Author: Sydney George FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Sydney George FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870: Letters and papers relating to the Constitution, to July 31, 17788
Author: United States. Bureau of Rolls and LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
Book Description
Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870
Author: United States. Bureau of Rolls and LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Brandeis on Zionism
Author: Louis Dembitz BrandeisPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1886363609
Category : Zionism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"The Moral Symbol of Zionism Throughout the World." The first Jew to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, Brandeis [1856- 1941] was known for his liberal stand on issues of social justice. As a public citizen, he was known for his commitment to Zionism. Brandeis on Zionism is a collection of thirty-two addresses and statements that trace the evolution of his views on this issue. It includes "A Call to the Educated Jew," "The Jewish People Should be Preserved," "Every Jew is a Zionist," "The Victory of the Maccabees" and "The Common Cause of the Jewish People." In his Foreword Frankfurter calls Brandeis "the moral symbol of Zionism throughout the world." viii, 156 pp.
Popular Law-making
Author: Frederic Jesup StimsonPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584770945
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Stimson, Frederic Jesup. Popular Law-Making. A Study of the Origin, History, and Present Tendencies of Law-Making by Statute. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. xii, 545 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-022513. ISBN 1-58477-094-5. Cloth. $85. * Stimson [1853-1943] was a professor of comparative legislation at Harvard University. His study of statute creation is a thorough survey that starts with the English idea of law, goes on to cover early English legislation and the Magna Charta, the re-establishment of Anglo-Saxon law and the question of common law against civil law, early labor legislation and laws against restraint of trade and "trust," medieval legislation, then discusses English and American rates and prices, corporations, labor laws, military and mob law and the right to arms, legislation concerning personal and racial rights, sex legislation, marriage and divorce, American legislation in general and property rights in particular, and more. "Recommended by Hurst for 'general review of legislative contributions to the body of the law.'" Hurst, Growth of American Law 453. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 206.
Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Author: Virgil McClure HarrisPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1886363935
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This fascination collection includes texts of wills that are "ancient" Confucius, ' Solon's introduction of wills to the ancient Greeks; "curious" wills concerning slaves, a will that attempts to bequeath property to the devil, the will of a pig, bequests to pets; and "famous" well-known authors, royalty and U.S. presidents.
The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon
Author: Robert Francis HarperPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584770031
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Originally published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1904.
Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman
Author: John Thomas RichardsPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1886363943
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Richards, John T. Abraham Lincoln The Lawyer-Statesman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Frontis. Illustrated. xii, 260 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-20587. ISBN-13: 978-1-886363-94-6. ISBN-10: 1-886363-94-3. Cloth. $65.* An examination that examines Lincoln's role as a lawyer and his approach to the law and judiciary. In so doing the work corrects the myths regarding Lincoln's stand on the South, his position on the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, and his overall skill as a lawyer and orator. Well illustrated, with one foldout. Also includes a list of cases where Lincoln appeared as counsel in the Illinois Supreme Court.
Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
Author: Claude Hermann Walter JohnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
New York Field Codes 1850-1865
Author: New York (State). Commissioners of the CodePublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1886363404
Category : Admiralty
Languages : en
Pages : 3652
Book Description
Originally published: Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., printers, 1865.