Memoirs and Letters of James Kent, LL.D.
Memoirs and Letters of James Kent, LL.D.

Author: James Kent

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1584771003

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Kent, William. Memoirs and Letters of James Kent, L.L.D. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. x, 341 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-026688. ISBN 1-58477-100-3. Cloth. $75. * Kent's great-grandson William has collected James Kent's memoirs and selected letters in one of "the chief sources of information on James Kent." Hicks, Dictionary of American Biography V:347. His own words reveal Kent as a man of wide learning and literary acumen, gathered here in his views on the Federalist cause, secession, the political situation in Europe, his love of literature, his admiration for Alexander Hamilton and Washington Irving, his career before and on the bench, his life as chancellor, and his correspondence regarding the Commentaries. "Next to my wife, my library has been the source of my greatest pleasure and devoted attachment," he wrote in 1828. (DAB V:347). Included here are notes penned in some of his volumes. Of special interest are the notes that he wrote in Wollstonecraft's Rights of Woman and Tucker's Life of Jefferson. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 1103.

Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills

Author: Virgil McClure Harris

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 1886363935

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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.

Legal Publishing in Antebellum America
Legal Publishing in Antebellum America

Author: M. H. Hoeflich

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-04-26

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1139488058

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Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States. Part business history, part legal history, part history of information diffusion, M. H. Hoeflich shows how various developments in printing and bookbinding, the introduction of railroads, and the expansion of mail service contributed to the growth of the industry from an essentially local industry to a national industry. Furthermore, the book ties the spread of a particular approach to law, that is, the 'scientific approach', championed by Northeastern American jurists to the growth of law publishing and law book selling and shows that the two were critically intertwined.

The Judicial Branch
The Judicial Branch

Author: Kermit L. Hall

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-10-27

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 0199883742

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In recent years the Supreme Court has been at the center of such political issues as abortion rights, the administration of police procedures, and the determination of the 2000 presidential election. The checks and balances provided by the three branches of federal government are essential to nurturing and maintaining American democracy. With the guidance of coeditors Kermit L. Hall and Kevin T. McGuire, this volume of essays examines the role of the Judicial Branch in American democracy and the dynamic between the other branches of government, compares international models, and discusses possible measures for reform. The Judicial Branch considers the impact of courts on American life and addresses such central questions as: Is the Supreme Court an institution of social justice? Is there a case for judicially created and protected social rights? Have the courts become sovereign when interpreting the Constitution? Essays examine topics that include the judiciary in the founding of the nation; turning points in the history of the American judicial system; the separation of powers between the other branches of government; how the Supreme Court resolves political conflicts through legal means; what Americans know about the judiciary and its functions; and whether the American scheme of courts is the best way to support democracy.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: Mechanics' Institute (San Francisco, Calif.). Library

Publisher:

Published: 1899

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and Every Branch of the Blood Royal, from the Reign of William the Conqueror, to that of Henry the Seventh Exclusive
A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and Every Branch of the Blood Royal, from the Reign of William the Conqueror, to that of Henry the Seventh Exclusive

Author:

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1886363870

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These wills of members of the English Royalty from William the Conqueror through Henry VII are in their original language and often have brief introductions, annotations and postscripts in English. With a Glossary and "Additional Observations and Corrections." x, 434 pp. Originally published: London: J. Nichols, 1780. "This series of miscellaneous and different wills presents us with many curious particulars. We learn from them more of the manners and private life of our illustrious ancestors, some new facts in their public history, and several new descents in their pedigrees. The prospect of death sets their lives in a new point of light." --Preface, v