principles of the British Constitution, And the Rights of Nature. London: Printed for the author and sold by T. Hookham, 1788. [ii], 160 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked in period style with gilt and blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges, hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards, a few small scuffs to rear board, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and somewhat worn, faint offsetting and light foxing to endleaves, library bookplate and ink shelf mark to front pastedown, small blind-embossed library stamp to title page. Light toning to interior, occasional light foxing, mostly to margins, lower corner of leaf B4 (pp. 23-24) lacking without loss to text. $650. * First edition. Written at a time when many were beginning to call for reforms to the criminal justice… Read More

1788. A Constitutional Argument Against Imprisonment for Debt Farley, Edward. Imprisonment for Debt Unconstitutional and Oppressive, Proved from the Fundamental Principles of the British Constitution, And the Rights of Nature. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by T. Hookham, 1788. [ii], 160 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, light foxing to a few leaves, small library stamp to title page and p.99. $450. * First edition. Written at a time when many were beginning to call for reforms to the criminal justice system in Britain, this work presents a constitutional argument against the "great national evil" of imprisonment for debt, citing Magna Carta, Coke, Britton and Glanville, among others. It also criticizes the role of lawyers in this injustice, "who have done more harm to this country than the plague, the pestilence, or the sword of tyrants." A second edition was published in 1795. English Short-Title Catalogue T37076.

1997. Farmer, Lindsay. Criminal Law, Tradition, and Legal Order: Crime and the Genius of Scots Law: 1747 to the Present. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1997]. xi, 207 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. * Contents: 1. The boundaries of the criminal law: criminal law, legal theory and history; 2. The genius of our law: legality and the Scottish legal tradition; 3. The judicial establishment: the transformation of criminal jurisdiction 1747-1908; 4. The 'well-governed realm': crime and legal order 1747-1908; 5. The perfect crime: homicide and the criminal law; 6. Conclusion: crime and the genius of Scots law.

2000. ISBN-13: 9781584770541; ISBN-10: 1584770546. Farnam, Henry W. Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938. xx, 496 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770541; ISBN-10: 1584770546. Hardcover. New. $100. * A social history of the class system in the United States from the colonial period through the constitutional era dealing primarily with slavery. Other legislative areas affected by the social structure of the times covered include laws of debt, land tenure, fair trade and food supply.

2013. ISBN-13: 9781584776895; ISBN-10: 1584776897. Farnham, Henry Philip. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State, Municipal, and Individual Including Irrigation, Drainage and Municipal Water Supply. 3 Volumes. Originally published: Rochester: The Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1904. clxxx, 896; xvi, 897-1893; xiv, 1894-2956 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776895; ISBN-10: 1584776897. Hardcover. New. $250. * This well-regarded treatise examines the relationship between states and nations, individuals and the public and between individuals. It also shows how these relationships determine water rights. This book has three parts: Part One: The Rights of States and Nations examines international rights and constitutional and statutory rights. Part Two: Rights Between Public and Individual, includes the public use of waterways, municipal water supply, drainage and rights of navigation. Part Three: Rights Between Individuals… Read More

1998. Farnsworth, E. Allan. Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. xi, 271 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20.

2002. The Legal Classics Library, 2002.. The Legal Classics Library, 2002. Farrand, Max. The Framing of the Constitution of the United States. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1913. ix, 281 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2002. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. [together with] tipped in pamphlet: Notes From the Editors, Max Farrand. Gryphon Editions, 2002, 10 pp. $35.

2000. Farrand, Max. Legislation of Congress for the Government of the Organized Territories of the United States. 1789-1895. Newark: William A. Baker, 1896. Reprint Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 2000. ISBN 1575886375. [4], 101 pp. Cloth. New. $45. * Professor Farrand's first published work which shows the thoroughness and attention to detail which distinguish his master work (still considered a premier source today) which he went on to publish in 1907, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787.

1940. Father Coughlin's Friends. [Coughlin, Charles (1891-1979)]. An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics. Michigan: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1940. 164 pp. Printed wrappers, light soiling to exterior, a few tiny tears to spine, internally clean. Housed in 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" x 1/2" cloth slipcase. $100. * Coughlin was a radio broadcaster notorious for his anti-Semitism and later opposition to Roosevelt. In 1938, two weeks after Kristallnacht, he aired a particularly controversial and bigoted radio program dismissing the importance of attacks on Jews. This address led to widespread condemnation and, along with his constant attacks against Roosevelt, the forcing of Coughlin off the air. This tract, published two years later when Coughlin was still denied access to radio broadcasting, attempts to clear him of charges of anti-Semitism.

2007. ISBN-13: 9781584778523; ISBN-10: 1584778520. A Famous Defense of Freedom of the Press [Father of Candor]. Almon, J[ohn], Attributed. A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, The Seizure of Papers, and Sureties for the Peace of Behaviour; with a View to some late Proceedings, and the Defence of them by the Majority. The Third Edition Enlarged and Improved. London: J. Almon, 1765. 112 pp. Reprinted 2007 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778523; ISBN-10: 1584778520. Hardcover. New. $65. * Reprint of the third edition. One of the most famous defenses of freedom of the press, this pamphlet was originally issued in 1764 after John Wilkes fled to Europe after his condemnation by Parliament for seditious libel in 1764. Notable for emphasizing the distinction between words and deeds, it anticipated Erskine's unsuccessful defense of Thomas Paine, who was charged with seditious libel after the publication of his Rights of Man (1791). This pamphlet is usually attributed to John Almon [1737-1805],… Read More

1994. Faux, Marian. Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision That Made Abortion Legal. Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988. Reprint edition. New York: Notable Trials Library, 1994. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xiv, 370 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25.