SKETCHES OF THE JUDICIAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1630 TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1775Item #: 64342 Pages: 407 pp. Published: OE; Henry Young & Sons; Reprinted in 2008. Subjects: LEGAL HISTORY, STATE LAW In the Dictionary of National Biography Zechariah Chafeesaid this is a "work of considerable value." The first bookon the subject, it is an engaging study that reflectsWashburn's enthusiasm for the law and the history of hisstate. It was the starting point for several subsequentstudies. Washburn was a governor of Massachusetts, vice-president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, author ofdistinguished treatises on property and University Professorof Law at Harvard. Chafee, who heard accounts of Washburnfrom senior colleagues, wrote that "he was probably the mostbeloved instructor who ever taught at Harvard Law School"(x:500).Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |