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1871rif. 323879Brooklyn: I. Van Andens Print 1871. Map. Color lithograph. 12" x 19" in archival gold frame with empire French matting 20 x 28" Rare plan of Prospect Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The map depicts the entirety of Prospect Park as it was designed by commission in 1866. It was their first project together. Pathways lakes trees and rocks are noted along with elevations and buildings. The streets and avenues surrounding the park are included with land for sale identified. Renowned Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted 1822-1903 also designed some of the most famous parks in the United States including Central Park in New York City and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Clavert Vaux 1824-1895 was a British architect and co designer of Central Park with Olmsted. A wonderful map. I. Van Andens Print unknown books
rif. 856662019. 10 linear feet of shelf space. 10 linear feet of shelf space. Supreme Court Reporter West's S.Ct. Thomson West Reuters 1994-2011. Volumes 110 to 127B 1989-2007 in 54 regular bound volumes. Covering 492 U.S to 551 U.S. Publisher's tan hardcover with upper red and lower black gilt spine labels. Regular bound Volume 127B Oct. 2010 Term was published in 2011. 10 linear feet shelf space. As new without any stamps or marks. Publisher's Price USD 950 per volume. Special $1595. Provides the full text of every opinion and order issued by the United States Supreme Court. This includes memorandum decisions as well as the full text of majority opinions and dissenting and concurring opinions. Features "star paging" which indicates the exact page breaks of the official United States Reports U.S. It also includes attorney-edited headnotes summaries of specific legal points and a synopsis a brief overview of the case facts and holding. unknown books
rif. 856671995. 18 linear feet shelf space. 18 linear feet shelf space. United States Reports. Official edition. United States Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court. opinions and decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1971-1994. Vols 398 to 465; 467 to 496 1969-1990 in 98 books. Publisher's tan cloth hardcover with upper red and lower black gilt spine labels. Eighteen 18 linear feet of shelf space. Ex-library with property stamps on inside front covers and "Property of the United States" stamped in black on lower front covers volumes 398-460 with moderate to heavy shelf wear internally very good. $1500. The official reports of decisions for the United States Supreme Court. The bound volumes of the United States Reports contain the fourth and final generation of the Court's opinions. Only the printed bound volumes of the United States Reports contain the final official opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States. In case of discrepancies between a bound volume and any other version of the same materials whether print or electronic official or unofficial - the printed bound volume controls in a court of law. Opinions of the court in each case are prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and any concurring or dissenting opinions are published sequentially. unknown books
2025rif. 858982025. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 583. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2017. Beginning of Term October 2 2017 through March 20 2018. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2025. clxxi 1216 pp. Publisher's tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt lettered spine labels. New. $100. There are several decisions in this volume established important precedents regarding immigration securities law and constitutional rights. unknown books
2002rif. 861192002. ISBN-13: 9781584772217; ISBN-10: 1584772212. Mill John Stuart. On Liberty. Originally published: London: John W. Parker and Son 1859. 207 pp. Reprinted 2002 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772217; ISBN-10: 1584772212. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped and soiled. Else very good. $15. The Origin of Liberalism. Influenced by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham Mill adopted a modified laissez-faire position believing in the efficiency of free enterprise but aware of the frequent failure of the market to maximize utility. Later refining this stance he argued that the promotion of happiness is a moral duty though he made a clear distinction between desirable and undesirable forms of pleasure. These ideas had a decisive influence on Mill's classic 1859 essay perhaps the most celebrated defense of individual freedom and self-protection based on utilitarian values rather than natural right to appear in English. JOHN STUART MILL 1806-1873 was an English philosopher whose works made significant contributions to individualistic liberal political thought. He worked for the East India Company and was a Member of Parliament for one term. Mill's influence continues today in this and his other widely-read texts Utilitarianism 1863 The Subjection of Women 1869 and his Autobiography 1873. Oxford Companion to British History 643. Printing and the Mind of Man 345. Dictionary of National Biography XIII 390-399. unknown books
