Search Results: Titles starting with V from Michael's Pride and Joys

New or like new, hardback. Introduction by H. W. J. Sonius. Black and white frontispiece, lxvii + 307pp, , notes, bibliography, indices, The introduction to this English translation of a selection from Van Vollenhoven's study of indigenous Indonesian law. Adat (from the Arabic) includes the set of local and traditional laws and dispute resolution systems by which Indonesian and other societies were regulated. The author shows Adat Law in the administrative and legal system of the Dutch East Indies. Adat is still used in the courts of Malaysia as well as Indonesia. Cornelis van Vollenhoven (1874–1933) was a Dutch law professor and legal scholar, best known for his work on the legal systems of the Dutch East Indies

1971 first edition first printing yet brand new book in a dust jacket that is fresh but price-clipped and has only miniscule, one millimeter, nicks at edge
For almost a thousand yearVietnam was semi-autonomus under Chinese rule. Authors presents Vietnam in early 19th century and how it adopted some Chinese institutions but rejected others

A brand new and gleaming book, a fictional account of the impact a new drug called Fentanyl will have on the youth of Vancouver and Victoria in 2016SHIPS TO USA OR CANADA $5

by Bryson, William HamiltonThis is the First edition First printing of a historical book published by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville (1977) No dust jacket. like new but with name on blank end page 130 p.; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references. The scan is of my beautiful copy. The shadow is from the pesky scanner