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2014. HC; ISBN-13: 9781886363496; ISBN-10: 1886363498. The Nature of English Law [Saint Germain [German], Christopher]. The Doctor and Student or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England Containing the Grounds of Those Laws Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity Thereof Revised and Corrected by William Muchall, Gent. to which are added two pieces concerning Suits in Chancery by Subpoena. Originally published: Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1874. xiii, 401 pp. Reprinted 1998, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363496. ISBN-10: 1886363498. Hardcover. New. $27.95 * Originally written in Latin in 1523, this work contains two dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student of English law. It popularized canonist learning on the nature and object of law, the religious and moral standards of law, the foundations of the common law and issues regarding the jurisdiction of Parliament. A very important work in the development of equity,… Read More

Birmingham AL: The Legal Classics Library , 1988. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, maroon calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. A facsimile reprint of the 1787 London edition, the 17th Edition, corrected and improved by William Muchal. 335 pages plus index. Bright, clean copy. Record # 371583

London: S. Richardson and C. Lintot, 1761 . Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the sixteenth edition of Christopher St. Germain's discussion of English common law, first published in the early sixteenth century. Initially published in Latin, and as two separate works, in the 1520s and 1530s, Germain's work is structured as a set of dialogues between the titular doctor of divinity and student of law, discussing a number of legal principles, and the relationship between common law and equity.The first part presents an argument for parliamentary supremacy, and the second discusses the relationship between statute and common law, and ecclesiastical law.ESTC Citation No. T112934 With a final leaf of errata and advertisements.With the inscription of Welsh landowner and liberal politician Walter Rice Howell to the title page.American historian Charles Howard McIlwain described the work as 'probably the most valuable source of our knowledge concerning the relation of the law of nature… Read More

1721. Influenced Blackstone and Others [St. German, Christopher (1460?-1540)]. Doctor and Student: Or, Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England: Containing the Grounds of Those Laws, Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity Thereof; Also Comparing the Civil, Canon, Common and Statute Laws, And Shewing Wherein They Vary from One Another. To Which is Now Added on Account of the Author, And a General Table of the Principal Matters; Never Before Printed. [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1721. [iv], 1, [7], 366, [40] pp. Pagination irregular, text complete. Includes one-page publisher advertisement. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing to boards, a few scuffs to front board, small inkstain to rear board, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint cracked, rear joint starting, chipping to spine… Read More