Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)
Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)

Author: Basil Brown

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1584770562

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In this interesting volume Brown examines the law in the writings of Shakespeare and Bacon. Includes the text of the hard-to-find Gesta Grayorum, of which Bacon was thought to be one of the authors. Brown also describes the origin of the Capias Utlegatum insult offered to Bacon by Queen Elizabeth's attorney general, Sir Edward Coke.

The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall
The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall

Author: John Marshall

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 1010

ISBN-13: 1584770503

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John Marshall [1755-1835] was appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1801 and ushered in its era of power and independence. He presided over the court for 34 years. The major decisions that are included here demonstrate his formulation of fundamental principles of American constitutional law. This collection presents all of John Marshall's decisions in the Supreme Court and on the circuit in context of their times and their effect on constitutional history, through notes to each case written by Joseph P. Cotton, Jr., the editor of this work. 2 vols. xxxvi, 462; v, 464 pp.