Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

12-14-2007

SSRN Discipline

Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Public Law & Legal Theory; LSN Partners in Publishing Journals

Abstract

Commonplace Books of Law A Selection of LawRelated Notebooks from the Seventeenth Century to the MidTwentieth Century is number five in the Bounds Law Librarys series of Occasional Publications Based on works held in the librarys Special Collections this book begins with an introduction by Paul Pruitt that traces the history of legal notebooks and comments on the significance of note taking in legal education and practice Then Pruitt and coauthor David Durham with contributions by Tony Allan Freyer and Timothy W Dixon provide edited transcripts of handwritten or typed materials from a range of historical periods including a commonplace book from the Restorationera Inns of Court the ledger of a lawyermerchant from early national New York a volume of notes from the Litchfield Law School a Reconstructionera diary practice notes by late nineteenth and early twentiethcentury lawyers and finally a sourcebook compiled for Justice Hugo L Black with his marginal notes Commonplace Books of Law displays the richness and diversity of holdings in the Bounds Law Librarys Special Collections In addition it represents a significant collaboration among Bounds librarians the University of Alabama School of Law faculty and scholars from other institutions who generously provided advice and counsel

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