Law
Supreme Cases
These cases involved questions that came before the Supreme Court that needed answers. The questions in order of appearance in this project …
What Prohibition Has Done to America
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…
The Public Orations of Demosthenes
This book, originally published in two volumes, collects the most important complete public orations by Demosthenes, arguably the most famou…
Practical Instruction for Detectives
Having been connected for many years with two of the largest and most successful private detective agencies in this country, both as an oper…
Resist Not Evil
Clarence Darrow, perhaps best known as the defense attorney for John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, had a long career defending …
The Nature of the Judicial Process
Benjamin N. Cardozo, one of the most influential American justists of his era, served as the New York Court of Appeals Chief Justice, before…
Courts and Criminals
"These essays, which were written between the years 1905-1910 are reprinted without revision, although in a few minor instances the law…
American State Trials
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…
The Codes of Hammurabi and Moses
The discovery of the Hammurabi Code is one of the greatest achievements of archaeology, and is of paramount interest, not only to the studen…
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Jeremy Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a classic text in modern philosophy and jurisprudence, first publ…
The World's Best Orations
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.
Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law
Explores the evolution of law during the period of early medieval England and the influence of tribal practices on later Anglo-Saxon legal s…
The Riot Act
The Riot Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1714, the first year of the reign of George I, and came into effect in August 1715. Thi…
Magna Carta Commemoration Essays
On 15th June 1215 the Magna Carta was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames near Windsor, England. 20…
Interessante Kriminal-Prozesse
Nach vierzigjähriger Tätigkeit als Gerichtsreporter veröffentlichte Hugo Friedländer zwischen 1910 und 1921 seine zw&oum…
Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland…
Finland and the Tsars
Fisher’s treatment of the history of Finland, in the context of its relations with Russia, was released in 1899—at the start of the first at…
The Jim Crow Car
"My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of …
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address
Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …