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The Law of Torts (1907) [4] (for which Harvard University in 1911 awarded Salmond the James Barr Ames Prize for the best legal treatise published in the world over five years) Principles of the Law of Contracts (1927) with P. H. Winfield. [5] Two of these in particular, Salmond on Jurisprudence and Salmond on Torts, are regarded as legal classics.
William Nichol Eskridge Jr. (born October 27, 1951) [1] is an American legal scholar who is the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School. [2] He is one of the most cited law professors in America, ranking fourth overall for the period 2016–2020. [ 3 ]
Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be.It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values; as well as the relationship between law and other fields of study, including economics, ethics, history, sociology, and political philosophy.
Created: September 17, 1787 [1] Presented: September 28, 1787 [2] Ratified: June 21, 1788 [3] Date effective: March 4, 1789 [4]. The bibliography of the United States Constitution is a comprehensive selection of books, journal articles and various primary sources about and primarily related to the Constitution of the United States that have been published since its ratification in 1788.
John William Wallace (February 17, 1815 – January 12, 1884) [1] was an American lawyer and the seventh reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1863 to 1874. Formative years
Lectures on Jurisprudence, also called Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms (1763) is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures, comprising notes taken from his early lectures. It contains the formative ideas behind The Wealth of Nations .
The Province of Jurisprudence Determined is a book written by John Austin, first published in 1832, in which he sets out his theory of law generally known as the 'command theory'. Austin believed that the science of general jurisprudence consisted in the clarification and arrangement of fundamental legal notions.
John William See wrote the play Fear of Acting. Christopher Durang wrote another play, The Actor's Nightmare. There is some similarity in the underlying idea of an inexperienced actor being thrust into a leading role - or in See's play into three different roles. Durang was alleged to have had access to a draft version of See's play.