Jurisprudence

Paperback / softback. New. Much more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and contracts, The Common Law articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court.

Little, Brown & Co, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. Hardcover First Ed, but unstated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM READ WOODFIELD. First Ed, unstated. Very good/Very good. Book shows light wear at edges; lightly yellowed. Dustwrapper shows light chipping at spine; light wear at extemeties; mylar protected. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 321pp. Hardback with DJ. Chessman's story isn't as "famous" as the Hauptman case, but it continues to amaze me... Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 1991. Softcover. AS NEW COPY!. LAWGreat legal classic by noted Supreme Court Justice. Lucid, accessible coverage of liability, criminal law, torts, contracts, more, from historical perspective. New introduction by Sheldon M. Novick. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) is generally considered one of the two greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Marshall being the other. In more than 2000 opinions, he delineated an impressive legal... Read more about this item

The Belknap PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Very good, hardcover book. Tight and clean, free of former owner writing or bookplates. No jacket. Uncommon reprint ed. ** (This book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for international) ** ; 8vo .

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1978. Hardcover. Fine to fine(-) with extremely faint wear, in a edge-chipped and creased jacket in archival mylar.. xix, 389 pages ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction -- Some central themes of American law. Book review of Lawrence M. Friedman, A history of American law ; The path of American jurisprudence ; The appellate opinion as historical source material -- Scholarly thought. From sociological jurisprudence to realism: jurisprudence... Read more about this item

Paperback. Good.

Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw [and others; imprint varies], 1771. Contemporary calf, rubbed, a few repairs, new labels; a sound set A very early Dublin-printed, pirated edition (the second) of Blackstone's classic work, appearing during the same year as the first American edition, and the first in Ireland in which all four volumes were published during the same year

2017. ISBN-13: 9781584774990. ISBN-10: 1584774991. Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881. xvi, 422 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774990. ISBN-10: 1584774991. Hardcover. New. $35. *This landmark work, which, according to Winfield, "blew fresh air into lawyer's minds encrusted with Blackstone and Kent," was a decisive influence on sociological jurisprudence, legal realism and the general development of American law in the... Read more about this item