2025rif. 860932025. 2026 Supplements Now Available Restatement of the Law 2d 3d and Principles of the Law series. Complete set of the 2026 Pocket Parts & Supplementary Pamphlets. St. Paul Minn.: American Law Institute Publishers April 2026. Softbound. New. $5040.00. Complete set of all 2026 cumulative pocket parts and supplementary pamphlets to the 2d 3d and Principles of the Law series. unknown books
1991rif. 863591991. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 479. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 1986. October 6 1986 through February 23 1987. Henry C. Lind Frank D. Wagner Reporters of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1989 Reissued 1991. cliv 1329 pp. Hardcover. Tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt letttered spine labels. Ex-library with "Property of the United States" stamped in black on lower front cover else very good. $125. In the opening pages of this volume contains the Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the United States in Memory of Justice Stewart Monday October 20 1986. The resolutions presented during the proceedings by Solicitor General Charles Fried formally codified Justice Stewart's 23-year influence on American law into the official permanent record of the Supreme Court. The proceedings historical text captures the specific attributes that defined his career. The proceedings famously highlight Stewart's rejection of ideological labels. When asked by a journalist how he classified himself politically the record notes his historic reply: "I like to be thought of as a lawyer." The speeches preserved in Volume 479 celebrate his foundational contributions. This includes his defense of the press in Branzburg v. Hayes his crucial swing votes on the death penalty Furman v. Georgia and his famous Fourth Amendment declaration that the Constitution "protects people not places". The most prominent landmark decisions in this volume include: Constitutional & Election Law: - Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life Inc. 479 U.S. 238 - Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut 479 U.S. 208 Labor & Civil Rights: - California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra 479 U.S. 272 Criminal Procedure & Constitutional Law: - Colorado v. Connelly 479 U.S. 157 - Griffith v. Kentucky 479 U.S. 314 Environmental Law: - International Paper Co. v. Ouellette 479 U.S. 481. unknown books
rif. 862902025. Eighteen 18 linear feet shelf space. Eighteen 18 linear feet shelf space. New Jersey Statutes Annotated. Thomson Reuters West 1940-2025. 126 Volumes. Hardcover. Complete set current with all revised volumes through April 2025 pocket part supplements; with 3 softbound 2025 General Index volumes. Together 126 books. Fourteen 14 linear feet shelf space. All books are in excellent as new condition. Publisher's Price USD 30215. Special $2495. The official annotated statutes for New Jersey includes extensive annotations and cross-references. Determine precisely when and how the law changed with the detailed legislative history. Pinpoint relevant state and federal cases. Provides comprehensive decision notes. Includes references to other research tools and relevant materials. Contains special indexes and tables for quick research. unknown books
2017rif. 862882017. New Jersey Reports. Thomson Reuters West. Vols. 1 to 228 1948 to 2017. All volumes are in excellent as new condition. Twenty-six 26 linear feet of shelf space. Publisher's Price USD 3572. Special $995. Contains all published opinions and decisions issued by the New Jersey Supreme Court 1948 to July 2017. Provides table of cases case synopses and headnotes for each point of law. Includes Topics and Key Number system and search by words and phrases. unknown books
rif. 862892017. New Jersey Superior Court Reports. Thomson Reuters West Publishing Co. Vols. 1 to 449 1948 to 2017 lacking volume 298. All volumes in excellent as new condition. Together 448 books. Fifty-two 52 linear feet of shelf space. Publisher's Price USD 6218. Special $1495. Contains court cases and decisions from New Jersey Superior Courts 1948 to 2017 as well as Attorney General Opinions 1977 to 2017. Provides table of cases case synopses and headnotes for each point of law. Includes Topics and Key Number system and search by words and phrases. unknown books
