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Commentaries on American Law, Volumes I-III Only [Reprint of New York O. Halst..

by James Tyler Kent

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James Payne, Books and Prints presents ... Commentaries on American Law, Volumes I-III Only [Reprint of New York O. Halsted 1826-1830 Edition] ISBN:0306712938 Author:James Kent (1763-1847) Publisher:New York: Da Capo Press. Printed in the USA Release Date:1971 Seller Category:Law Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 09028 Notes: [LAW]. James Kent (1763-1847). "Commentaries on American Law, Volumes I-III Only [Reprint of New York O. Halsted 1826-1830 Edition]." New York: Da Capo Press. Printed in the USA, 1971. Reprint of 1826-1830 New York edition. First three volumes only. English language. Hardcover in faux red morocco lettered gilt on fronts and spines. Nonfiction historical legal text across three volumes. 3 vols. 8vos. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. 104 oz. Volume I: viii, 508 pp. II: viii, 528 pp. III: viii, 414 pp. Shelf-wear. Boards somewhat rubbed along edges. Light foxing. Smudge on front free endpaper of second volume. Toning. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 0306712938. "Borrowed as much of our law is from various sources, and changed somewhat in the introduction either by legislation or judicial construction, to adapt it to our institutions, together with the variant local law, and the federal jurisprudence, to methodize and explain this complex system, is the labor that our author assumed when he undertook to write 'Commentaries on American Law.' Such a task required no ordinary knowledge of the sources and growth of our diversified field of jurisprudence, no ordin

  • Publisher: Hachette Books
  • Year: 1971
  • ISBN: 9780306712937
  • Condition: Very Good

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