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1528. Paris, 1550. Paris, 1550. A Scarce Critical Edition of the Codex Theodosianus Theodosius II [401-450 CE], Emperor of the East. Du Tillet, Jean [d. 1570], Editor. E Libris Constitutionum Theodosii A. Libri Priores Octo: Longe Meliores Quam Adhuc Circunferebantur: Sed ab Alarico Rege Gothorum ita Deminuti, Ut uix Decima Pars in his Hodie Appareat Eoru[m], Quae in Theodosiano Codice Continebantur. Posteriores octo integri, Nunc Primum post M. Annos in Lucem Revocati a Io. Tilio Engolism. Paris: Apud Carolam Guillard sub Sole Aureo, & Gulielmum Desboys sub Cruce Alba, 1550. [xii], 123, [12], 580 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary vellum, blind frames and large arabesques to boards, raised bands, early hand-lettered title to spine, blind tooling to spine ends. Light soiling to spine, corners bumped and lightly worn, front joints and front and rear hinges starting, early owner signatures and annotations to front endleaves, early manuscript index inserted into rear endleaves, which contain… Read More

2011. ISBN-13: 9781584779254. ISBN-10: 158477925X. Compilation of Early Norwegian Laws Larson, Laurence. The Earliest Norwegian Laws: Being the Gulathing Law and the Frostathing Law. Translated from the Old Norwegian. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1935. ix, 451 pp. Reprinted 2008, 2011 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779254. ISBN-10: 158477925X. Hardcover. New. $75. * "The oldest Norwegian laws, those of Gula and Frosta, go back to a time when the culture of the Middle Ages was still a somewhat novel experience in Northern Europe. Though the copies that have survived seem to date from the twelfth century and later, the codes must, in considerable part, have taken form in the eleventh century, or as early as the first generation of the Christian age. Heathendom had by that time been outlawed, but one seems justified in believing that the cult of strength and valor was for some time yet a force that had to be taken into account; for the principles that… Read More

2010. ISBN-13: 9781616191047. ISBN-10: 161619104X. Compilation of Early Norwegian Laws Larson, Laurence. The Earliest Norwegian Laws: Being the Gulathing Law and the Frostathing Law. Translated from the Old Norwegian. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1935. ix, 451 pp. Reprinted 2010 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191047. ISBN-10: 161619104X. Paperback. New. $65. * "The oldest Norwegian laws, those of Gula and Frosta, go back to a time when the culture of the Middle Ages was still a somewhat novel experience in Northern Europe. Though the copies that have survived seem to date from the twelfth century and later, the codes must, in considerable part, have taken form in the eleventh century, or as early as the first generation of the Christian age. Heathendom had by that time been outlawed, but one seems justified in believing that the cult of strength and valor was for some time yet a force that had to be taken into account; for the principles that governed in… Read More

1983. Carter, Margaret, Compiler. Early Canadian Court Houses. Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1983. 258 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. * Also published in French with title: Premiers Palais de Justice au Canada.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258).

2017. ISBN-13: 9781584771968; ISBN-10: 1584771968. Cawston, George and A.H. Keane. The Early Chartered Companies (A.D. 1296-1858). Originally published: London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Frontispiece. xi, 329 pp. Reprinted 2002, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771968; ISBN-10: 1584771968. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * A study of the inner workings of early chartered companies, especially in their direct connection to the rise and expansion of British commercial and political power between 1296 and 1858. Describes regulated and joint stock companies and such ventures as the Hanseatic League, The Russia Company, The Eastland Company, The Turkey (Levant) Company, the Hudson Bay and East India Companies and other British ventures in India, Africa, the Caribbean and North America. With a thorough index and an appendix containing examples of early charters.

1986. Loyd, William H. The Early Courts of Pennsylvania. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1910. Reprinted Littleton, Colorado, 1986. vii, 287 pp. Cloth. New. $45. * This account of the early courts of Pennsylvania is the outcome of some lectures delivered as an auxiliary course in the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. Their purpose was to describe briefly the establishment and development of the courts in the colonial period.

2008. Roebuck, Derek. Early English Arbitration. Oxford: Holo Books, The Arbitration Press, 2008. xiii, 312 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $40.

2008. Roebuck, Derek. Early English Arbitration. Oxford: Holo Books, The Arbitration Press, 2008. xiii, 312 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $40.

1986. Gagarin, Michael. Early Greek Law. London: University of California Press, [1986]. 167 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $75.

1982. Muller, W.H. Early History of the Federal Supreme Court. Boston: Chipman Law Publishing Co., 1922. Reprint. Littleton, Colo.: F.B. Rothman, 1982. xii, 117 pp. Cloth. New. $45. * The author covers the early history of the Supreme Court up to the time Chief Justice Marshall was appointed, and includes short sketches of the lives of the justices.

1955. McLeod, Neil. Early Irish Contract Law. [Australia]: University of Sydney, [1955]. 339 pp. Softbound. Fine. $40.

2000. VerSteeg, Russ. Early Mesopotamian Law. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, [2000]. xxviii, 228 pp. Illustrations. Softbound. Fine. $25.

1995. Brewer, John. Staves, Susan. Early Modern Conceptions of Property. London: Routledge, 1995. xiv, 599 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $75.

2005. ISBN-13: 9781584774815; ISBN-10: 1584774819. Canfield, Leon Hardy. The Early Persecutions of the Christians. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1913. 215 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774815. ISBN-10: 1584774819. Hardcover. New. $26.95 * Based on a sensitive reading of all known primary sources, many of a legal or legislative nature, Canfield reconstructs the early history of the Christians' persecution. After discussing their legal basis, he shows how the law was employed from the reign of Nero through the reign of Hadrian. The book has two parts. Each chapter in Part I has a corresponding chapter of relevant source documents in Part II. All appear in translation, some are also presented in the original Latin or Greek. Originally published as Volume LV, Number 2 in Columbia's series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law.

1970. [Selden Society]. de Haas, Elsa and G.D.G. Hall, Editors. Early Registers of Writs. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 87 for 1970. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1970. Reprint. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co, 1970. cxli, 430 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Light wear. Good. $60. * Volume 87.

1970. Haas, Dr. Elsa and G.D.G. Hall, Editors. Early Registers of Writs. Selden Society Volume 87 for the year 1970. Oxford. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1970. Reprint W.s.Hein, 1997. cxli, 430 pp. Hardcover, blue buckram with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Very good. $30. * The Selden Society was founded by Frederic W. Maitland and others for the purpose of advancing the knowledge of the history of English law. For over a hundred years the Society has published a long series of volumes, ably edited and with valuable introductions.

1986. Coss, Peter R., Editor. John, Trevor, Editor. The Early Records of Medieval Coventry. With The Hundred Rolls of 1280. London: Oxford University Press, [1986]. xlii, 450 pp. Illustrations, maps. English and Latin. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $125. * Records of Social and Economic History, 11.

2012. Stewart, Alan. Knight, Harriet. Early Writings, 1584-1596. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2012. lxi, 1066 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $175.

1983. Mootham, Orby. The East India Company's Sadar Courts, 1801-1834. Bombay: N.M. Tripathi Private LTD, [1983]. xxii, 181 pp. Hardbound, moderate shelfwear. $45.

1941. Zahler, Helene Sara. Eastern Workingmen and National Land Policy, 1829-1862. New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. x, 246 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn. $20.