The Miscellaneous Writings Of Joseph Story

by William W. Story

Story, Joseph. Story, William W., ed. The Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Dane Professor of Law at Harvard University, edited by his son, William W. Story. Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown , 1852. x, 828 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-058559. ISBN 1-58477-072-4. Cloth. $125. Justice Story's enormous influence on American law is demonstrated in this collection of his writings, edited by his son. Includes his autobiography that was written in the form of a fascinating long letter to his son, and many other articles, essays, lectures, and biographical sketches of judges and lawyers (including Chief Justice John Marshall and Associate Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington). Topics include a proposed course of legal study, maritime law, piracy and the slave trade, commercial law, codification of the common law and much more. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 1130. Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 1192. Dictionary of American Biography IX:102-108.

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First published February 22, 2012