System of rules and guidelines, generally backed by governmental authority

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Family background of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick upon his admitance on December 5th 1896

The transfiguration of Christ; Moses and Elijah appear alongside him. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907

Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.

Micklegate Bar, Hospital of St. Thomas, York, England. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1782, after T. Hearne.

One of the women whose child has died and whom Solomon will judge. Stipple engraving after N. Poussin.

A doctor of law and medicine in traditional costume, Lombardy. Pencil drawing by the librarian of the University of Padua 1915.

First page of Medical Case histories of patients

A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Frontispiece of Medical Case histories of patients

The professional nurse and the law / Daniel A. Rothman, Nancy Lloyd Rothman.

A short view of legal bibliography: containing some critical observations on the authority of the reporters and other law writers; collected from the best authorities, and intended as a companion to the author's Reflections on the study of the law. To which is added, a plan for classifying a public or private library / By Richard Whalley Bridgman, esq.

Beating hearts : abortion and animal rights / Sherry F. Colb and Michael C. Dorf.

AIDS ephemera : Legal, social & training.

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Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

The professional nurse and the law / Daniel A. Rothman, Nancy Lloyd Rothman.

Beating hearts : abortion and animal rights / Sherry F. Colb and Michael C. Dorf.

AIDS ephemera : Legal, social & training.

Law

Images from the collections

Images about Law

Works from the collections

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

The professional nurse and the law / Daniel A. Rothman, Nancy Lloyd Rothman.

Beating hearts : abortion and animal rights / Sherry F. Colb and Michael C. Dorf.

AIDS ephemera : Legal, social & training.

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