Dillon, John F.

John Marshall; Life, Character and Judicial Services

Chicago, Callaghan & Co, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, complete; Octavo; pp; I; lviii, 528, II; (iv), 565; III; v, (i), 522, index; illustrated with a frontispiece in each volume and four additional plates; blue cloth lettered in gilt. A handsome set. Minor edge wear else very good .

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Book number: 18509

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Federal Period / War 1812 / Expansion

Hobson, Charles F.

The Great Chief Justice, John Marshall and the Rule of Law

(Lawrence), University Press Of Kansas, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xv, (i), 256, index; cream cloth lettered in blue in a pictorial dust jacket. Hobson counters the claim the Marshall invented "judicial review'. The author is the editor of Marshall's Papers at William & Mary. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 17834

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Federal Period / War 1812 / Expansion

Smolla, Rodney A.

Suing the Press; Libel, the Media, & Power

New York, Oxford University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; viii, 277, index; black cloth and tan boards lettered in gilt in a dust jacket. "Libel litigation in America has exploded in recent years, as the press has found itself increasingly under attack from plaintiffs. This spirited account offers a close look at theses attacks on the media and what they reveal about American culture, the legal system and libel law, and the way the press operates. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 16157

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Media; Newspapers; Press;

United States. Supreme Court

Announcement of the Death of Mr. Chief Justice Hughes. Proceedings of the Bar and Officers of the Supreme Court of the United States November 4, 1949: Proceedings Before the Supreme Court of the United States May 8, 1950, in Memory of Charles Evans Hughes

Washington DC, Supreme Court Of The United States), 1950. Only Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 138; Laid in is a black and white 8x10" Harris Ewing photograph of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, signed by the photographer; beige wrappers with "Charles Evans Hughes" lettered in black on the front cover. With the card, "This book is sent to you at the request and with the compliments of the Hughes Family, " laid-in. The pencil signed Harris Ewing photograph is very handsome. Very good .

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Book number: 18537

Catalogue: Law