James Bryce — Studies in History and Jurisprudence

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this collection of essays and articles from British academic James Bryce. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of Bryce"s essays and articles on the Roman and British Empires, constitutional history and theory, obedience, sovereignty, the law of nature , and legal history. With chapters on The Roman and British Empires in India, Extensions of Roman and English law throughout the world, obedience, the nature of sovereignty, the law of nature, methods of legal science, and much more. Written by James Bryce, a British academic, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting throughout. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .