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ReadThe Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 2/2
Arthur Griffiths
Arthur Griffiths’s Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 2/2 is a forensic survey of England’s criminal justice system…
Manual of Ship Subsidies An Historical Summary of the Systems of All Nations
Edwin M. Bacon
This work is a compact reference on the evolution of ship‑subsidy systems among the world’s maritime powers,…
ReadAnciennes loix des François conservées dans les coutumes angloises recueillies par Littleton, Vol. II
Littleton, Thomas, Sir; Hoüard, David
Ce volume, deuxième partie d’une collection consacrée aux anciennes lois françaises conservées dans les…
ReadTyburn Tree: Its History and Annals
Alfred Marks
Alfred Marks’s Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals is a scholarly survey of England’s most infamous execution…
The Art of Cross-Examination With the Cross-Examinations of Important Witnesses in Some Celebrated Cases
Francis L. Wellman
The work is a practical treatise on the craft of cross‑examination, written by Francis L.
ReadCyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 04 (of 10)
American School of Correspondence
The Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, volume 4, is a comprehensive reference work…
ReadThe vigilantes of Montana; Or, popular justice in the Rocky Mountains Being a correct and impartial narrative of the chase, trial, capture and execution of Henry Plummer's road agent band, together with accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperadoes, the whole being interspersed with sketches of life in the mining camps of the "Far West"
Thos. J. Dimsdale
Thomas J. Dimsdale’s work is a detailed historical narrative that chronicles the rise and fall of Henry…
ReadNazi conspiracy and aggression, Volume 03 (of 11)
United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
This volume is a primary‑source collection assembled by the United States Office of Chief Counsel for the…
ReadLetters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920)
Thomas Erskine Holland
This work is a comprehensive collection of Thomas Erskine Holland’s letters to The Times on the legal…
U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
This volume is a bureaucratic record rather than a narrative, cataloguing every copyright renewal filed with…
ReadTradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations
John Francis Arundell Arundell of Wardour
Lord John Francis Arundell’s Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations is a…
U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1968 January - June
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
This volume is a systematic register of works whose U.S. copyright renewals were filed between January and…
ReadPlans and Illustrations of Prisons and Reformatories
The work is a detailed survey of early‑twentieth‑century American penitentiary and jail design, compiled by…
ReadTrial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 08
Various
The volume is a primary‑source record of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, specifically the proceedings on the…
ReadTrials of war criminals before the Nuernberg military tribunals under control council law no. 10, volume I
Various
The work is a comprehensive documentary record of the twelve Nuremberg military tribunals conducted under…
ReadThe Molly Maguires and the detectives
Allan Pinkerton
U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 July - December
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
ReadTrial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 06
Various
The volume is a primary‑source record of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, specifically the proceedings that…
ReadOn criminal abortion in America
Horatio Robinson Storer
The work is a legal‑historical treatise that sets out to argue that abortion, when deliberately induced and…
ReadTribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law Being an Essay Supplemental to (1) 'The English Village Community', (2) 'The Tribal System in Wales'
Frederic Seebohm
Frederic Seebohm’s Tribal Custom in Anglo‑Saxon Law is a scholarly essay that expands the themes of his…
ReadPublications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676
Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
The volume presents the edited journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, a Scottish judge who kept…
ReadThe Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2
Arthur Griffiths
Arthur Griffiths’s two‑volume work is a sweeping survey of Newgate Prison, the historic London gaol that…
ReadYou can't win
Jack Black
The work is an autobiographical account by Jack Black, a former professional thief whose life spanned both…
ReadNazi conspiracy and aggression, Volume 02 (of 11)
United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
The volume is a legal‑historical document produced by the United States Office of Chief Counsel for the…