Henry Campbell Black
Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary in the USA first published in 1891.[1]
Born in Ossining, New York, went to school at Trinity College in Connecticut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1880, a master’s degree in 1887, and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 1916.[2] He was also the editor of The Constitutional Review from 1917 until his death in 1927.
Books
[edit]- Black, Henry Campbell (1895). Handbook of American Constitutional Law. West.[3]
- Black, Henry Campbell (1891). A Dictionary of Law: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, and Commercial Law : with a Collection of Legal Maxims and Numerous Select Titles from the Civil Law and Other Foreign Systems. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9780963010605. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)- 1910 edition free e-book Black, Henry Campbell (1910). A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern : and Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations. West Publishing Company. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- Black, Henry Campbell (1891). A Treatise on the Law of Judgments, Including the Doctrine of Res Judicata. West Publishing.[4]
Sources
[edit]- Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History, Volume 1, 1897-1942 (Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943), page 100
References
[edit]- ↑ "Review of Black's Law Dictionary". Harvard Law Review. 5 (3): 155–156. 1891. doi:10.2307/1322241. ISSN 0017-811X.
- ↑ "The First Edition of Black's Law Dictionary". Early Law Dictionaries of the United States. Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Review of Handbook of American Constitutional Law". The Yale Law Journal. 4 (4): 164–165. 1895. doi:10.2307/780692. ISSN 0044-0094.
- ↑ B., W. (1891). "Review of A Treatise on the Law of Judgments, Including the Doctrine of Res Judicata". Harvard Law Review. 5 (1): 43–44. doi:10.2307/1322282. ISSN 0017-811X.
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