Institutes of American Law

by John Bouvier

Bouvier, John. Institutes of American Law. New Edition by Daniel A. Gleason. In Two Volumes. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1880. lxviii, 651; iv, 798 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-54288. ISBN 1-886363-80-3. Cloth. $250.

* A compendium of American law by a Philadelphia jurist best known for his Law Dictionary (1839). Extensively notated and indexed. Divided into six books (law and government, persons, things, wrongs, remedies, equity), and based on Pothier's system, he covers a wide range of topics such as the nature of law and sovereignty, the U.S. government, corporations, civil rights, domestic issues, duties and rights of master and servant, paternity, title by original acquisition and by war, patents, contracts, sales, bailments, bills of exchange and promissory notes, estates, trusts, property, libel, remedies, courts, evidence, and equity.

1522 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999