Rowland, Ingrid D.

The Scarith of Scornello: A Tale of Renaissance Forgery

London, University Of Chicago Press, 2004. Hardcover. pp. 230. 8vo. Bound in 1/4 light green cloth over white paper boards. Black & white photographs. Very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 051602

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Russell, Francis

Sacco & Vanzetti; the Case Resolved

New York, Harper And Row, 1986. Hardcover. pp. 245. 8vo. Quarterbound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear. Dustjacket somewhat age toned, with wear to edges and sunning to spine; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 086911

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Saviano, Roberto

Gomorrah; a Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System

New York, Picador, 2007. Paperback. pp. 301. 8vo. Light shelfwear, age-toning; very good-. Translated from the Italian by Virginia Jewiss. .

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N° du livre: 071334

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Mots-clés: Italy; Camorra; Mafia;

Scalia, Antonin

Scalia Speaks; Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

New York, Crown Forum, 2017. Hardcover. pp. 420. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very good in a very good dust jacket, both showing very light shelfwear. Forward by Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Edited by Christopher J. Scalia and Edward Whelan. .

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N° du livre: 078513

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Schlosser, Eric

Reefer Madness; Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labour in the American Black Market

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004. Paperback. pp. 336. 8vo. General shelfwear, sticker to first page, ink inscription to title page; good+. .

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N° du livre: 089693

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Schneidewini, Johannis [Johann Schneidewein]

In Quator Institutionum Imperalium Justiniani, Commentarii [Commentaries Upon the Institutes (Codex) of Justinian]

Strasburg and Frankfurt, Georgii Andreae Dolhopffii, 1677. Ninth edition. Hardcover. Pagination: [blank], [frontis.], [3], [Appendix, 8], 1-1904 (double-columned; two page numbers to a page). Index [94]. Thick 4to. Bound in vellum with yapped edges and a leather spine in compartments, and bears the copperplate engraved frontispiece of Schneidewein. The vellum shows wear and some soiling. It appears that the joints were at some time in the past repaired, with glue residue showing on boards. Spine leather chipped, and joints beginning to crack at spine ends. Front hinge neatly repaired. Contents tight, with some marginal wear to preliminary pages, else clean with only some very light foxing. Overall, a good+ copy of an important early legal and philosophical text. Johann Schneidewein (1519-1568) was a German jurist. At the age of eleven, he entered the University of Wittenberg and became acquainted with Martin Luther, when he was a boarder at his house in 1544. At first, Scheidewein studied what we would now describe as the 'liberal arts'. He then turned his attention to the study of law and was granted the degree of licentiate in 1545 (some accounts say 1544). For the next four years he taught and, in 1551, was granted a professorhip in law at the university. In the years prior to his death, he was often consulted on legal matters of state, and several times took part in deputations to the imperial court at Speyer. He died in Wittenberg in 1568, and his tomb at the Castle Church in that city is close to Luther's. His main work was his Commentaries on Justinian, which were edited by Matthias Wesenbeck and first published in 1573. .

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N° du livre: 9900039703

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Mots-clés: Justinian; Martin Luther; Wittenberg;

Schwartz, Bernard

Behind Bakke; Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court

Delanco, NJ, The Notable Trials Library, 1995. Hardcover. pp. x, 266. 8vo. Bound in blue quarter leather over blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to boards. Ribbon page marker, gilded edges. Publisher's bookplate numbered 12572 with owner's name affixed to front free endpaper. Light general shelfwear; very good. 'This special edition has been privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library'. .

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N° du livre: 072943

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Mots-clés: Notable Trials; History of Law; American Law; Racial Justice

Sedley, Stephen

Law and the Whirlgig of Time

Oxford, Hart, 2018. Hardcover. pp. 286. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 088574

Catalogue: Law & Crime

SHAKESPEARE, William

'a Fascinating Relic' - a Remarkable Facsimile of the Will of William Shakespeare, As Done in His Own Hand in 1616

Folder. On March 25, 1616, just a few weeks before his death on April 25th, 1616, Shakespeare's lawyer Francis Collins attended upon him to receive instructions for certain changes to the poet's will, the first draft of which had been drawn up the previous January. Shakespeare's daughter, Judith, had subsequently married and her father wished to alter the provision he had made for her. A new first page was drafted, and there were numerous substitutions and additions in the second and third pages, but a fair copy was never produced, perhaps because Shakespeare's death was imminent. The printed introduction to this facsimile of that will says: 'The original copy of Shakespeare's will, written entirely in his own hand, is buried, although a priceless treasure, in the nether regions of Somerset House, London, in the Probate registry, where, since its formal authentication by means of a recent discovery, it is exhumed on request for the fascinated gaze of visitors from all over the world. It is the only document in the handwriting of the great Englishman which has come down to us.' Our offering is a remarkable facsimile of the original will, appearing at first glance, to be authentic, an impression reinforced by the presence of the remains of a wax seal and cord. It is tabbed on to the folder in which it, and the printed transcription, are contained. There is no evidence of who produced this remarkable facsimile, or when. There is also an authentic-looking hand-written inscription of Shakespeare on the front cover of the folder: 'Mr Shakespere his will' [sic]. .

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N° du livre: 9900041577

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Mots-clés: Shakespeare's will

Sher, Julian

Until You Are Dead"; Steven Truscott's Long Ride Into History

Toronto, Knopf Canada, 2001. Hardcover. pp. 580. 8vo. Black binding. Light shelfwear. Foxing to inside of dustjacket; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 086916

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Sher, Julian

Until You Are Dead"; Steven Truscott's Long Ride Into History

Toronto, Knopf Canada, 2001. Hardcover. pp. 580. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 088420

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Shore, W. Tiegnmouth

The Baccarat Case; Gordon-Cumming V. Wilson and Others

New York, Notable Trials Library | Gryphon Editions, 1992. Hardcover. pp. 294. 8vo. Quarter-bound in burgundy leather. All edges gilt, with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and boards. Ribbon page marker, marbled endpapers. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's bookplate numbered 12572 with previous owner's name affixed to first blank page. Lightest shelfwear; else very good+. 'This special edition has been privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library'. .

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N° du livre: 070440

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Mots-clés: Legal proceedings;Trials;Crime;

Somayia, Ravi

The Golden Thread; the Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjold

New York, Twelve, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. pp. x, 289. 8vo. Black and white maps, black and white and colour plates. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 063625

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Sullivan, Randall

Labyrinth; a Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I. G. , the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal

New York, Grove Press, 2002. Paperback. pp. 324. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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N° du livre: 089280

Catalogue: Law & Crime

TAPPAN, Mason W.

Closing Argument of Hon. Mason W. Tappan, Counsel for Defendant, Delivered Before the Board of Trustees at Concord, Nh

Concord, NH, The People Steam Press, 1869. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. 112. 8vo. Paper covers show wear and light soiling. Binding tight. An original printed copy of defence counsel's closing argument in the case of Concord Railway Commission v. George Clough. Mason Weare Tappan (1817-1886) was a New Hampshire state representative, a U.S. Congressman (1855-1861), a colonel during the American Civil War, and the New Hampshire Attorney General. This closing argument was delivered on New Year's Day, 1869, the same day on which John H. George delivered the plaintiff's closing argument. Both arguments were made before a Board of Referees, appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council of the state. Briefly put, this case concerned a scheme allegedly carried out by the conductors employed by the Concord Railroad Corporation to defraud their employer by stealing cash received in payment for the purchase of tickets. Clough was one of the conductors who, after being discharged, was later accused of selling or exchanging tickets in exchange for cash or goods. Note: this is an authentic copy of the original publication. It is not one of those abominable e-books, or printed-on-demand concoctions. .

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N° du livre: 9900045135

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Mots-clés: New Hampshire;Legal arguments;Railways;;;;;;