The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen,...
A fascinating glimpse into an early 19th-century libel trial, "Trial: Commonwealth Vs. J.T. Buckingham," presents the proceedings against Joseph Tinker Buckingham before the Municipal Court of Boston in December 1822. This detailed account offers a rare opportunity to examine...