Professor Empson's lectures on moral philosophy and law, 1851-1852.

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Professor Empson's lectures on moral philosophy and law, 1851-1852.

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William Herschel's extensive notes, taken at Professor William Empson's lectures given between 1851 and 1852 at the East India Company's college at Haileybury, where Empson was professor of general polity and the laws of England. Additional printed and MS material pasted or tipped in throughout volume. Divisional title pages for "Volume I. Part I Moral philosophy partially with a partial view to law", "Volume I Part II. Morals and the general principles of law compared", "Volume II. The laws of contract", "Criminal Law 3rd term. January - 1852. Volume III Criminal law" and "Volume IV. The law of procedure particularly that of evidence".

1 v. ([250] leaves) ; 24 x 20 cm.

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East India College (Hertford, England)

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Empson, William, 1791-1852.

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Herschel, William James

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William Herschel (1833-1917) was educated at Clapham Grammar School and the East India Company's college at Haileybury. His later career took him to India, where, as a magistrate in Hooghly, he instituted the first known system of fingerprinting in 1877-8. From the description of Professor Empson's lectures on moral philosophy and law, 1851-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179091 1866-1871 magistrate of Midnapore; 1871-1872 district judge of Dinajpur; 187...