Oral Histories 1989-1993

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Oral Histories 1989-1993

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In 1989, the American Law Institute began producing videotaped oral history interviews with individuals who were active in the Institute's affairs. The project is ongoing. The Oral Histories Record Group, 1989-1993, includes video oral history recordings with Herbert Wechsler (1989 April 13), Homer Kripke (1989 September 9), and A. James Casner (1990 May 16). Each oral history has a corresponding transcript. Also included is a typewritten transcript of an oral history with Paul Wolkin (1993 July 8 and 26).

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University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library: American Law Institute Archives

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American Law Institute

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The American Law Institute (ALI) is a research and advocacy group of judges, lawyers, and legal scholars established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of United States common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. Members of ALI include law professors, practicing attorneys, judges and other professionals in the legal industry. ALI writes documents known as "treatises", which are summaries of state common law (legal principles that come out of state court decisions...

Wechsler, Herbert, 1909-2000

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Law professor. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Wechsler : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735556 Born in 1909, Herbert Wechsler entered the City College of New York at 16 and later attended Columbia Law School where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Wechsler graduated at the top of his class in 1931 and went on to serve as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone. After w...

Wolkin, Paul A.

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Kripke, Homer, 1912-1995

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Casner, A. James (Andrew James), 1907-1990

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Law professor. LL.B., U. of Ill., 1929; S.J.D., Columbia U., 1941. Col. in U.S. Air Force, 1942-1945; Faculty of Harvard Law Sschool, 1938-1977 (retired). Publications: Estate Planning (1961, suppl. 1976). From the description of Papers, 1961-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047264 Andrew James Casner was born in Chicago in 1907. He received an LL.B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1929, and an A.B., also from the ...