Originally published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1904.

Burrill, Alexander M. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, Together with Translations and Explanations of the Various Technical Phrases in Different Languages, Occurring in the Ancient and Modern Reports, and Standard Treatises; Embracing Also All the Principal Common and Civil Law Maxims. Compiled on the Basis of Spelman's Glossary, and Adapted to the Jurisprudence of the United States; with Copious Illustrations, Critical and Historical. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1850-1851. Two volumes. xviii, 1099 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 97-38481. ISBN 1-886363-32-3. Cloth. $195. * Reprint of the first edition. A scarce, important original American dictionary by a student of James Kent. Burrill [1807-1869] was admitted to the New York Bar in 1828. Burrill was highly regarded for his legal scholarship. Dictionary of American Biography describes this as "a work of very high standard, which at once took its place as perhaps the best book of its kind so far produced...All his books were distinguished for their graceful style and a scholarly precision and finish which earned the unstinted commendation of the judiciary. In addition their accuracy of statement and definition was fully recognized at the time by the profession at large" (II:326).

Richards, John T. Abraham Lincoln The Lawyer-Statesman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Frontis. Illustrated. xii, 260 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-20587. ISBN-13: 978-1-886363-94-6. ISBN-10: 1-886363-94-3. Cloth. $65.* An examination that examines Lincoln's role as a lawyer and his approach to the law and judiciary. In so doing the work corrects the myths regarding Lincoln's stand on the South, his position on the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, and his overall skill as a lawyer and orator. Well illustrated, with one foldout. Also includes a list of cases where Lincoln appeared as counsel in the Illinois Supreme Court.

Stimson, Frederic Jesup. Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881. iv, 305pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-50813. ISBN 1-886363-70-6. Cloth. $60. * The terms in this glossary include those relating to civil and canon law, and provide precise definitions based on the common law of England. By the author of American Statute Law and several works on private rights and state and federal constitutions.