Commonplace books of law
Subtitle: a selection of law-related notebooks from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century
By: Paul Pruitt and David I. Durham ; with contributions by Tony Allan Freyer and Timothy W. Dixon.
Contributors: Durham, David I.; Freyer, Tony Allan.; Dixon, Timothy, 1950-; Bounds Law Library. John C. Payne Special Collections.
Series: Occasional publications of the Bounds Law Library -- no. 5
Publisher: University of Alabama School of Law
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, AL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Dorcas, Alexander, -- fl. 1785-1817.; Walker, George Josiah Sturges, -- 1807-1868.; Jackson, Thomas K., -- fl. 1871.; Reavis, Turner, -- 1812-1872.; Kirk, James Thomas, -- b. 1858.; Fuller, Jerome T., -- 1874-1935.; Black, Hugo LaFayette, -- 1886-1971.; Litchfield Law School.; Lawyers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Lawyers -- Diaries.; Legal_History
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Diaries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction, personal standards v. standardization: notebooks in legal culture through the centuries; value: Seventeenth-century legal notebook; value: Alexander Dorcas ledger; value: George Josiah Sturges Walker's Litchfield notebook; value: Thomas K. Jackson diary; value: James Thomas Kirk notebook; value: Jerome T. Fuller notebook; value: Hugo L. Black notebook