Typescript and manuscript notes relating to the Restatement of the law of contracts. 1923-1931.

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...

Corbin, Arthur L. (Arthur Linton), 1874-1967

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Ferson, Merton L. (Merton Leroy), 1876-1964

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Lewis, William Draper, 1867-1949

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William Draper Lewis was born in Philadelphia in 1867. In 1891 he received both a law degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He lectured in economics at Haverford College from 1890 to 1896, while also assuming the role of instructor in legal history at the Wharton School in 1891. In 1896 Lewis joined the law department at the University of Pennsylvania as dean of the school and professor of law. Under Lewis' leadership the law school flourished as he recruited new f...

Judge, Anna M.

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Page, William Herbert, 1868-1952

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Oliphant, Herman, 1884-1939

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McGovney, Dudley O. (Dudley Odell), 1877-1947

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D.O. McGovney (1877-1947) served as law dean at Iowa, 1916-1921. He was also professor of law and dean at Tulane University, dean at the University of Missouri, and professor at the University of Iowa, University of California, and Hastings College of Law, San Francisco. From the description of Papers of Dean D.O. McGovney, College of Law. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 234307014 ...

Williston, Samuel, 1861-1963

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Professor of law. A.B., Harvard College 1882; L.L.B. Harvard Law School (1888); professor, Harvard Law School (1890-1963). From the description of Certificates and appointments, 1888-1919. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235928448 Attorney, law teacher. A.M. 1882, Harvard College; LL.B. 1888, Harvard Law School; LL.D., Harvard, 1910; Amherst, 1923; Yale, 1926. Prof. law, Harv. Law School, 1890-1938. From the description of Letter to Erwin N. Gri...