2026rif. 863152026. Clark NJ: Talbot Publishing 2026. Clark NJ: Talbot Publishing 2026. Palmer Michael Editor. Zhou Ling Editor. Lin Yang Editor. Administrative Justice in China: Institutional Conflicts and Governance Transformation. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing 2026. xiv 599 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616197032. ISBN-10: 161619703X. Hardcover. New. $185. A title in the JCL Studies in Comparative Law Second Series. This pathbreaking essay collection examines how procedural innovation works within a party-state system shaped by institutional capacity governance priorities and political authority. Through empirical studies and case analysis the volume explores issues including family planning divorce environmental governance judicial decision-making public interest litigation and bureaucratic inertia. Together the essays show the tensions among private entitlements institutional autonomy collective discipline and state control offering a nuanced account of accountability efficiency and the changing role of courts in the People's Republic of China. Michael Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of London Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and CUHK's Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and Honorary Cheng Yu Tung Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong. A leading scholar of Chinese law comparative law and legal anthropology he has advised governments and international organizations on legal reform and policy. Dr. Ling Zhou is Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Languages at Shenzhen Technology University. She holds a DPhil in Law from Oxford and an LLM with Distinction from SOAS. Her current research covers civil justice dispute resolution administrative governance and digital trade regulation. She is the author of Access to Justice for the Chinese Consumer. Dr. Yang Lin is a Research Officer at the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Law. He holds degrees from Shantou University SOAS and HKU. His research focuses on Chinese and comparative law e-commerce consumer protection dispute resolution internet governance digital regulation administrative justice and policy development. unknown books
2000rif. 862022000. Johns C.H.W. Translator. The Oldest Code of Laws in the World: The Code of Laws Promulgated by Hammurabi King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark 1926. xii 88 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770619; ISBN-10: 1584770619. Hardcover. Covers lightly soiled. Else fine. $15. The text in English of the Code of Hammurabi which is the earliest code of laws. Probably issued about 1750 B.C. it includes 282 sections in an ordered arrangement. The index created by the translator may be viewed as a digest of the Code itself. unknown books
1942rif. 838121942. American Law Institute. Restatement of the Law of Judgments. 1st. St. Paul: American Law Institute Publishers 1942. 1963 reprint. 1 volume. xiv 688 pp. Gilt-lettered maroon cloth. Publisher's maroon textured cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. With 1979 pocket part supplement. Ex-library with property stamps on top page edges internally clean and bright. $25. Now in its third edition the Restatements series was produced by the American Law Institute to define the consensus of American courts on particular points of law. Written by a team of respected legal scholars they provided clear statements of legal principles as they stood at the time of publication. In this respect these volumes remain valuable as landmarks in the evolution of American law during the twentieth century. unknown books
1934rif. 838101934. American Law Institute. Restatement of the Law of Conflict of Laws 1st edition. As Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington D.C. May 11 1934. St. Paul Minn.: American Law Institute Publishers 1934. xli 819 pp. 1 volume. Hardcover. Original textured maroon gilt lettered cloth. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper internally clean. A very good copy. $95. Harvard professor Joseph H. Beale was appointed by the Institute as the Reporter for this subject having devoted more than thirty years to the study and exposition of this subject. unknown books
1980rif. 168307Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art 1980. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for an exhibition which ran from June 26 through July 25 1980 at The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers. Spine lightly toned. Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art unknown books
2024rif. 841372024. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 580. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2016. Beginning of Term October 2 2016 through March 27 2017. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2024. ccxxvii 1232 pp. Reprint W.S. Hein 2025. Tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt lettered spine labels. New. $115. Here are some significant cases contained in this volume: Salman v. United States: Decided in December 2016 this was an important insider trading case. The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that a personal benefit to the tipper can be inferred when an insider gives confidential information to a trading relative or friend upholding the long-standing "friends and family" rule and resolving a circuit split. Manuel v. Joliet: Decided in March 2017 this case addressed the timing of a Fourth Amendment claim for unlawful detention based on fabricated evidence. The Court held that a claim for unlawful detention could extend beyond the onset of legal process if the detention continued without a legitimate basis clarifying civil rights litigation under the Fourth Amendment. Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections: This case involved racial gerrymandering and the standards for reviewing legislative redistricting plans under the Equal Protection Clause. Shaw v. United States: This case involved the interpretation of the bank fraud statute with the Court clarifying the required intent to defraud a bank of "something of value" even if the ultimate loss was not certain or intended. unknown books
2025rif. 840192025. Boshno Svetlana V. Comparative Legal Doctrine. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing 2025. xxviii 460 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616196974. ISBN-10: 1616196971. Hardcover. New. $150. A title in the Studies in Russian East European and Eurasian Law Series. This pioneering work is the first in English to examine the role of legal doctrine in the American and primarily Russian legal systems. Much as judicial precedent has been used in the past Boshno's study considers the use or non-use of legal doctrine as a distinguishing feature between families of legal systems. Taking advantage of access to judicial materials facilitated by modern technologies it identifies instances where reliance on doctrinal sources is explicit. Then it considers these issues through the lens of detailed questionnaires and lengthy personal conversations made with exceptional access to actors in the Russian legal system. The major achievement of this study is its demonstration that the use of legal doctrine in judicial processes is a major distinguishing feature between Anglo-American and socialist/transitional/Romano-Germanic legal models. It is a significant benchmark in comparative legal studies--an empirically documented original and pathbreaking socio-legal study of a legal system in which studies on this scale are unprecedented. Svetlana V. Boshno is the first Russian jurist to hold higher doctorates Doctor of Juridical Science 2004 and SJD 2024 in the Russian Federation and the United States. She has taught law for more than three decades and consulted extensively in various capacities on legislative drafting. She has written extensively on sources of law applying her multi-disciplinary background in sociology philology statistics mathematics artificial intelligence computer programming and public administration to produce a model for legal research in the form of the "Persona-Doctrine" an original concept elaborated with scientific rigor and personal warmth. unknown books
2024rif. 841402024. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 582. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2016. June 12 through September 29 2017. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2024. xxxviii 983 pp. Publisher's tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt-lettered spine labels. New. $100. There are several key cases reported in this volume that were significant for clarifying important areas of constitutional and federal law: Matal v. Tam: The Court unanimously held that the "disparagement clause" of the Lanham Act federal trademark law violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment allowing the registration of offensive trademarks. Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v. Comer: This case addressed the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause with the Court ruling that a state program that provided grants for playground surfaces could not discriminate against an otherwise qualified applicant solely because it was a church. Sessions v. Morales-Santana: The Court addressed gender discrimination in immigration law finding that a federal statute imposing different physical-presence requirements for unwed U.S.-citizen mothers and fathers to transmit citizenship to a child born abroad was unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. NLRB v. SW General Inc.: The Court interpreted the Federal Vacancies Reform Act FVRA holding that a person nominated to a Senate-confirmable position cannot perform the duties of that office in an acting capacity. Star Athletica L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands Inc.: This decision clarified copyright law particularly regarding whether aesthetic design elements of a "useful article" in this case cheerleading uniforms can be copyrighted. Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp.: The Court ruled on bankruptcy law determining that structured dismissals in bankruptcy cases generally cannot bypass ordinary priority rules for distribution without the consent of affected creditors. unknown books
2024rif. 841382024. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 581. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2016. March 28 through June 8 2017. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2024. lxv 1069 pp. Publisher's tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt-lettered spine labels. New. $100. Some of the notable cases included in this volume are: Moore v. Texas March 28 2017: The Court held that when deciding if an inmate on death row is intellectually disabled under Atkins v. Virginia courts may not ignore dominant medical guidelines. Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman March 29 2017: The Court ruled that price control laws preventing certain communications about surcharges implicate freedom of speech protections under the First Amendment. Nelson v. Colorado April 19 2017: The Court determined that a state's system for exonerated defendants to reclaim fees did not comport with the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process. Lewis v. Clarke April 25 2017: The Court decided that tribal sovereign immunity does not extend to suits against a tribal employee acting in his individual capacity. Kindred Nursing Centers L.P. v. Clark May 15 2017: This case reinforced the Federal Arbitration Act's FAA preemption of any state rule that discriminates against arbitration agreements. TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC May 22 2017: A significant decision for patent law the Court held that for patent infringement cases a corporate defendant "resides" only in their state of incorporation for jurisdictional purposes. Cooper v. Harris May 22 2017: The Court ruled that North Carolina relied too heavily on race when redrawing two Congressional districts a key decision regarding racial gerrymandering. Impression Products Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l Inc. May 30 2017: The Court held that patent holders give up their patent rights upon the first sale of a product whether domestically or overseas. unknown books
1788rif. 842551788. Published in Response to the Hastings Impeachment Trial Perhaps the Most Sensational English Trial of the Eighteenth Century A Barrister at Law. The Law of Parliamentary Impeachments. London: Printed for T. Whieldon 1788. iv 2 39 1 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20.5 x 13 cm. Disbound pamphlet. Light toning light soiling to exterior light foxing and library stamp of the Birmingham Law Society to title page. $350. Only edition. This historical review of parliamentary impeachments was published in response to the 1787 impeachment trial of Warren Hastings 1732-1818 for alleged improprieties and abuses as Governor-General of India. Perhaps the most sensational English trial of the eighteenth century the proceedings took seven years due to adjournments of Parliament and became a flashpoint for debate about the future of the British Empire and the rights of the colonized. Edmund Burke led the prosecution. In the end Hastings was overwhelmingly acquitted and his vision of absolute control in service of British nationalism would become the legacy of the Empire in India. OCLC and the English Short-Title Catalogue locate copies of this scarce pamphlet in 3 North American libraries Harvard Yale Wesleyan. English Short-Title Catalogue T37614. unknown books
1973rif. 848101973. 17" x 13-1/4" 43 x 33.5 cm poster. 17" x 13-1/4" 43 x 33.5 cm poster. An Apparently Unrecorded Poster Promoting a Concert to Benefit a Leftist British Magazine Focused on Legal Rights Legal Publishing. Up Against the Law Collective. A Benefit in Aid of Up Against the Law. London: S.n. 1972. 17" x 13-1/4" 43 x 33.5 cm poster graphics in red on white paper. Small hole punched at top-edge negligible light creasing and soiling. A well-preserved item. $450. Up Against the Law 1972-1975 was a seminal British countercultural and leftist periodical dedicated to community legal education civil liberties and documenting police misconduct. Operating as an egalitarian collective its contributors included prominent activists legal campaigners and members of radical defense organizations-most notably the Stoke Newington 8 Defence Group which formed following the high-profile 1971 conspiracy trials of the British anarcho-communist group The Angry Brigade. Published sporadically across nine issues the magazine provided accessible "know your rights" guides on arrest procedures squatting drug busts public demonstration and immigration enforcement serving as an essential toolkit for the era's liberation movements. The benefit event was hosted at the North Western Polytechnic Kentish Town / Prince of Wales Road London-a notorious epicenter of 1970s student radicalism union activism and countercultural organizing. While the original periodical is moderately held OCLC locates 13 institutional copies worldwide with just 4 in North America: Library of Congress Emory Harvard and the University of Michigan ephemera and promotional posters for the collective are extraordinarily rare. See Noyce The Directory of British Alternative Periodicals 1965-1974 1161. unknown books
1700rif. 848691700. London 1700. First edition. London 1700. First edition. First Edition of the Earliest English Treatise on Marriage Law With the Contemporary Signature of John Trumbull Marriage Law. Great Britain. Baron and Feme: A Treatise of the Common Law Concerning Husbands and Wives. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires for John Walthoe And are to be Sold in his Shop in Vine-Court Middle-Temple 1700. Octavo. 7" x 4-1/4"; 183 x 110 mm. xxx 380 36 pp. Lacking the advertisement leaves one facing title four at end. Contemporary sheep sympathetically rebacked retaining original spine with raised bands and lettering-piece; boards with blind fillets. Moderate wear corners rubbed; title and front free endpaper rehinged small marginal repair to title. Moderate toning occasional light damp-marking; a few minor marginal defects including a small tear to L4. Ownership inscription of John Trumbull dated 1777 to title and following leaf. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. A very good copy with notable early American legal provenance. $7500. First edition of the earliest English treatise devoted exclusively to the law of husband and wife and one of the principal early attempts to systematize the common-law doctrine of coverture in a single practical work. Issued in expanded editions 1719 1738 it remained a point of reference for eighteenth-century practitioners and compilers. The treatise organizes the law of marriage as a coherent doctrinal field proceeding from formation solemnization and validity through the incidents of coverture to dissolution and separation. Its treatment of the feme covert is comprehensive addressing personal status contractual incapacity property rights and procedural position. In contrast to earlier more diffuse authorities it offers a structured exposition designed for professional use with attention to pleading evidentiary questions and precedent. Of particular legal interest is its detailed account of the interaction between strict coverture doctrine and the equitable and customary devices that qualified it. The discussion of marriage settlements trusts and separate maintenance agreements documents the means by which property could be secured to or for the use of married women notwithstanding their formal incapacity at common law. In this respe. unknown books
1983rif. 842791983. Chinese Society of International Law. Selected Articles from Chinese Yearbook of International Law. Beijing: China Translation & Pub. Corp. 1983. vi 308 pp. Original hardcover with red lettered spine and front cover. A very good copy in a protective mylar sleeve. $15. unknown books
1988rif. 843211988. Restatement of the Law Second. Conflict of Laws 2d. Reporter: Willis L. M. Reese Columbia University School of Law. Associate Reporter: Austin W. Scott Harvard Law School. American Law Institute Publishers 1971. Volumes 1-2 in 2 books with 1988 pocket part supplements. Volume 1: Sections 1-221; Volume 2: Sections 222-End Index. Ex-library with property stamps on page edges and inside front covers else very good. Publisher's Price USD 370. Special $150. Topics covered are Domicile; Judicial Jurisdiction; Judgments; Procedure; Wrongs; Contracts; Property; Trusts; Status; Agency and Partnerships; Business Corporations; and Administration of Estates. The first two volumes contain the black-letter statements Comments Illustrations and Reporters Notes. unknown books
2010rif. 844772010. ISBN-13: 9781584776710; ISBN-10: 1584776714. Influential Work on the Legal Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship Fraenkel Ernst. The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship. Translated From the German by E.A. Shils in Collaboration with Edith Lowenstein and Klaus Knorr. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press 1941. xvi 248 pp. Reprinted 2006 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776710. ISBN-10: 1584776714. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped and soiled else very good. $29.95 This classic study is one of the standard works on constitutional law jurisprudence and judicial administration in Nazi Germany. Also considered one of the finest analyses of totalitarianism it was written in Germany in the late 1930s and completed in the United States in 1940 where Fraenkel 1898-1975 lived after fleeing the Nazis in 1938. The title derives from Fraenkel's thesis that National Socialism divided the law into two co-existing areas. The first of these The Normative State protects the legal order as expressed in statutes decisions of courts and the activities of administrative agencies. Its counterpart is the Prerogative State which is governed by the party. It exercised "unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by any legal guarantees" xiii. "As a detailed record of what has happened to the Rechtstaat under totalitarian auspices this book is without rival.": Fritz Morstein Marx Harvard Law Review 54 1940-1941 1267. unknown books
