John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence

John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence
Author: Andrew Porwancher
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-06-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0826273637


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Honorable Mention, 2017 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal Writers At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system in particular began to buckle under the weight of its anachronism. In the midst of this crisis, John Henry Wigmore, dean of the Northwestern University School of Law, single-handedly modernized the jury trial with his 1904-5 Treatise onevidence, an encyclopedic work that dominated the conduct of trials. In so doing, he inspired generations of progressive jurists—among them Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Benjamin Cardozo, and Felix Frankfurter—to reshape American law to meet the demands of a new era. Yet Wigmore’s role as a prophet of modernity has slipped into obscurity. This book provides a radical reappraisal of his place in the birth of modern legal thought.


John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Andrew Porwancher
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-30 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press

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Honorable Mention, 2017 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal Writers At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the e
A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law
Language: en
Pages: 486
Authors: John Henry Wigmore
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-23 - Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi
The Principles of Judicial Proof
Language: en
Pages: 1226
Authors: John Henry Wigmore
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 1913 - Publisher:

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Evidence in Trials at Common Law
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: John Henry Wigmore
Categories: Evidence (Law)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1961 - Publisher:

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Evidence in Trials at Common Law
Language: en
Pages: 1500
Authors: John Henry Wigmore
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-12-01 - Publisher: Aspen Pub

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Wigmore's great work continues to influence the law of evidence as we move into the 21st century. From doctrinal considerations such as the nature of inference