COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE FOREIGN AND INLAND, AS ADMINISTERED IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA; WITH OCCASIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COMMERCIAL LAW...Story, JosephItem #: 2295 Pages: xxiv, 608 pp. Published: Boston; Charles C. Little and James Brown; 1843. Reprinted in 2005. Subjects: ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS/ECONOMICS, COMMERCIAL LAW, COMPARATIVE LAW Reprint of the first edition. In the Formative Era of American Law, Pound refers to the Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange as one of the standard texts of the 19th century. As Marvin pointed out in 1847, it was certainly the most complete and wide ranging text of its day. In addition to American and English sources Story draws on the work of Heineccius and other civil lay jurists. Marvin,Legal Bibliography (1847) 673. Apart from James Kent, no man has had greater influence on American law than Joseph Story. He was Dane Professor of Law at Harvard and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. His many books have been cited extensively in American and in Britain, and he remains an authority today. Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |