The prison-house unmasked : in a letter to Her Most Gracious Majesty shewing that arrest and imprisonment for debt are violations of Magna Charta, and therefore illegal : and also the cruelty and inutility of the present system.

Mode of access: Internet.

Imprisonment for debt alike injurious to creditor and debtor being an essay taken from a work entitled Punishment without crime, and addressed particularly to creditors, traders, and men of property /

Mode of access: Internet.

[ Warrant for the arrest of Samuel Gray for debt], 1769

A warrant for the arrest and sale of all assets of Gray who was found to owe another merchant Alexander Hill in a recent trial. Also includes appraisal of property by Fairfield and Salter and statement by Sheriff Cudworth.

The Judaic-law : as opposed to English military-law, gaol-for-debt-law, the pauper-law, and factory-slave-law /

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 30666.20.

Letters to family members, 1799

Four letters dated March 11, 1799, written from debtors' prison ("Debtors' Apartment") in Philadelphia. Includes descriptions of his life in the prison and fellow prisoners.

Lawyer's case book containing notes of cases adjudged and determined in the courts of Delaware, 1793-1796

Lawyer's case book containing notes on cases before the Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Court of Common Pleas. Contains information on the cases and judgements.

Notes on cases in Boston and Springfield, 1790-1793

Notes by unknown author on cases of land rights, debt, and theft.

Samuel Hazlet puts in his place James Duane his attorney against Thomas Dignel in a plea of trespass against the case, 1757

Title from verso.

Records of cases before the Mayor's Court of Albany, 1786-1796

Contains a summary of cases before the court beginning with the litigants and the damages sought, the legal action, names of counsel, actions taken, and the final disposition of the case. Most actions taken relate to debt, assault and battery, and slander and libel. At the back of the manuscript are "an account of law books by me purchased in the year 1784 & 1785" [p. 120], and"a list miscellanious books bought in the year 1784 & 1785" [p. 132].

A sketch of the origin and progress of the Humane society of the city of New York : together with the act of incorporation and by-laws, & c.

Mode of access: Internet.

An account of the rise, progress, and present state of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts throughout England and Wales /

Includes bibliographical references.

Traité de la contrainte par corps, en matière civile, de commerce, criminelle, correctionnelle et de simple police, telle qu'elle était chez les romains, telle qu'elle a été en France avant et depuis la révolution, et telle qu'elle s'exerce d'après les dispositions du Code Napoléon, du Code de procédure civile, du Code de commerce et des lois pénales; suivi des lois et décrets organiques de la Cour des comptes, de la Banque de France et de ses succursales, et terminé par le texte du Code de commerce, d'après l'édition officielle.

"Catalogue des livres nouveaux qui se vendent chez Maugeret fils ... à Paris": p. 423-426.

Dislodgement of commercial property public debt markets : the case of U.S. and Australia

The paper investigates if there are any discernible trends in the U.S. and Australian commercial property public debt markets with the onset of the global financial crisis (GFC). Commercial mortgage-backed securities and unsecured bonds issued by real estate investment trusts for the period 2000 to Q3:2009 are reviewed. It is shown that events in the equity markets have an impact on the pricing of these two instruments. Furthermore, the impact of subdued activity in these financing instruments on the commercial property market is discussed.

District Court debt decisions

This article examines the distinction between a "liquidated demand" and a claim for "unliquidated damages" and the implications of that distinction on the procedure for obtaining a judgment if the defendant fails to file a notice of intention to defend.

Alternatives to youth imprisonment : evaluating the Victorian youth attendance order

On 22 June 1988 the then Minister for Community Services Victoria, Race Matthews, officially launched the Youth Attendance Order (YAO), a high tariff alternative for young offenders aged between 15 and 18 years who were facing a term of detention. Throughout the order's gestation, much debate occurred about the impact it would have on rates of juvenile incarceration as well as about the potential ‘net widening’ effect it could have on less serious offenders. In May 1994 the National Centre For Socio-Legal Studies at La Trobe University submitted its report evaluating the Victorian Youth Attendance Order. This article presents some of the major findings of that report and examines the future options for this high tariff order in juvenile justice